Mental Health Aloud

OC87 Recovery Diaries, is an online publication that features stories of mental health, empowerment, and change. Each week on Mental Health Aloud, Editor in Chief Gabriel Nathan will read aloud our latest mental health recovery essay. Gabe’s gentle, welco

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Overcoming My Teenage Traumas Allowed Me to Find Freedom in My Twenties

Posted June 15, 2022 • 00:08:58

Julia Tannenbaum’s adolescence was taken from her by a series of teenage traumas and mental health challenges; but she is only looking forward as...

We’ll Leave The Gaslight on For You

Posted June 8, 2022 • 00:21:26

This mental health recovery story focuses on Lindsey’s journey through abuse and childhood trauma, gaslighting, and hospitalizations, where Lindsey...

From Manic Insights to a Holistic Truth; Moving Towards Healing with Bipolar Disorder

Posted June 1, 2022 • 00:10:46

Alexis Zinkerman writes about the intersectionality between bipolar disorder, spirituality, and creativity.

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Anxiety’s Magical Little Pill

Posted May 18, 2022 • 00:15:49

Taking "a magic little pill" to help cope with her sometimes debilitating anxiety had serious limitations and, eventually, Maria realized she needed...

PTSD: The Unlikely Disease that Brought my Father and I Together

Posted May 11, 2022 • 00:15:17

Carissa Chesanek’s father experienced undiagnosed PTSD from his experience in Vietnam. His daughter never went to war, but was diagnosed with the...