From Apollo
The nurse looked at my self harm scars and said, "I have seen worse. Cutting down is better than cutting across." It made me want to try...
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Kelly
- 2 min
From Kelly
My name is kelly I'm 21 and I've been in the psych ward 3 times. I have bipolar and generalized anxiety disorder...
Marissa
- 2 min
From Marissa
My name is Marissa I am 20 years old and in 2015-2016 I was hospitalized 3 times. I went to a place called _______ in _____ Washington...
Suzie McMillan
- 1 min
From Suzie McMillan
I have spent my life since I was 8 trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I am 16 now, and the strongest diagnosis I have got was...
Kendall
- 3 min
From Kendall
I arrived at the hospital in 2019 when I was twelve-years-old, after my mom called the ambulance because my therapist at the time told...
Brynna Townsend
- 2 min
From Brynna Townsend
Back in February, I was in a high security psychiatric hospital for suicidal ideation. While I was there I tested positive for Covid-19...
Juno
- 2 min
We Deserve Better
This is for all the kids out there who are being let down. But especially the autistic ones, whether they know it or not - I see you...
Letter to the System
To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Mira Sunwon Goldstein. On April 24th, I will turn fifteen. I have two cats named Mercutio and Emerald...
Mira Sunwon Goldstein
- 14 min
The System and I
My name is Mira Sunwon Goldstein. I’m 17 years old. I love cats and the color purple. I run for fun along the beach. I sing in the shower...
Scarlet
- 3 min
10,000 Feet Above but Grounded in Love
The past is addictive when the present is in anguish. The future is pasted in the rearview of our minds. We’re aware but the hope for...
Rose
- 1 min
The Flower That Hides
Her flower curls up into hibernation. She’s always asleep; She’s never the blossoming garden I wish her to be...
Isadream
- 1 min
What Her Social Anxiety Tells Her
She finds a cardboard box in her cobweb covered basement
next to the dusty plastic Easter eggs and the toy drum filled
with white...
Luna
- 5 min
Old Enough to Understand
There are moments in my life where I believe the stars align and that life has so much love and adventure to explore. Where I point to...
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