This mental health recovery story focuses on Makayla who experienced childhood trauma and abuse that has had long-term effects on her mental health. Read more to learn about her journey with mental health and healing. The post The Moment Everything Clicked: A Story of Unhealed Childhood Trauma appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

Kaley Neal writes about her orthorexia eating disorder and exercise compulsion. The post Overcoming an Eating Disorder During the Pandemic Uncovers Deeper Wounds appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

Does battling with your own mental health diagnosis make you more or less qualified as a clinician? In this essay, Naomi Kunstler explores that question, and shares the price she paid to offer exemplary clinical service while also battling with depression and a history of self-harm. The post On The Ethics of Mental Health Clinicians With Their Own Diagnoses appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

The post-college search for interpersonal connection left Eleni Stephanides wondering: “Maybe you’re not someone who was meant for relationships.” This, of course, was a falsehood put forth by her trauma and depression. The post Trauma and how the Depressed Brain Pushes us into Social Isolation appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

After telling herself for so many years that she was destined to fail, Khalilah Abbas began to believe it. That’s until she found connection with others, and herself, through reading and writing. The post How Reading, Writing, and Connecting with Others Helped Free Me from Trauma appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

Julia Tannenbaum advocates for a better, cleaner, lovelier world while managing her eco-anxiety that threatened to derail her activism. The post Activism and Intentional Living Helped Me Manage My Eco-Anxiety appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

Ashley Marie Berry endured trauma in an abusive relationship, on top of pre-existing mental health challenges and emerged hopeful. The post My Grande Mis-Comparison Between Mental Episodes and Abuse appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

This mental health recovery story focuses on Leif and an experience of psychosis due to a medication change. His mental health shifted and a hospitalization occurred. Read more to learn about his journey with mental health and healing. The post What Five Weeks in a Psychiatric Ward Had to Teach Me appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

This mental health recovery story focuses on Nadia and her diagnosis process around bipolar. Her mental health plummeted after the birth of her daughter. Read more to learn about her journey with mental health and healing. The post Depression, Anxiety and Chronic Mom Guilt: How I Learned my Bipolar Diagnosis appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more

Musician, dancer, and artist Casey Calhoun has long struggled with bipolar disorder, and she writes here about her unique recovery process. The post A Creative Mind, Body, and Voice Navigates Bipolar Disorder appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries ..read more