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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Labeling Abuse in a Borderline Relationship

Posted October 6, 2021 •

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Is This What Normal Feels Like? Finding the Right Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Posted September 22, 2021 •

Aneta Dabrowska felt the ups and downs of bipolar type II as a teenager, but no one around her knew how to react. When she entered adulthood, Aneta...

Sincerely, Madness: A Marine Confronts Rape and Self-Harm to find Strength and Hope

Posted September 15, 2021 • 00:11:12

Being a Marine is supposed to put you through Hell and test your will, but not by subjecting you to rape by two different superior officers. Years later,...

Sanguine: Attempting to Control Everything through Disordered Eating

Posted September 8, 2021 • 00:16:36

Kate’s eating disorder started with a desire to control her body and quickly spiraled into something else, learning to reconnect to her body, Kate...

Postnatal Depression, Regular Old Depression, and How Mindfulness Saved Me

Posted September 1, 2021 • 00:12:42

Shannon McBride has felt the fog of depression and anxiety nearly her whole life, until an accidental run-in with a pamphlet at the post-office changed...