Depression

In the previous post, I talked about the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Today I want to highlight a related area, the way that mental illness looks and feels. To do that, I want to provide some background. My name is Cassie. I’m a writer on this site and I also do much of the […]

The topic of mental health is being discussed with increasing frequency. Yet, it is still an immensely challenging area, one that is associated with considerable assumptions and stigma. Much of the stigma comes from the way that mental illness has been traditionally viewed. The media has often painted people with a mental illness as dangerous, […]