Today’s post in honor of Mental Health Month is written by a guest writer. She is a mom, a wife and a blogger from the Pacific Northwest who wishes to remain anonymous. But she wants to share her story to help others who may be struggling. Trigger warning: depression, attempted suicide and mental health treatment. […]
Do we smile at this kind of event? #SuicidePrevention
Sunday was our big community walk for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention here locally in Seattle. You may know I’m on a Board of Directors here in Washington State, so I was there as volunteer event staff, a new position for me. At last year’s Seattle walk I was a volunteer handing out honor beads to […]
Be a Superhero #EndSuicide
These people are real live superheroes. Each one has survived intense suicidal thoughts and/or suicide attempts. They all have an illness that’s symptoms often include intrusive thoughts of wanting to die. And that is so so very scary and sad and frustrating, but no matter what, they continue to fight. So to me that makes them superheroes, even if […]
Avoid the Media and Reach Out
There is so much sadness all over the internet today–as well as ignorance about mental illness and suicide–for me and for many who have either lost loved ones or who struggle themselves, it’s really hard to read. The loss of a beloved public figure like Robin Williams is heartbreaking. We all feel as though we […]
Social Media Silence
Yesterday both my mom and my friend Angel (who I met at last year’s Overnight Walk, see pic) messaged me asking if I was OK. And I am…OK. I guess my last blog post about things I hate about mental illness and my “social media silence” as Angel put it were signs to them. I […]
10 Things I Hate About Mental Illness
I’m not ashamed to have mental illness, but it does really suck to have it…for lots of reasons. Can you relate? I know I’m not alone here. So many things to contend with and fight against on a daily basis. There are days I want to scream, or cry, or maybe both. So what are […]
Spontaneous Combustion
I always burn out after a big event. Sometimes I think of it as a hangover, but this year its definite burnout. So its taken me several days to write this. After months of fundraising and planning, last weekend was the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Overnight Walk, bringing suicide out of the darkness. This […]
My Illness Lies and I Can’t Help But Listen
A couple nights ago I had the worst headache of my life. OK, maybe not the worst. I get headaches a lot and sometimes they’re bad. But this one seriously made me want to vomit. I couldn’t fall asleep and just wanted to cry, and since I’ve been spacey and not myself. But honestly, I’m pretty sure I […]
Guest Post: PTSD and the Abused Child now Mother
TRIGGER WARNING: Child abuse and post traumatic stress disorder. Child abuse crisis information can be found at www.childhelp.org/pages/hotline-home. The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453). ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- For Mental Health Month this May, I invited guest writers to share their stories on the blog. If you’re interested please contact me at cristicomes(at)gmail(dot)com. Although honestly to […]
Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health {On the Move}
This Sunday, May 11th, Postpartum Progress–the world’s most widely read blog about perinatal and postpartum mood disorders–is hosting its 6th annual Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health. 24 letters to new moms, one posted each hour on the hour, from women who have been there. I’m honored to be one of the writers for this annual event. Each of us […]
My story is not over; and neither is yours.
A semicolon represents a sentence the author could have ended; but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life. Today is April 16th, which is the day of the Semi Colon Project. A day when those who have struggled with grief, or been suicidal, or self harmed, or lived with […]
Our Stories Are Not Over #SemicolonProject416
I recently read about the Semicolon Project on Healthy Place. It really spoke to me, and when I shared the information in my mental health blogs group on Facebook, many of my fellow advocates responded to the campaign; especially as writers living with mental illness. I just love the imagery and personal statement of this awareness […]
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