Lived Experience
We are not the villains in the movies
Watching a friend spiral reminded me how stigma keeps many from seeking help.
Lived Experience
We hesitate to mention mental health and 2SLGBTQIA+ in the same breath
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Representations
Sharing is Caring — and Unsparing
Sharing your story — about achievements, traumas, truths, and wheel busters — can reinforce feelings of resilience or remorse. Finding the balance between advocating for change and protecting your mental wellness.
Lived Experience
Peer support changed my life
Terrified to be seen, I slipped into my first peer-support meeting—and found coffee, clutter, and acceptance.
Representations
A Name and a Face
Mental illness, homelessness, and a family’s years-long search for their lost brother
Unrooted – I owe it to myself to see my own dreams through
It seems I’m always trying to forge belonging, or fielding a gulf between myself and the community I grew up with. I feel deeply disconnected from my childhood friends and peers, cultural background, and family. My home base. My roots.
Rituals
