Stopmentalhealthstigma Stories

Despite today's modern world, mental health is something which is still much of a taboo subject. Those who suffer from it are often too ashamed or embarrassed to talk about it and those who have never suffered from it lack the empathy and understanding to truly get where that person is coming from. This book, at time of starting, is being written by someone who has suffered from two decades worth of trials and tribulations leading to years of depression, anxiety and now, a psychotic episode. My aim here is helping to break the barrier between 'you' and 'us' in the hope that maybe, we can interlink a little better and tackle this shushed subject together. I will be focusing on well known facts, those not so well known and all illnesses which can affect anyone, at any point, at any age. To help bridge the gap between the two different sides, I will be allowing you a unique insight into my own mind, how I think, how I feel and what my real dark days consist of. I hope this book helps people on both sides of the invisible wall this world has built....

No one stays the same forever. That's a lesson that Zoey Newman knew very well. After being falsely imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, Zoe comes out a different person. Someone who doesn't believe in happy endings and Prince Charming's. Forced to return to the place where it all started, Zoe must confront her past demons if she wants a chance to move on. Thomas Morgan was just a regular brown-haired boy with a hidden smile. Seemingly ordinary, no one looked past his brooding personality to see that he might just be suffering too. When Thomas and Zoey meet each other by chance, they learn things that could change their lives forever. With time, it may be possible for them to cure each others sadness. Maybe, just maybe, they'll realize that you don't have to fake happiness to survive. You just have to have the right person. highest rank- #148 (4/29/16) |Completed 12//30//16|

poems, quotes, diary entires, and short stories on depression

In which a teenager finds the need to make other people feel good so great that she tends to forget about herself in the process. Also, in which a teenager notices and tries everything he can to let her know that she can shine just as brightly as everyone else. {Trigger Warning: Anxious thoughts all throughout the book. If these mentions make you feel uncomfortable, please don't read. Stay safe, everyone!}

Anna Arlington and Ethan Hawkes. Two people whose names shouldn't even be put in a sentence together. Completely polar opposites what with her being the school's most unpleasant bad girl and him the popular football jock who everyone wants to be seen with. Things escalate pretty quickly when their worlds collide with one another a day after his infamous 18th birthday party, but not in the way you would imagine. With Anna being thrown into a dark place of her past and Ethan dealing with unimaginable problems he thought were gone now, follow them on their journey of self-discovery, acceptance and maybe...just maybe...love.

You know, the quietest room is the "Anechoic Chamber". The longest a person lasted in there was 45 minutes. They say, many people get hallucinations if they try to stay there as long as possible. Maybe the silence in my room was starting to affect me. #TheAccepters #DiverseLit #FreeMentalIllness #IAmHere #ProjectYou #ProjectFemaleCharacters #HelpAll #StopMentalStigma #TalkThePoc #JustBeYourself #BreakStereotypes

Julia leads a modern life, in an aging universe, but she has become tired of the lack of 'true contact' which ignorantly runs through others. Feeling trapped in her own dot, Julia faces a mission: putting a full-stop onto society's moral lacking is a challenge, but she's got her own bot-hero personalizing some parts of her day. Through scrutinizing her own views of advanced technology and what has become of humanity, Julia learns that sometimes, life can be put into a semi-colon.

"I just want you to know that I love you, and that will never change. I just want you to know that even if you don't remember me, I will always remember you." I stood there for a few more minutes looking at her grave, wishing she could actually hear the words I was saying. I didn't know what else I was supposed to do or say so I walked back to my car. And as I was walking, I could have sworn I heard my grandmother's voice say, "I love you too, Marina." Marina's grandmother passed away due to dementia, but Marina is determined that no one will ever forget Wren Jennings, even if dementia took the memories from Wren. tysm to the amazing @RebellionOfALifetime for the cover

Vacation is supposed to be exciting and fun - new experiences, different people and interesting places. However, it is not that simple for Louisa. Struggling to fight her eating disorder, she is forced into a completely different environment, that makes everything ten times harder. Scary experiences, unfamiliar people and nerve-wracking places. She knows everyone is only trying to help, but what she doesn't know is why she can't stop resisting their help.

❝She was pain in the form of the one who broke his heart.❞ All rights reserved. @ o p t i c a l i t y | 2017

Read this whenever you're feeling overwhelmed.

Winter's- or Terwin in Dragon Tongue- arrived in Gondra, and you think everyone will be getting Festive. Not their eldest Princess. Ever since she lost her mother, Winter has done nothing but bring back the memories of the good times and trigger her Great Sadness. Is it possible to have a good time when all it does is bring pain?

One shared biology textbook, one lonely girl, one kind yet mysterious boy, several continuous letters, and a whole bunch of truths and lies. ~~~ [a story told through letters]

❝Why do you dye your hair all the time?❞ #stopmentalhealthstigma #freeyourbody #mentalhealthstigma

Phiff's profession as a figure skating instructor is the reason why he wakes up in the morning everyday. Seeing little kids stumble upon their feet and still standing up is the best part. Except the part where all his hope is crushed when a gang decides to do a ransom and host a kill threat in Poland Winter Sports Center. Worse came to worst; the incident took a big effect on Phiff's life. A journey is headed to him, where he finds his self in the most nostalgic and familiar place on the earth, but in the same time Phiff knows it was meant to be buried in the deepest depths of his mind, meant to be forgotten. A place where every night there was a blast from his days, and most especially, a mystery from his past. "That was the day I began forgetting home." #FreeMentalIllness #StopMentalHealthStigma

Get You the Moon has been picked up by Cherry Publishing. The book will be available for order on Amazon from Friday 16th July 2021. This is an unedited sample without any new scenes. [Featured on the Official Wattpad Romance page in the 'Young Love' reading list] Scarlet Bridge has a set of goals that she needs to tick off before her last year at high school comes to an end. Everything seems to be going according to plan until she dials her boyfriend's number, and is redirected to Levi, the boy claiming the second position on her 'hit list'. "I absolutely love it. The growth, the acceptance of social stigmas and normalising issues that are often overlooked. This book is so so beautiful. I'll buy it if you publish it." - @designgirl01 #4 in enemiestolovers, #17 in chicklit

"I wonder if it's possible to lose myself if I never knew really knew who I was to start with." [a short story dealing with bipolar]

Kevin Barr and Eddward Vincent - just two boys with a past together who meet again after losing touch after high school. They both have a little baggage but maybe they can carry it all together. [Where Eddward's an innocent asexual cutie, Kevin's a patient sweetheart, Nathan's the Captain of their ship and Rave is done with his crap.] Enjoy, thank you, and please give this one a chance. This is the first 'romancy' thing Ive ever written. Probably sucks. Sorry. ((Previously named 'Catching Me Again))

User-submitted recounts and stories of mental health for mental health awareness

obsession əbˈsɛʃ(ə)n/ noun the state of being obsessed with someone or something. an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind. plural noun: obsessions synonyms: fixation, ruling/consuming passion, passion, mania, idée fixe, compulsion, preoccupation, enthusiasm, infatuation, addiction, fetish, craze, hobby horse.