Mental Health Stories: Part 2

 Okay, so I am absolutely LOVING these submissions. To everyone who is brave enough to share a bit about what they struggle with, just know that you are helping SO many people be brave enough to get help. Thank you everyone for your contribution!


Be kind to people, you don't know what they're going through.

♡ Saige


Aisha Gutiérrez

Growing up with mental illness.

Not being able to hang out with the other kids because they said you’re too sad to be around, having a stutter that you developed because you’re scared of talking to people but all the kids do is laugh at you and call you names. Having body issues from age 11 because you’re being called fat for being a little bit bigger than the other girls. To writing a note to leave for your family to find in grade 6. My “friends” called me little Eeyore because of how much I reminded them of the depressed Winnie the Pooh character. From having depression, anxiety, paranoia, eating disorder all before the age of 16. Mental health is a serious issue in our world today, it’s not some kind of joke. We need to see the signs and know how to help treat them before it’s too late. There’s always help for you, and personally speaking, it took me years to be able to ask for help and start to see a therapist and psychiatrist. People are here to help you in any way they can, I’m always here to help. So please, if you’re struggling the best thing you can do is ask for help.




Kate Irwin


Where do I start? I’ve been struggling with mental health since I was a child, it started with anxiety and quickly developed into full-blown anorexia and depression. I’m 18 now and I’ve been struggling with an eating disorder for 8 years. Wow just saying that is crazy to me. Anyways after spending years in and out of hospital I’m finally in a good place in my recovery. I have met people that have truly changed my life and inspire me every single day (Saige I may or may not be talking about you). What keeps me going is my friends and family. They have shown me that life is worth living and that there is life outside of anorexia and depression. Something else that I love to do, here me out this might sound a little cheesy but I LOVE quotes, and reading positive quotes really improves my mood. To everyone struggling I’ve been there, I believe in you, and you will get through this. The bad moment WILL pass. :)




Rowan Weinmeier


I have struggled with mental health my whole life, particularly panic disorders and depression. Life has been a struggle for me, even just to get out of bed. I got into a really traumatic car crash when I was really young that affected me a lot mentally. But every day I do get up and every day I try my best to live my life aside from the struggles of my mental illnesses. You can do that too, you just gotta go one minute at a time.

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