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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Be Informed, Not Afraid: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Could Save Your Life

Posted November 15, 2023

Despite the many decades that have passed since “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, many negative myths still persist about ECT (electroconvulsive...

From OCD Parenting to OCD Practitioner: My Recovery From Orthorexia by Proxy

Posted November 8, 202300:14:12

She thought she was being a diligent, careful mom, but it was really OCD and an eating disorder that needed treatment and understanding.

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My Body and Me: How Depression, Anxiety, and Eating Influence Each Other

Posted November 1, 202300:14:34

For many of her younger years, Amanda Wolf assumed her relationship with food was normal, since no one around her seemed to intervene. Now, she’s...

Overcoming Mental Illness Meant Accepting I’m an Introvert

Posted October 18, 202300:14:48

Amanda Nicholson grew up struggling to understand why it was so hard for her to socialize with her peers. In adulthood, she’s learned a new way to...

Living and Recovering with Schizoaffective and Autism Disorders

Posted October 11, 202300:10:56

Schizoaffective and autism can be challenging diagnoses to manage; for MJ Van Dyk, therapy has been an essential component to his recovery.

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