Stopmentalhealthstigma Stories

"I didn't know you had friends like Isaac," Willa said in greeting. "I don't," muttered Jared. Isaac rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you don't. You have //one// friend like Isaac." His voice turned into this stupid mock whisper and he leaned towards Jared conspiratorially. "It's me, by the way."

Life is an everyday struggle for Dina. She doesn't need a breath-taking romance. She needs a friend and that's exactly what Theo is to her.

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

A collection of poetry.

'Why do we lie to ourselves and those around us? It's common for people to say only parts of the truth. Parts that they feel are acceptable or that they believe people wish to hear, concealing the full truth behind closed doors. "I'm fine" is the most common lie told, why? Why is a lie that reflects our emotions, so often used? ...' Natalie Evans is an ordinary seventeen year old girl, known for her cheerful personality and bright smile. However, not all that glitters is gold. Haunted by the memories of her past, Natalie struggles to overcome her psychological turmoil. Using an alter ego, within a secret Instagram account, she attempts to find a place of belonging; by helping others who are suffering from depression. All the while, dealing with issues involving home, school and the boy with secrets of his own, who she feels drawn to, as if by an invisible force. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: This book contains sensitive, social topics including anxiety, depression and self-harm. Please abstain from reading, if you find any of these topics disturbing or triggering.

Follows the real life situations of a struggling artist who suffers from Bipolar (Manic Depressive) Disorder, as she traverses the confusion of being in her 20s, learning to be an independent adult, and trying to follow her passions. Highest Ranking: #229 Non-Fiction This book is in support of: @freementalillness, @nomorescars, @projectbeyoutiful, @projectevangeline, @projectyou, @revealhiddenscars and @stopmentalhealthstigma.

It hasn't been long since the death of Draken, the young Prince of Gondra; and his death has taken a toll on the entire family. Leila has started sneaking out at night, and when caught by her mother, she has been acting strange. Narcissa has a feeling Leila has been hunting down those responsible for her younger brother's death, and needs to come up with a plan to stop her eldest daughter before all out war happened between them and Camelot.

// Winner in the Starstruck Awards 2017 and the Wing Awards 2017// "Everyone's a little broken, that's how you let the light in." Faith Davis' freshman year in college was supposed to be a new start, a time to flourish. Instead, she came out of it barely holding it together. A year and a half later, she's still scarred by the events that occurred. But what happens when her best friend's marriage throws her into the path of Noah Johnson. His optimism and encouragement cuts through her own cloud of pain, but nobody's perfect, and Noah has his own demons to battle. Can they both help each other out of the past, or will they drown in the waves of their own troubles.

Love brought Nathan Fritz and Blake Digswell together when Blake moves to San Francisco to live with her brother. They fell quickly, head first, believing that love and only love could conquer everything. But as things begin to go downhill, circumstance pays Nathan and Blake no favours when things begin to derail, and their belief that love conquers all is put to a test wherein they both come to realise that perhaps their affection cannot triumph over everything. When tragedy picks its victims, the timing's never perfect - and it never ends well for anyone.

Pete is rationing his pills. Patrick is cleansing himself with peroxide. Both are in danger of themselves. ~TRIGGERING FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS~ Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/nostrilartist/playlist/06cHJTd13X6fsHLOe8YKLU

Morrtiis has always been known for her unstable behavior, and hallucinations. Her abnormal behavior gets in the way of making friends. Dare to travel with Morrtiis through her journey to complete utter insanity...? ⤵⤵⤵⤵⤵⤵⤵⤵ ---TEASER--- I awoke to a starless sky, empty, empty like my soul, "The stars are hiding," I sighed. I swear I had died, but I'm still alive, "Am I alive..." I thought to myself while laying on the brown dirt as if it were my bed, my submission to the dreamlike reality. The tombstones crowded me; death had transformed me, had been the only thing to comfort me in the past couple days to know I am alive, that I'm real, I had died with them. My feelings my visions and emotions like a snowstorm inside me, had fogged my whole being with fright. But now, thanks to Veronica, I had a clear view over what I have become. The earth shivered as I walked through the dark serenity,, the grass padding my dragged steps toward I don't know where. My black formal dress dragged behind me like a shadow. I felt nothing; I wasn't breathing, no pulse. I step on glass, no blood, no pain, no tears... No fears... nothing to worry about except what to do next, and I already knew that. I am nothing, Yet I am standing, I am dead, Yet I am something... Of all who this could happen to, and it's me. It is me. The death-bringer. I am in control. I crave the blood, Their helpless expression of a fate they are aware that I control The pain, The tears, Everything that I can't have now. I am dammed and never to die. I know my purpose is to make people feel what I can not.

BOOK TWO OF THE SCARLETT CHRONICLES | After being kidnapped as a young child, seventeen year old Scarlett Grey found her way home to her family. For months, she struggled to find a balance between the girl she'd left behind and the girl she had become. But she did. She had a family, she made friends, she fell in love, and she was finally happy. That is, until she lost the most important person in her life to a merciless disease: her beloved mother. She's completely fallen apart. One by one, she shut out the people closest to her: her father, her best friends, and even her boyfriend. And as a result, she's left to face the man who stole her innocence away all those years ago, completely alone. Can Scarlett once again escape the man who took away so many years of her life? And, most importantly, can she learn to love herself in spite of the tremendous losses she's known? • Please be advised this story contains mature and sensitive themes such as abuse, scenes involving post traumatic stress disorder and severe anxiety, as well as some (okay quite a bit of) explicit language. Cover by yours truly and the wonderful @ Tayxwriter Highest Rank: #134 in Teen Fiction (2018/04/28) Copyright © Ashley Marie

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.

