By William When I first heard of the “Recovery Model” for mental illness during a hospital stay, I reacted quite angrily. I had been living with Bipolar Disorder I (the more extreme version) for about 26 years. After I was first diagnosed at 19, I went to an honors college while working full time inContinue reading An Outsider’s View of Recovery
By Frank Pace I remember laying in my bed when I was about five or six and wondering why I felt like I just didn’t belong, or if there was just something wrong with me…I felt defective. It was like everybody else had instructions for living and I never got mine. As I got older,Continue reading A Personal Story
By Jeff One evening, I had a little “conversation” with my dog, Sarah. It was a cold December Saturday night during the height of the COVID outbreak. I had been on disability the past three months because I was so physically and mentally unhealthy. My wife and I separated just a few weeks before IContinue reading A Conversation with Sarah
1975 was the year psychobabble and Cognitive Behavior Therapy both made the pages of Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, and my dad re-married. My new word that summer in the backyard of our new two-story house was hammock— it had give, it made room for me. At nine, I could pull it around me like a cocoonContinue reading A Poem
By Marty McLaughlin Introduction Hi. My name is Marty McLaughlin. By day I work as a mild-mannered engineer. But at night I transform into a mysterious crime-fighting hero who is an inspiration to peace-loving citizens everywhere…Er…Take that last part back. I’m just me. I’ve always been me, no matter how hard I try to beContinue reading A Personal Story
View Post By Lisa Hi, my name is Lisa. I’m 35 years old, and I currently live with the mental health conditions of clinical depression, anxiety, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (also known as ADHD). I was the youngest of eight siblings from a blended family, and the only child of my mother and father together. IContinue reading A Personal Story
By Michelle I understand that most of us have read a plethora of articles around the Meghan Markle interview. It would be easy to speak of the drama and anticipation of the event, but I wanted to write through the lens of accessibility. What I concluded from Meghan’s interview with Oprah had little to doContinue reading A Personal Story – We’re the Same
By Maureen So as not to dive abruptly into the depths of my mental illnesses, I would like to quickly, yet formally, introduce myself. My name is Maureen, and I am a sophomore studying political science at the University of Michigan. I was raised in a large Irish Catholic family (the youngest of eight children!)Continue reading A Personal Story
BY MARY PALNAU Maybe I’m still in shock. Maybe I’m afraid to cry–like it would mean I’m more depressed than I want to show even myself. Maybe it’s because we haven’t had the service yet and I’m use to the service being within a few days. Maybe it’s because I often thought something like thisContinue reading Reflection – Not Ready to Cry
In case you missed it…This was our most clicked-on article last month, so we’ve included it this month as well. Read it today! Even in Ann Arbor, with a socially engaged population that questions norms and takes on taboos, ECT is still either off the radar or off the table. Ms. Higgins teaches composition andContinue reading ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY DESERVES A SECOND LOOK
