“No matter what you are grieving – a relationship, job, diagnosis, death, etc. – you will go through all these stages.”
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‘The first thing the doctor said was, ‘I see we’re having some anxiety lately?’ I was in denial.’: Mom battling postpartum depression says ‘it’s NOTHING to be ashamed of’
“I’d stay in the same clothes for days and shower once a week. My hair was never brushed. ‘I’ll never let it get this bad again.’ I was disgusted with myself.”
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“Mental health disorders do not have a ‘look.'”
‘My husband popped the trunk. Out fell our giant brown bag, spilling dozens of whiskey bottles onto the asphalt. My son’s expression said it all.’: Mom of 3 shares sobriety journey
“When I was younger, my mom asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. A stay-at-home mom addicted to alcohol wasn’t part of that equation.”
‘You have NO business being a mother.’ He wanted love and I wanted to be left ALONE.’: Mom survives postpartum depression, ‘It’s okay to ask for help’
“I GENUINELY believed my son was better off with anyone besides me.”
‘Momma, what does ‘depressed’ mean?’ I was cooking dinner when my daughter overheard the woman on the news.’: Little girl shares acts of kindness for ‘forgotten’ nursing home patients
“I told her it means someone is really sad, and explained lots of people are very sad they’re unable to see their families during the pandemic. Without skipping a beat, she said, ‘I will color them a picture. They can hang it on their wall, and it will make them happy just like it makes you happy.’ My heart immediately tripled in size.”
‘At 14 years old, I knew something wasn’t right. Something inside me was changing.’: Man details mental health journey
“I vowed to make a change, not only for my loved ones, but to give myself a chance.”
‘Walls were painted blue, gendered gifts purchased, and everyone in the delivery room was shocked when I entered the world with a vagina.’: Intersex individual proud after ‘living in secrecy for 27 years’
“Before I turned one year old, I was forcibly sterilized. Or, in simpler terms, castrated.”
‘I said goodbye to my kids at drop off, with a plan in place to be executed that afternoon.’: Mom of two celebrates 2 years sobriety, finds love
“To the outside, I was this happy-go-lucky, life of the party with no worries. I’d wake up with an empty bottle of wine next to my bed and no recollection of drinking it because I took an Ambien. I’d go to bed every night, begging to not wake up the next morning.”
‘We should get married at the hospital.’ I shot him down. ‘Babe, you’re getting out. I have hope.’: Woman loses husband to cancer 5 days after wedding, ‘He was the man of my dreams’
“It all started with his stomach hurting. We thought it was just acid, or reflux. He looked at me and said, ‘What if it’s cancer?’ My mind went numb.”