The Mental Health Epidemic has been part of our society and our whole universe for decades and yet many of us (not a huge fraction of the whole world) are working on breaking the stigma around the epidemic, spreading awareness and light to the subject, promoting positive mental health, sharing all our stories tied to the issue and overall helping the rest of the society contributing to setting all those suffering and living with mental illness (in silence and those in the working process of speaking up about their illness overall the whole epidemic) free of the nasty yet deadly stigma and discrimination linked to the issue. This issue is in the process of moving forward and improving this Epidemic for a greater result in the world but we all still have a long way to go. We have accomplished a small achievement of having more of society viewing depression and anxiety disorder not taboo as seen before, but still others like schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder plus many others still are still being seen as taboo. As a weakness, a fault in someone, failure, etc. We need to continue our parts in this moment with solving this huge, yet ever so important Epidemic to help save others from suicide, and severe medical issues. Along with being silenced by the stigma and discrimination around the issue itself. People don't realise how much harm they are doing with the words they choose when speaking to their loved ones, friends, co-workers until it's either too late or things that involve taking big risks (which in cases like this, are very well supported and wise; along with being helpful with making change in this issue without forcing or demanding others to view the issue/illnesses in a postive light. And so this book is here (send me a message if you want your stories, articles, thoughts included here) to inspire, encourage others that they are not alone and that life gets better. It just happens gradually, not overnight.

Demi Lovato is one of the popular celebrities out there who are also known for advocating for mental health and also for being a role model for those suffering and living with mental illness. Millions are still suffering in silence and we need to continue doing our part with the society that is on the same page to contribute with breaking the stigma and discrimination about mental illness. Demi Lovato inspires millions of her fans to be confident and I've decided to write a book on self confidence, self, love, body/self acceptance, self care, and also inspiring actions of taking risks when our own family members aren't supportive, understanding, respectful, accepting and helpful with our illness. Refusing to accept our condition for the stigma and discrimination shows up well too clearly to us but not to them. This book I've created is here to help inspire others to continue or start speaking up about their illness(s) and taking the right risks with moving forward in having others including our friends and family moving onto our side, gradually, naturally and not in our control or demand. We cannot make someone change the way they view, think, believe and treat things in life any better. We just have to accept this and just mainly focus on ourselves in recovery. Trust the process and give the rest to God and nature that your friends and family will view these situations, epidemic on their own terms. It's not up to you to demand, control, or make them change. It's only up to you to stand up for what you want, need, believe in and focus on working with your recovery. Everything will turn out the way it should for the greater good! Just trust everything is in good hands! Trust God!

FREE STORY***WINNER of the #BigChange #FanficFriday Contest*** American spies in Islamabad are systematically being delivered into the hands of the Taliban. Carrie Mathison, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Counter Terrorism Chief has a theory, the ISI are complicit in the retaliatory street violence and abductions... Enigmatic Aasar Khan, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Counter Terrorism Chief, knows Carrie's history of operating as a loose cannon in the Middle East. If she does not operate within the letter of the law, he has made it his mission to have her expelled from Pakistan. Aasar Khan and Carrie Mathison operate in a powder keg of distrust when their personal lives unexpectedly collide... Other contest winners of the #FanficFriday #BigChange competition https://www.wattpad.com/list/314661022-big-change-contest-winners

these are all the thoughts in my head- uncensored, unstructured, and exactly as they flow out. this is a technique called free writing. which is why I call this free speech this is basically my diary. (this is the way I think I guess) it's cathartic, which is why I do it. I have good days and bad days but it helps more on the bad days. these are written randomly, whenever I feel like it, whenever I have too many thoughts and emotions and I'm overflowing (so it's kinda over dramatic) my mind (like everybody else's) is confusing, what can I say -alright I'm out-

#FreeYourBody #StopMentalHealthStigma Cameron Wilkes tries to be normal, she really does. But when stuff randomly changes size occasionally, it's pretty hard. She has a condition called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome(yes it's a real thing). And her life gets pretty hard pretty fast. •*•*• Jaime Pryce is an amputee. He lost an arm and a foot in a devastating car crash a year ago. When he moves into the small town of Verity, he struggles to fit in to his new life. •*•*• They're both bullied for different reasons, but they form a bond through the pain. The problem is, how can they really accept each other when they don't understand? •*•*• This is a short story I'm writing for @tahliepurvis and the #freeyourbody campaign.

3rd place winner in Contest #1 of Contestland (Wonderland)! Fizz also known as Felicity Berry is a sixteen year old girl with one thing: Anxiety. From the age of eleven experiencing her first panic attack to the present day, she has faced many battles and trials to get towards the end of her school life. When things start to go incredibly out of hand, she turns to her blog as a way of not only getting her point across but also to express without the fear of one of the bullies finding her under her pen name, "The Girl." It is through one of her blog posts that she encounters another user under the name, "The Boy" but is this user going to be another negative thing to happen on Fizz or will this user change her life for the better? Written for August's #JustWriteIt, Wattys entry for 2015 and inspired by true events from Scarlett's life, A for Anxiety is a story about courage and pushing through barriers to achieve your dreams. "Everyone gets nervous, whether it is because of a school performance or a job interview, they can be beaten. Don't let Anxiety hold you back and if you do have Anxiety, never let others leave you or push you to the side, you are a beautiful person in your own right."- Scarlett Rose. Cover made by @mrtajtheswagmaster!

This is a story about the people that are usually forgotten about. Here's to you. "Today is Henry's birthday. And Henry is turning twenty five. Henry's mother is battling cancer at the moment. His father left them at a young age. He doesn't remember him anyways." This is a story of a young man trying to put his life together.