Read stories of mental health struggles and recovery from Project UROK supporters and learn about incredible awareness raising and stigma fighting work from mental health advocates.
There’s a road—a little dirt path off Regular Blvd.—that hurts my mind when I travel down it. I believe we all have those little side roads we avoid, because sometimes moving on doesn’t mean making peace with what happened. Sometimes it means exactly what it sounds like: going forward. But when one can go forward, one can go backwards as well.
Read MoreWhen I was growing up, mental health was never discussed. If it was mentioned, it was hidden like a dirty secret or dismissed as a "white thing." But communities of color are not immune to mental illness. If anything, we're exposed to more trauma due to oppression and need to know how to take care of our mental health. If we continue to neglect our mental health, our bodies and spirits suffer. We deserve to experience wholeness and healing.
Read MoreI got started because I realized that if I didn't start being open about mental illness, I never would. There would never be an ideal time. And so all of this works its way into the work that I do. As my immigrant, Taiwanese mother told me, "We don't talk about these things." Minority mental health matters to me not only because minority communities often stay quiet about such topics, but also because minority communities experience traumas that are specific to their communities and that impact mental health.
Read MoreI founded QTPoC Mental Health in March 2015 after a year-long breakdown brought on by resurfacing trauma, and instead of getting support and compassion from the people around me at that time, I was abused in multiple ways. Desperation got me started; gratitude and love keep me going. And the movement to create emotional support resources by and for queer & trans people of color just keeps growing because of so many of us, myself included, need support that existing systems of care don't currently provide.
Read MoreI started working as a therapist 13 years ago. Someone who battles addiction doesn't just battle addiction. Everyone's story is combined. I started blogging about self-care and mental health two years ago to share resources and inspiration with people outside my therapy office. Self-care isn't just for therapy clients. Solution-focused care is needed worldwide. I want people to walk out of their house every day knowing what they need & honoring their needs in order to be a kinder, more empathetic human.
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