Recovery Monologues

The Trauma of a Mental Illness Diagnosis

Being diagnosed with a mental illness can be traumatic. Establishing a new normal is a process but is possible. You may need to grieve...

Who doesn’t love a healthy bargain? I know I do!

Making bargains with yourself helps push you to overcome your debilitating symptoms. Challenging yourself to do something, no matter how...

Love as a powerful medicine for mental illness

Loving yourself is a big part of recovering and surviving a mental illness and the symptoms that persist for a lifetime, which are unique...

I no longer believe hurtful thoughts based on pain and fear

Evolving to a place that questions the dark/negative/critical voices or thoughts many if not all people have experienced is possible....

The ask for help that saved my life - my first step to address my mental illness

Desperate for help I opened up to a friendly dean at my law school when I couldn't "pull it together." #No2MHStigma

"I was raped" - trauma, masks and mental illness

Wearing masks is a protective hiding technique used by a lot of people including me. Masks helped me survive my childhood and became a...