Grief is like sitting in a room full of mirrors. You throw a ping pong ball and it bounces off all these mirrors. Eventually, when a mirror breaks, you never know which stage of grief will be behind it or what you’ll be faced with.
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What does loneliness look like? When we picture loneliness, many of us picture a cowering kid at school sitting alone at lunch, not speaking to anyone. That’s loneliness, right?
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More than one out of five students in the United States has experienced bullying. But what about the students who are hurting whose experiences don’t fit exactly into this definition?
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We asked our Crisis Counselors (CCs) who take conversations at night, which are often our busiest times, just what makes nighttime shifts so special.
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Our communities may have told us that talking about our mental health was a sign of weakness. That it is hard enough being a minority; we need to put up a strong face so they can’t wear us down. But anyone can be affected by mental illness.
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Most people spend 4th of July outside with their flag raised honoring both the holiday itself as well as those serving in the military. What many may not consider is how this display of patriotism may affect a veteran.
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Throughout the month of June we asked our Crisis Counselors for words of affirmation that they would want to pass on to our LGBTQ+ texters.
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Empathy and innovation. These are the words that have long defined the Crisis Text Line brand. They how we present ourselves to our community and the world at large: responses to social media comments, feedback to Crisis Counselors, and every post in this blog!
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There isn’t a before-and-after shot that can capture how my journey changed me, because a photo can’t show the happiness, peace and self-love I now feel.
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I have been diagnosed with a disorder known as DID. Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined by Psychology Today as “a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual”.
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