Lyle: Facing Unreality: My Experience with DPDR
It’s an April evening in 2024, spring is in full swing, and dark winter skies have given way to drawn-out...
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Lyle: Facing Unreality: My Experience with DPDR
It’s an April evening in 2024, spring is in full swing, and dark winter skies have given way to drawn-out...
Harvey: Turning Grief and Depression into Purpose
My mum has always had a background in care-giving, and from her caring nature I have adopted many characteristics that...
Lucy: Echoes Beneath the Skin
TRIGGER WARNING: Strong references to rape and sexual assault. There is a version of my story I’ve never been able...
Sozzy: Are You All Right? I Really Want to Know!
I decided to share my story because I believe sharing helps shrink problems from terrifying monsters to something manageable. Once...
Lillee: Light Through the Crack
I have lived with depression for most of my life. It has often felt like a companion I could neither...
Kim: Coping Strategies
When I was 12, I began self-harming. For me, this was for such a mixture of reasons as I am...
Arundel Gate
Dear Reader My journey has been far from ordinary. After decades of working in education and coaching in India, I...
Katie's Story - Connected Worlds
This video is age-restricted and only available on youtube Katie's story told on video. A survivor of suicide who’s mental...
Adam Meyers: My Life After a Critical Incident
My name is Adam and I have been a Police Officer in Wisconsin for 23 years. I am also a...
Eva Charkiewicz: My Four Walls (an email from Eva)
Hello,My name is Eva. I am an artist/a photographer, who struggles with mental problems (clinical depression, c-ptsd, DD). Can you...