How does having a family member with schizophrenia affect your mental health?
The storyteller grew up with a father with an undiagnosed disorder. This was challenging for the family. In this video he opens up about his childhood, the things he missed out on, and the difficulties of his father’s violent mood swings. He recalls the violence and verbal abuse his father would say to his mother, […]
Overcoming the fear of being a single parent
The stigma and acceptance of a single mother in a culture that doesn’t support single parenthood. Single parenthood, though more accepted in the Western world, is not the case in many third-world countries. In this story, a single mother shares what it was like growing up in her culture. Women are raised to behave a […]
Giving back to the community during the end of the year for new nonprofits
Giving Tuesday was initiated in 2012 by Henry Timms to counteract the spending of Black Friday and Cyber Monday with philanthropic giving to charities in need of support. According to Wikipedia, It is touted as a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world”. In this […]
Post Partum Depression
Postpartum depression, something you may have heard of as the seemingly similar, ‘baby blues’. The baby blues are commonly associated with postpartum depression, though the differences are quite vast. A majority of women go through the ‘baby blues’, around 85%, which last for about 3-5 days, consisting of mood swings, disconnection to the baby and […]
Dopamine Dressing
There has always been a clear trend between fashion and major events around that time. Clothing has always reflected the mental state of the people wearing it. We saw it in WW2 when there was a lack of men in the workforce and women began wearing more traditionally masculine pieces. It was noted when the […]
A reason to smile and see the bright side
Kelly a 2020 graduate of The Ohio State University always seems to be in a good mood. Her smile is ever present. She attributes this to her “goofy mom” who has taught her to look at the bright side and seek the silver lining of things. Because of the work situation during the pandemic she […]
Living as the middle generation in a multi-generational family.
A daughter-in-law on one side and a mother-in-law on the other, sometimes it is a challenge being both, but all those involved really enjoy and feel the benefits of living together. Having so many family members in close encounters is a blessing and can uphold the mental health of those involved. The members serve as […]
A math teacher’s new passion of GARDENING
He was a swimming teacher who went back to school to become a math teacher. He had beena math teacher for 18 years. Now he finds himself in gardening and teaching about gardening.His mother and grandmother enjoyed gardening so he got into it with them. He likens teachingabout gardening as church and a way to […]
How do you deal with personal health challenges when you have a special needs child at home?
It is a dilemma, she says. She was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago. Her 18 year oldspecial needs son doesn’t fully understand what that means. All he understands is that something canhappen to her. Also, he faces the challenge of expressing himself. She spends more time focusing onhow her child can deal […]
How I dealt with and overcame the news of my son’s lifelong health condition.
My son was born with a condition that his doctors could not identify. The doctors told me that there wassomething wrong with my son but they were not able to pinpoint what exactly it was. They did,however, tell us that this condition was going to affect him his whole life. He wasn’t able to feed […]