Don’t Forget MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS

I have been encouraged by the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement and pray it will make a positive change in America … More

Life is Fragile — Handle With Care

It has almost been two and half years since my overdose. I have also been psychotropic medication free for most … More

Beyond Hopeless – and a poem

I wrote the following poem titled Hopeless for a poetry contest with the theme of pain. Although I am blessed … More

“Let Love Be the Ending of the Stigma Sentence” ~Susan Walz

A person with cancer is often given chemotherapy or radiation treatments to kill their cancer cells. These toxins or poison … More

Regarding Stigma and Addiction

I have been researching a lot lately about addiction and recovery as I have come to realize that most of … More

Stigma: The Thorn in My Side

Since I was a young child there was a thorn in my side–a thorn in my flesh that penetrated deep … More

The Mental Illness Box

This is a a new and improved version of an old post from a few months ago. I hope you … More

We Need to Talk About ALL Deaths by Suicide—Not Just When Celebrities Die by Suicide

I am saddened by the two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, that died by suicide last week. However, I … More

Mental Illness Stigma Contributed to Kate Spade’s Suicide

Kate Spade’s death is ruled a suicide by medical examiner. A New York medical examiner has ruled that Kate Spade’s … More

Mariah Carey Reveals She Has Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder is much more prevalent world-wide than we realize.  And yet, another star admits having bipolar disorder. Mariah Carey … More