Welcome:

I am glad you have found your way to this page. I know it may be because of unforeseen circumstances or hard times but you're here now and you are among friends. This page was created to spill all those intrusive thoughts, to share in hopes of understanding you are not alone and to find a safe place where you don't have to hide any side of yourself you are currently not proud of - please feel free to share often or not at all. The isolative nature of mental health disorders only further enhances the feelings of anger, sadness, despair and so many more. Isn't it wild that because of our lack of understanding and acceptance of these disorders we have become a society that is ashamed of them. We have become a community of beings who feel broken and want to hide our dark side from others for fear of rejection. How has this EXTREMELY NORMAL aspect of being a human become something so stigmatized. It is the most inclusive aspect of human nature if we think about it: for mental health doesn't deny any race, any gender, any status from being welcomed into its web. If anything, mental health, connects all of us... it is a common thread that affects 1 in 4 humans in their lifetime. Did you know that 1 in 8 females are at risk of getting breast cancer in their lifetime or 1 in 9 males will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. These physical, tangible diagnosis scare us yes but are also globally accepted. Someone with cancer isn't isolated, isn't made to feel different, isn't looked down upon because of their diagnosis. There needs to be a path to understanding mental health: signs, symptoms, resources just like there is for cancer diagnosis. Perhaps if our communities were better informed, from a young age, then it could grow into a universal acceptance. Hopefully this knowledge of how common mental health disorders actually are can start mending some relationships, can start conversations between peers who may find something in common...maybe, just maybe, our ability as a society to accept and someday appreciate mental health will help lessen the divide between humans of all colors, orientations, social status and any other excuse we find to divide and label.