An intriguing podcast with Amit Etkin, Stanford psychiatrist and professor, whose work is leading the way for novel approaches to treatment and, hopefully, a shift in our attitudes about mental illness.
Social stigma is about discrediting and devaluing people by labeling them crazy, unstable or unreliable. The stigma of illness goes deeper.
I, for one, am grateful to the growing number of celebrities who have stood up to let people know that mental illness doesn’t have to define who you are.
A collection of six personal stories about feeling scared, vulnerable, unsure, and abandoned, and how these experiences made each person stronger.
Originally posted on KERYN BRADBURY:
2012 is the year I became a mother. It’s also the year I lost the plot. I’m not alone or unique in this. Every year, hundreds of Australian women suffer this injustice – losing themselves at the exact time they need to be their absolute best. Depression invades their homes,…
Depression or anxiety or OCD don’t define us. These things are only part of who we are.
Many autistic kids struggle immensely with trying to fit in, and become more and more isolated as they get older. Isolation can lead to depression and, over many years, that can lead to suicidal thoughts.
When I think back about the many years in which depression had a chokehold on me, before I knew what it was, I look at how it wrenched my life, and wonder how things might have played out differently if I’d been aware of it—and on top of it—earlier on. Depression can stunt your growth as a human being,…
Gastrointestinal issues and depression, together again.
PLUCKY YOU 