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Personal Story
06.30.2022
Lighting the Way for Others: Hope and Life Renewed
I woke up that day in early September feeling okay at first but around 8am, I became very depressed for no reason I could say exactly. I told my mother (grandmother) that I was going to go for a walk, but I had another plan. There is a 15–20-foot lighthouse by a lake near where I live. It is a truly beautiful place but, on this day, it wasn't so beautiful.
Personal Story
04.04.2022
The Stigma Surrounding AAPI Mental Health
Overall, the state of mental health in the AAPI community is dire. There is still much that needs to be improved, both in terms of how we approach and how we care for those with mental illness in our Asian American/Pacific Islander communities.
Personal Story
07.20.2021
Free Yourself. Be Yourself: Free The Bird.
16-year-old Adnan Alkhalil created and unincorporated nonprofit association/foundation called Free The Bird which is run by youth for youth in an effort to break free of dysphoria.
Personal Story
05.14.2021
The Journey To Cold Harbor
It is my sincere hope that this new collection of songs brings as much comfort and healing to others who live with anxiety and depression, as writing them has brought to me.
Personal Story
08.21.2020
I Wore My Heart on My Sleeves - Edison's Story
This is why I’m so passionate about this topic. Imagine if there was a way to help the other 7.7 million youth suffering from a mental health disorder before it led to something as damaging as suicide?
Personal Story
08.21.2019
Kennedy's Story
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I was in the 10th grade when it happened. I was in school and I had a massive anxiety attack.
Personal Story
01.22.2019
MARE
MARE is a fashion label centered on owning struggles, failures, darkness, night’MARE’s and using them to drive success, growth and positivity. We urge our community to take action, pulling oneself out of a negative space and into a positive state. Life ain’t fair, but what are you going to do about it?
Personal Story
05.25.2017
Stressed Out?
Rivka Bennun is a fourteen year old freshman at Shulamith High School for Girls in Cedarhurst, NY.
Personal Story
10.25.2011
Teens Outrunning Anxiety
I’m 21 years old, and besides my busy schedule as a full-time student the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, keeping a regular running and yoga schedule, work, and trying to balance a social life, I am also the founder and Executive Director of Anxiety In Teens Non-Profit, LLC.
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I was astounded to find no place with others who were going through the same thing, no tidbits on what I could do right now when I needed it most. That?s when I took out a notebook and decided it was time to create AnxietyInTeens.com.
