There is a social stigma when it comes to talking openly about mental illnesses and the impact they have on people’s lives. Many people out there are battling with various disorders and are afraid to open up. But sharing these stories can be important in helping others understand mental health

I have always been an ‘artist’, I just didn’t realize what that meant until my mental illness appeared. I despise the term ‘mentally ill’; it implies that who I am as a person is fundamentally corrupted and broken. Show Full Text Unfortunately, as soon as I tell people what I struggle with, I

Photographer Nicolas Bruno spends his days like the rest of us, but his nights are very different. And terrifying. 22 year-old Nicolas has been suffering from sleep paralysis for 7 years now, which means that he experiences his nightmares more vividly than regular sleepers. Show Full Text Sleep

We’ve all been stood up by our drug dealers. Well us degenerates have. I shouldn’t lump all you bros who live above the influence into my downward spiral. Regardless, anticipating drugs and then being stood up and having to live life sober leaves a deep, dark void that only drugs can fill. Again,

Sleep paralysis happens to most of us at least once, only we're not aware that we're experiencing it. It sounds kind of like a paradox: how can you be sure that you're paralyzed if you're asleep? That's the thing — you're not asleep, at least your mind is not. To put it simply, your mind ...