Category: Stigma
5th Annual Benny Fund 5K – Race Results
Congratulations to Matt Billington for crushing some hills and finishing with a 5:51 pace!! Congratulations to our top female finishers: Shantel Nephew (8:28 pace), Rachel Vickery (8:30 pace), Deana Hutson (8:35 pace) Congratulations to our top male finishers: Matt Billington (5:51 pace), Daniel Clesowich (6:03 pace), Ronald Doskoez Jr. (6:14 pace) Congratulations to our top[…]
Four Years Later …
A loss always seems fresh, even when the calendar tells me otherwise. Depression can really sneak up on you. It’s not like you wake up one day with all of the symptoms, pull out your checklist, make an appointment with a doctor, talk it out for 30 minutes, swallow a pill, and call it a[…]
Managing the Unmanageable: Anxiety How To’s
“To proceed in recovery, you have to be constantly challenged. If you are not going out of your comfort zone, you are not changing your thoughts and behaviors. You have to challenge what you eat, how much you eat, when you eat, how much you exercise, and any other food rules that are holding you back[…]
NH Governor Maggie Hassan’s Suicide Prevention Proclamation
Governor Maggie Hassan declares September 4-10, 2016, Suicide Prevention Week in New Hampshire!
Gun Violence In America
“While 30,000 people a year in the U.S. die from gun violence, two-thirds of those commit suicide. Of the remaining 10,000, a full 90% lose their lives in acts of violence from someone known to them. The number of people who are killed by strangers with guns is less than 1.5 percent a year.” –[…]
7 Famous Women You Never Knew Had Anxiety Disorders
“Anxiety disorders are the most common kind of mental illnesses in the United States that affect over 40 million people. From the time a girl reaches puberty until about the age of 50, she is twice as likely to have an anxiety disorder as a man. Anxiety disorders also occur earlier in women than in[…]
Connecticut’s Murphy to Unveil Mental Health Bill
“In order to keep somebody healthy, you might have to treat their brain and the rest of their body together,” Murphy said in a phone interview. “That means that when you walk into a community health center, and you present with a behavioral health issue, you shouldn’t be sent offsite.” Sen. Murphy is backed by[…]
The Semicolon Project
“So if one out of every four people struggle with mental illness, then why did I feel like I was they only person who had ever experienced this before? If 25 of every hundred people I pass on the street have a clinical need for psychiatric care, then why did I feel like I had[…]
