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I am proof
Hello my name is Heidi , and I am a mental health advocate. I have dealt with mental health issues most of my life, starting as a teenager. Starting in...
My PTSD: earned with distinction
The wider world around us is rich with the potential for danger and destruction and like an animal in the wild, I am...
Depression is a powerful sucker
It was only a few short years ago, but I can honestly say that everything I’ve done, and everything I am today, is...
My living nightmare
Wtf is wrong with me? I have been awake for days with grandiose ideas of starting a business: drawing a logo, building a website and actually filing the paperwork --...
Men, we have a problem
Men, we have a problem. A deep seeded, long standing practice of remaining silent about our mental health. This “tough guy” facade is killing us. Therefore, we owe it to everyone...
Being Gone and Coming Back
I wake up, and immediately wish that I hadn’t. The overwhelming feeling of despair isn’t the first thought I have, it is just...
Born this way
I was born sick. On May 15th, 1992, my lifelong journey with anxiety began. My parents knew nearly right away that something was not right. Doctors, nurses, specialists all said...
Man up On Mental Illness: The silence of men
To recognize mental health month in the U.S., I have decided to write about the silence...
Chasing the High of Success and the Hell it brings
Maybe it's just me. But it seems that anyone who suffers from depression, often searches for...
Proof of hope
I was born in 1980. My struggles with mental illness began when I was four years old. I started sticking myself with sewing needles and slamming my head against...
PTSD and the startle response
I am lucky, every morning when I open my eyes to greet a new day I do so with a blank slate. I...
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