Khadija grew up with two hard-working, loving parents, it was later in life that she experienced the impact of her father’s depression.

Avis Yarbrough considers herself “shy” and “timid,” someone who stays at home. But when she first started hearing voices in her late twenties, she was catapulted on a trip she would have never taken otherwise.

A man wrestles with whether his depression and suicidality are diseases or conditions in this introspective and far-reaching essay.

Alicia McClendon has been parsing out the word “forgiveness” for some time now. Can you forgive your own mother for causing you childhood trauma? And what does it mean to forgive while still holding on to your truth?

Gabrielle Guillon has come a long way from growing up with depression and abuse as her constant companions; poetry has helped her heal.

Onome felt a lack of support in her childhood, which quickly spiraled into depression, although it was hard to find treatment in Nigeria and Ghan, she eventually got the help she needed.

Cheyenne Ruiz spent much of her adolescence fighting panic attacks, working through depression, and pretending hallucinations weren’t happening. One hallucination pushed her to take recovery into her own hands.

When her uncle called trying to give a cryptic goodbye, Thaís Freita noticed suicide warning signs and saved a life.

Two people with borderline personality disorder begin a romantic relationship that quickly becomes toxic, out-of-control, desperate, and dangerous.

Aneta Dabrowska felt the ups and downs of bipolar type II as a teenager, but no one around her knew how to react. When she entered adulthood, Aneta set on a journey to understand her illness on her own terms.