Fading Light: Degrees of Depression
Note to self: The thing to understand about the downspin is that it’s just another ride, and the ride – it’s moving. You’ve
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February 26, 2017
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Sweatpants & Sanity | Sweet 13: a Bat Mitzvah Celebration Becomes a Depressed Cake Shop Pop-Up
A young girl in Georgia chose to use her Bat Mitzvah as an opportunity to combat the stigma around mental illness and raise
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January 18, 2017
Sweatpants & Sanity | 8 Ways You Can Make the World Safer for People with Mental Illness
It’s hard to know how to support a friend or loved one with mental illness. Those of us who live with a mental condition know
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January 16, 2017
Sweatpants & Sanity | The Painted Tree: A Story of Life, Love, and Depression
It was a cold but beautiful May day when my husband and I exchanged vows beneath a canopy of cherry blossoms in Brooklyn. We
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August 17, 2016
Sweatpants & Sanity | I Know This Girl
I know this girl. This woman, actually. My heart breaks for her. The things she’s told me—they make me want to throw up. I
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August 11, 2016
7 Surprising Gifts of My Mental Illness
I used to live in an I-have-it-together illusion. But waking up in ICU after a failed suicide attempt left me with no choice
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February 1, 2016
