Sometimes it’s like I’m an empty space. A whole body filled with nothing. No happiness, sadness or relief. It’s just a deep black pitcher of nothing. Some days, I can smile and live a life full of good things, but as soon as the day is over, I’m empty all over again. I never thought…
The word “overgeneralization” is defined in Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as “to generalize to the point of inaccuracy, to extrapolate a general theory, rule, et cetera, from too few facts or particulars.” It is commonly seen among people with anxiety disorders. They will take one small instance and generalize that the worst is going to happen. And…
This piece was written by an anonymous member of our editorial staff. Living with a mental illness does not look like a straight line. It doesn’t look like a graph that starts in the bottom left corner and goes up towards the right in a perfectly straight diagonal. You don’t start at the very bottom…
I always knew that I was more stressed out than my friends, but I never understood why. Every time we had an exam, I would find myself throwing up or having extreme chest pain the night before and I just thought this was normal. I never thought that I could have an anxiety disorder. I…
The loss of a parent and being left with a single parent is one of the most overwhelming situations to be faced with as a teenager. It challenges the family unit and changes an entire lifestyle. The number of children living in a single parent home in the United States has climbed to over 20…
This is my story of overcoming and being empowered by my mental health. I will be the first to say that living with high anxiety and depression sucks. It is possibly the worst feeling in the world when the irrational voice in your own head is telling you your biggest insecurities and failures. If you…
We live in an unfair world and that’s me being kind. More often than not, bosses and supervisors would rather find someone who doesn’t struggle with a mental illness and who doesn’t need accommodations or need to create that sense of ‘extra work.’ I am currently a senior psychology major on a pre-law track and…
I am an over thinker to the max and with every hospital stay comes an explanation as to why I was there. Do I tell them I had a stomach bug? A broken rib? Or tell the truth, that I had a manic episode? It is so easy to lie about your mental illness, because…
Hi, I’m Tatiana Snedeker. I am a sophomore nursing student, a first responder with URI EMS, the President of ‘r u ok?’ URI and I struggle with my mental health. I also struggle with acknowledging that I grew up in a community where mental health was a taboo subject. When I was upset I was…
Nobody likes to feel uncomfortable. It is human nature to avoid situations that put us in harm’s way. Sometimes, that harm includes discomfort from speaking our truth. After all, when someone asks us to tell them about ourselves, we tend to give superficial answers regarding our interests and personalities. It is rare during the introductory…