“My Struggle with OCD” Throughout the entirety of my life up until my sophomore year of high school, I considered myself to be a very outgoing and enjoyable person. I had plenty of peers and loved going out to either just relax and talk with friends or carouse and have a “memorable night”. I [...]
Often I have found that many people around me do not fully grasp the concept of a mental illness. The term mental illness, to them, is like an alien game. Something that they do not much about, but think that they do. Having a mental illness isn’t a scream for attention. A person’s mental health [...]
Sometimes, I want to hide behind a rock. A rock with moss; That sprouts from my tears, Kept upon the sand Of things that I lost. Hidden in a labyrinth Of missed chances. The rock will be my home, Until I am ready to come out To the world where you Have to wipe your [...]
Monday, June 20, 2016 10:38 PM Emily’s Bedroom Anxiety: Hey what’s up? Emily: Nothing much, how about you? You doing alright? You’ve been kind of M.I.A lately. Anxiety: I don’t want to talk about me, I want to talk about you. So you say not much has been going on? That’s a lie. I heard [...]
Bipolar Tide My mind moves like the ocean, coming and going with the moon. The tide rolls in—mania, I am at the top of the world. There’s nothing I can do, mental waves crashing down. Vision distorted by emotion, can’t trust my brain anyhow. The tide rolls out-depression, I am the lowest of the lows. [...]
The Art of Losing Your Mind © 2015 Walk in the silent darkness Where internal voices encapsulate and surround us Where lives fragment, shapes waver, and worlds fall away We go to a place where others cant follow... When you lose your mind - where is it to be found? When life has been dismantled, [...]
Neural Plasticity in Recovery The old adage “once an addict always an addict” was the dominant mindset of society for much of our history. Then came the advent of 12 Step Programs starting with anonymous programs like AA and then NA. This came with an increased understanding within the medical and scientific communities about the [...]
One Man. Talking About His Life With Depression. "I'm ready to tell my story. It's time." That's what I heard from Stuart Walker, owner of Clubhaus Fitness, a tall, muscular guy with a boisterous laugh and incredibly busy schedule. He knew I was researching Perfectly Hidden Depression. He had listened to me talk about how [...]
Returning to Medications It was sometime in my early teens. Finally reached some sort of diagnosis for whatever the hell it was that consumed me. I was put on whatever might have the potential to work. My therapy at the time was a combination of help from my general practitioner, psychologist and psychiatrist. The psychiatrist [...]
Destigmatizing Medication: How Psychiatric Medicine Helped Me Survive Isaac James Baker shares his personal story of how his psychiatric drugs helped to save his life, as he battled anorexia, anxiety and depression. When my psychiatrist told me he was prescribing medication, I told him, “No thanks, I’m fine.” But he insisted, rolling off an impressive [...]
