For my first three decades on this Earth, life went pretty much according to plan. As I achieved major milestones, I smugly checked things off the “how-life-should-be” list in…
The following is an excerpt from Sex, Suicide and Serotonin: Taking Myself Apart, Putting Myself Back Together: I knew that I was going to have to get drunk…
No one gets out of this life unscathed. We all have a tragic story – or five or way too many – to tell. Unfortunately, enduring the loss…
I’ve attempted to end my life three times. The first time I was a junior in high school. After a breakup with my boyfriend, which was huge in…
Fundamentally, a depressed brain looks pretty much like any other brain. In fact, there’s no brain scan, MRI, EEG or any other medical test that can definitively diagnose…
The Internet was buzzing after the “The Imitation Game” writer Graham Moore’s Oscars acceptance speech. After gushing thanks to his list, he revealed that he had attempted suicide…