Adira Schorr, one of the winners of this year’s Refuat Hanefesh Creative Expression Contest, brilliantly opens up her emotions and feelings, allowing us to understand what mental illness feels like and acts like.
Month: June 2018
Sarah Last is a passionate 21-year-old from Plainview, New York. She is currently attending Stern College for Women, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Education. Sarah has been diagnosed with anxiety, Depression, OCD and BPD and wishes to use her experience with mental illness to help others and break the stigma.
Latest posts by Sarah Last (see all)
- Three Ways I Manage My BPD Symptoms - July 12, 2020
- How I Work Through Self-Harm Urges - June 7, 2020
- To Cover or Not to Cover Self-Harm Scars? - February 9, 2020
Going to a psychiatric hospital, or mental hospital as I refer to it doesn’t mean you’re “crazy” (whatever “crazy” means). I’ve Gone Yes, I have been to the “mental hospital” not once, but twice. The truth is that going isn’t as scary as it sounds. I’m not going to lie: it’s not fun either, but Read More …
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- My Scars - September 9, 2022
- Hopelessly Bipolar - July 30, 2022
- Metamorphosis - February 4, 2022
On June 5th, we lost the iconic 55-year-old fashion designer Kate Spade to suicide. She left her husband and 13-year-old daughter behind. Spade was known for her bright and cheerful designs, was successful and seemingly in the prime of her life. On June 8th, we lost super-chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain to suicide. Bourdain Read More …
Drugs are a powerful acid, dissolving the bonds of community that exist to support members of the community experiencing difficulties.