Alcoholism is not an adjective. It is not necessarily true when someone gets a little too drunk and says “I’m such an alchy.” Alcoholism is also not when people post memes about drinking and we think “they drink too...

Back in early 2013, I was in a dark place mentally. I was nearing the end of my tether and it wasn’t looking good. My brain was full of terrible thought processes and I was looking at life with so much anger and...

When you’re the girl who overthinks, everything becomes more complex. You analyze every little detail — every text, every glance, every change in demeanor. Like a detective trying to see behind the curtain, you have a...

I used to like people. Now I selectively like people. My “selective isolation” is how I cope with my recently-diagnosed PTSD. For 26 years, I buried all memory of abuse I experienced in relationships starting when I...

A few months ago I attempted to kill myself. I won’t go into the specifics, but the basics are I ended up walking down a dual carriageway late at night after taking an overdose. Luckily for me, a police crew found me...

I am a father, I keep telling myself. I’m a poor rememberer. We’re in the backseat of a cab. Our baby’s car seat is in the backseat with us, because, with our bags, it wouldn’t fit in the trunk. Perhaps it sits between...

Author’s Note: Each person with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is different and an individual person, just as each person without BPD is different and an individual, hence the variety of examples. Those of us...

By Michelle Andrews Six years ago, Erin was a newly minted graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, working three part-time jobs and adjusting to life as a non-student. She stopped in for a drink one...

The city of Bloomington, Indiana, and Indiana University (IU) officials are investigating after a professor allegedly verbally and physically assaulted two individuals with developmental disabilities and their support...

The commitment to protect the health of other people has guided my career for decades, whether training Air Force pilots to avoid hypoxia or NASA astronauts to survive in pressurized space capsules. That commitment...

Her words sounded soft and almost apologetic as she gave me the news over the phone. She had no idea I was already rocking back and forth on my bed… sitting in the darkness and wrapped in a light blue blanket that gave...

Pediatric cancer is the number one disease killer of children in the United States. But, it continues to be the most underfunded by the federal government getting 4% of the yearly budget allocated for all cancers....

This has been a couple of good weeks for me. Either that or I’ve been riding the wave of mania. In the past, I’ve written about how fleeting the feeling of hypomania can be. One pinprick and it bursts, leaving nothing...

A while ago, I wrote a piece called Abused Kids Get to Look Like Their Bullies: On countless mornings, I glimpse my reflection in the mirror and want to punch myself in the face. Because I look like her at certain...

“Keep calm and carry on,” they say. Oh, OK, sweet! If only it was so easy. “Stop worrying and think positive!” It’s the cure for anxiety. If only. We’d all be free and happy then, wouldn’t we? I mean, I’ve had loads of...

You come in with a list of nondescript symptoms, they point you toward anxiety. You come in with a list of super detailed symptoms, but still the minimum amount that you don’t think makes you look like a “crazy”...

If you’ve ever experienced baffling and debilitating symptoms, had a long line of tests and many false starts to get a chronic illness diagnosis while being called “dramatic” and finding friends drift off during the...

Award-winning director and filmmaker Ava DuVernay revealed she lives with lupus for the first time at Essence Festival earlier in July. DuVernay, who is known for creating and directing critically acclaimed films like...

“Wubba lubba dub dub,” friends! “Rick and Morty” fans will have the chance to win an appearance as a background character in the show’s fourth season and support services and programs for people on the autism spectrum....

My body is a traitor – it no longer seems to obey me despite my best efforts to placate it. I thought I was finally getting better. I was feeding my body with organic food, exercising regularly and trying to stay on...

“You don’t open your eyes for a while/You just breathe that moment down.” — Manchester Orchestra, “The Gold” It all begins like clockwork. At 5 a.m. you get your packet from desk J-1 then take it to the G-something...