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How does having a family member with schizophrenia affect your mental health?

The storyteller grew up with a father with an undiagnosed disorder. This was challenging for the family. In this video he opens up about his childhood, the things he missed out on, and the difficulties of his father’s violent mood swings. He recalls the violence and verbal abuse his father would say to his mother, […]

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Giving back to the community during the end of the year for new nonprofits

Giving Tuesday was initiated in 2012 by Henry Timms to counteract the spending of Black Friday and Cyber Monday with philanthropic giving to charities in need of support.  According to Wikipedia, It is touted as a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world”. In this

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Post Partum Depression

Postpartum depression, something you may have heard of as the seemingly similar,  ‘baby blues’. The baby blues are commonly associated with postpartum depression, though the differences are quite vast. A majority of women go through the ‘baby blues’, around 85%, which last for about 3-5 days, consisting of mood swings, disconnection to the baby and

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Dopamine Dressing

There has always been a clear trend between fashion and major events around that time. Clothing has always reflected the mental state of the people wearing it. We saw it in WW2 when there was a lack of men in the workforce and women began wearing more traditionally masculine pieces. It was noted when the

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