Stopmentalhealthstigma Stories

Everything we see, isn't what's really there. Everything and everyone looks completely different and no one knows this, yet. This one girl who finds out after years of weird vision changes, finally learns and is convinced she can show everyone. The only problem is, who's going to believe the therapeutic girl? I just want to let you know that this book also contains some depression and suicidal thoughts. Just thought I'd let you know.

A bunch of poems That might not even be poems Just my thoughts Most of it doesn't make sense But then neither does my mind

Also Available On Inkitt "Can I ask you something?" She asked softly. "Sure," he smiled. She looked up at him. "Why did you want to be my friend? I mean, there were so many people to choose from. Why me? I'm not even worth it." "You looked so lonely. So sad, so hidden. You looked like you were so used to being silent. But I knew there was more to it than what meets the eye. I wanted to decode the mystery." He looked deep into her eyes. "So what do you want?" She held his gaze, even though she hated eye contact. He smiled softly and sang, "All I wanna be, all I ever wanna be, is somebody to you." ________________________________________________ Darkness and shadows were all she ever saw. She lived in silence, her whole world a monochromatic display that only she could see. Her red rimmed glasses only made clearer her strife and the elastic band on her left wrist reminded her of her long lived sorrow. She hid from the world, going unnoticed by everyone, slowly crumbling to dust on her own. That was all until one faithful day when someone did the unthinkable and decided that she was worth noticing. She was the girl in the grey hoodie. And he was someone who cared. Take your mind on a journey of two unique souls, sprinkle in a little friendship, a teaspoon of tears, a spoon of laughter and fun and maybe a pinch of violence and love with a hint of secrets. And while you wait for that delicious cake to bake, a good sing along won't hurt. Theme song for the book: Don't Change -- Why Don't We ~***~ Book started: 7/04/2018 Book ended: 29/12/2018 Highest Rankings: #1 in Projectbreakfree #5 in ADHD #3 in StopMentalHealthStigma #4 in Nottalkedabout #13 in FreeMentalIllness

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.

// 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.

After being afflicted with depression at an early age, 17-year-old Mae finds a way to cope through diary exchanges with her best friend. Using an old leather-bound journal to jot down every instance of pressure, joy, and bitter strife, even this solace seems to be no match for constant break downs. Mae thinks no one notices when she stifles tears in the back of art class. But someone does. Maybe it's high time Mae realizes that even though crying sucks when someone else sees it, that's all the more reason they deserve to know why.

/[Submitted for Brian Kesinger's Visual Storytelling Contest]\ Autism, a mental illness that makes me want to hide. Autism, something that drove me to kill my own mother. Autism, save me. Time was never on my side... till I realized there was more to it ***A Brian Kesinger Contest Entry*** #freementalillness #stopmentalhealthstigma

"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]

❝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

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!

Read this whenever you're feeling overwhelmed.

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 book I've created is my story of my life mostly involving mental health related memories, life lessons and much more. Will update with more other related stories about my past that can make one laugh, learn, agree, relate to and much more. Please stay tuned, updated on further content updating within the next month or so. My life story that gets really inspiring with overall how I handle, gain and take from my experiences shared here! A PASSIONATE mental health advocate, standing up for my beliefs and being the confident, sassy yet beautiful women that I am conquer the world!

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

Cancer Bites is a collection of poems and short stories that our beloved wattpad users have written for this campaign. We bring to you the supporting team, the surviving team, the witnessed team and the fighting team. With love, Linda Yassine, founder of #iGotcancer Project campaign.

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.

No one ever thought that a Hufflepuff and Slytherin would be seen together, let alone be getting along, but it happened. And it all started in Herbology. [marauders era] [the noah ackerman series] [highest rating: #4 in regulus black]

"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."

"Why do you never smile?" "Because I'm not like you. I'm not important enough to be happy." ~ ~ ~ Gabriel Lancaster has never smiled. He has never grinned, never laughed. He goes through life as the world's biggest pessimistic optimist. If anyone else feels down, he does all that he can to cheer them up. But he's never once helped himself. This bothers Cassidy Evans. Gabriel has helped her out many times, and she's only been able to repay him once. All she wants is to see him happy. But she can never seem to break through his walls and get him to smile or be happy. Gabriel always wonders why Cassidy even cares. No one else does. But what he doesn't know is that Cassidy has a reason for what she does, and part of it involves her best friend's dead brother, Zach. One night, Cassidy devises a plan for Gabriel. One clicker, clicked only when thinking happy thoughts or doing something that makes him happy. Company, so he knows that he isn't walking this world alone. Cassidy's ultimate goal: prove to Gabriel that he is worth something in this world. Welcome to Project Smile. {Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.} [Warning: This book deals with subjects such as bullying and depression. There is discussion of a suicide. If this triggers you, please be careful.] Copyright 2015 by GWritesNovels. All rights reserved. None of this work may be reproduced without consent.

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.