Hi, Jack: You came into my life 18 months ago. I introduced myself as your aunt by touching, kissing, and whispering in your tiny ear. When I hold you, I think about how I never want you to feel alone. I’ve often felt alone because of something called depression. I’ll tell you what that means …
This summer Elsie added her voice to Deconstructing Stigma: Changing Attitudes About Mental Health, a series of larger-than-life photographs and interviews with people from across the United States and beyond who have been affected by mental illness. Since the campaign’s initial physical installation at Boston’s Logan International Airport, it has found homes in various US …
In my personal experience, when I see large scale ugliness in the world, my depression does a little victory dance. My depression is like, “see! I was right all along”. Same with set backs in my personal life. Someone I love back at a bottom, work being stalled, loneliness, and things in my apartment breaking. …