Tag: depression
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When to Involve Parents Into Your Friends’ Mental Health Discussion
Editor’s note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact the Crisis Text Line by texting “START” to 741741. Here’s a truth you don’t hear everyday: sometimes parents aren’t helpful. Or sometimes it takes some time to accept them as helpful. As teenagers, we have two contradicting feelings toward ... -
No Treatment is for Everyone: My Process to Finding My “Cure”
On August 14, 2017, I was diagnosed with mild depression and severe anxiety by a doctor who had never met me before; a doctor who knew nothing about my experiences or about my feeling; a doctor spent just 15 minutes with me. When I first got my diagnoses I was thrilled! It was as though ... -
Fashion Icon Kate Spade Died By Suicide, Brings Forward Conversation About How to Converse
If you need support for yourself or friends, call the NAMI Hotline at 800-950-6264. If you or a loved one is planning to harm his/herself, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255 or the Crisis Prevention Hotline at 2-1-1. Fashion icon Kate Spade was found dead today at 55 years old from an apparent ...