
Mental Health Awareness Month
Every day in May, a new box will appear featuring someone’s story. Click on the boxes below to read or listen to their full stories.
May 29

“We are happy to sponsor this important event through the Mental Health Collaborative” – The Ober Family
May 27
My Personal Mental Health Journey The journey of my mental illness started long before I even knew it as an illness that could be diagnosed…
May 23
I’ve been You ask me of the places I have been.I tell you I did most of my travelingin my early, formative years. And like…
May 21
I have had anxiety my whole life. From my earliest school years, I can remember being so sick the night before the first day of…
May 19
Jeremy’s Story: Jeremy Michael Farrell 8/4/77-11/11/2019 My name is Cindy Farrell, I was a teen mother to 3 children. Jeremy was my middle child. By…
May 17
My experience with mental health has been quite rich. I’ve experienced some low points in my life and they’ve taught me how to stay positive,…
May 15
Elegy a world without poetsis like a night without the moon in a lovers eyesor perhaps like a day without the morning sunrisewaves without the…
May 12
My mental health has always been impacted in some way, ever since I can remember. From a young age, I did not have my mother…
May 9
“I have had body image issues since I was a young girl. I started dancing since I was 4 years old and stopped at 14…
May 7
THE DEPLORABLE BED My bed: I stare at it with disdain and disgust.My bed: a symbol of my lack of functioning, so much lost time,…
May 3
I remember sitting at the kitchen table. I was working from home at the time. The sun was shining on my back and a neighbor…