In my family, I was always the “emotional one.” I always have been. Even growing up, I remember throwing angry tantrums when things would be just out of my reach or not go my way. Crying when I was hurt or scared, or running around the house with joy and…

Let’s face it. Sometimes we are just not okay. Life may be a little chaotic — or maybe a lot chaotic. The job you are working might not be the one you wanted, your anxiety is literally eating you alive, and your bank account isn’t where you want it to…

Suicide is the climax of a number of factors that present the person with a ‘one way fits all’ type of solution.’ That death is the only and the best way out. From the suicidal person’s point of view, it is a logical decision based on irrational or illogical reasoning…

When my baby brother died, I felt myself fall to the floor, to my knees and just cried. The news from the other end of the phone still remains one of most shocking moments of my life. I remember hardly being able to speak. All of those memories, and then…

“I just don’t feel like doing much.” “I find it hard to get going.” “It’s hard for me to see things important enough to complete.” “I’ll start tomorrow.” “I don’t have everything I need to get started yet.” “If I study right before the test, I will be more refreshed.” …

Those little statements that repeat in our minds. Critical. Cautious. Always focused on the negative. Emotional and judgmental. Repetitive. Cruel. Brutal. I’m not good enough. I’m not smart enough. I’m not attractive enough. I’ll never get that promotion. I’ll never be acknowledged. I’m a failure. I am my worst critic. You are your worst critic. These are a well-known statements…

Think back to the last memory in which you felt true joy and bliss. Maybe it was while you were watching a sunset on a vacation with your significant other or maybe it was while you were watching your child do something incredible for the first time ever. You might…

I can remember all of the feelings so vividly — all of the emptiness, the yearning, the confusion, the lacking, and the depression. It was like they all merged together and they always seemed to present themselves at the absolute worst of possible times. It was the simplest things, like…

There was a point in my life where I didn’t believe in a God or a Higher Power. I have always been in and out of the ideas of religion and/or spirituality or the belief that there was something higher than myself out there. I never believed in the idea…