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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Anxiety & Trauma Poems

Posted January 19, 202200:10:56

Faced with trauma and grief, writer Laura Farrell turned to poetry to process her experiences.

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Done Running: a Budding Pharmacist Confronts Her Eating Disorder & Sexuality

Posted January 12, 202200:09:04

Jules Aukerman, a budding pharmacist, confronts her sexuality and her eating disorder in this genuine, compassionate essay.

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Misunderstood, Misdiagnosed, Misled: My Story of Illness and Addiction

Posted January 5, 202200:15:21

Christina faced issues with addiction and the law, due to underlying mental issues, eventually with the proper help and diagnosis she learned to tackle...

Knock, Knock. Who’s There? OCD.

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Megan Fisher tried in vain to conceal her OCD behaviors from those closest to her, and therapy wasn’t the magic cure-all, until she found hope and...

Mind Games: Depression & Anxiety Gripped My Father; COVID Nearly Took Him Away

Posted December 15, 202100:12:05

Khadija grew up with two hard-working, loving parents, it was later in life that she experienced the impact of her father’s depression.

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