Category: Interviews & Your stories

  • Share Your Story – Mike Logan Stubbs

      Tell us a little about yourself My name is Mike Logan Stubbs. I’m a 28-year-old. I am a musician/songwriter. I am challenged with depression and mental health issues which I believe have haunted me for nearly six years now. The experience of attempting suicide inspired me to not only help myself, but to help others…

  • Inspirational Mental Health Advocates that are changing the world!

    There are great people all over the world that are doing a great work when it comes to mental health awareness and advocacy.  Their tireless efforts are making a difference to what we see today. Just think few years ago, many people felt so much shame and stigma by virtue of being diagnosed with mental…

  • Share your story – Grace Fauchelle

    Tell us a little about yourself I am 22 years old.  I love writing books and drawing/painting.  I have a published book already with many more to come.  I currently work 2 jobs at a gym and a restaurant, which is an absolute blessing for me. In 2015 alone I lost 4 jobs.   I…

  • Interview with Sally, CEO of Outta

    Defying Mental Illness (DMI) had a great opportunity to interview an extraordinary lady, Sally Goncalves, founder of Outta.   Sally has an interesting story to share with us because her experience of mental illness started from a very early age.  For many, this would have been a cruel life sentence.  But with Sally, she decided to do…

  • Share your story – Kelsy King

    Share your story – Kelsy King

    Tell us a little about yourself I am a wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and advocate to End Mental Illness Stigma.  I am also a retired Registered Nurse.  I love to write on my blog.  Life is good!  What mental health challenges have you experienced? I have a long history with mental illness – first starting…

  • Share your story – Carissa Wright

    Share your story – Carissa Wright

    Tell us a little about yourself I consider myself to be a battler of borderline personality disorder (BPD). What mental health challenges have you experienced? I have been suffering from BPD since the age of 17.  I experience suicide adaptations on a daily basis and feel like I am constantly balancing on a tight rope of…