Charlotte shares her story on overcoming the impacts of bullying, and how she believes we can use kindness to transform and overcome mental health stigma.
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Read this inspiring story of how Samantha’s experiences shaped her to make a difference in others’ lives as a nurse.
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Read Khali’s inspiring story on the struggles and triumphs of navigating Asperger’s Syndrome and mental health challenges through writing and creativity.
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Each year at Outrun the Stigma, we love to hear from our volunteers on why they chose to get involved with this initiative. We heard from a number of our Calgary event volunteers on why they chose to get involved this year. Here is what they had to say.
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Mental illness is not anonymous. Those who struggle have names and faces, lives and families, passions and challenges. To help break the stigma, the Outrun the Stigma Edmonton planning committee reached out to the University of Alberta community to share stories on mental health.
Hear their stories and their experiences.
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Alyson Hoy is a writer and scholar from Vancouver, BC. She shared her mental health story with Outrun the Stigma because she believes that "sharing our stories is a means by which to overcome the shame associated with having mental illness, as well as to build community by connecting and bearing witness to the struggles of others".
Read her story on her struggles with suicidal ideation, an eating disorder, and how she is building resiliency.
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Mental illness is not anonymous. Those who struggle have names and faces, lives and families, passions and challenges. To help break the stigma, the Outrun the Stigma Edmonton planning committee reached out to the University of Alberta community to share stories on mental health.
Hear their stories and their experiences.
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Mental illness is not anonymous. Those who struggle have names and faces, lives and families, passions and challenges. To help break the stigma, the Outrun the Stigma Edmonton planning committee reached out to the University of Alberta community to share stories on mental health.
Hear their stories and their experiences.
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Mental illness is not anonymous. Those who struggle have names and faces, lives and families, passions and challenges. To help break the stigma, the Outrun the Stigma Edmonton planning committee reached out to the University of Alberta community to share stories on mental health.
Hear their stories and their experiences.
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Mental illness is not anonymous. Those who struggle have names and faces, lives and families, passions and challenges. To help break the stigma, the Outrun the Stigma Edmonton planning committee reached out to the University of Alberta community to share stories on mental health.
Hear their stories and their experiences.
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'Successful UCalgary Staff member, loving daughter and wife, diagnosed with Bipolar 2 Disorder'.
UCalgary Alumni staff member Siobhan Doherty shares her story on her experiences with Bipolar 2, Depression and Anxiety and mental health stigma. Hear about her struggle with Bipolar 2, her healing journey, and how she is working to break the stigma around mental illness.
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Although it’s tough at times, I don’t regret any of my experiences. I feel like it has made me more empathetic and understanding of those who are going through similar things as I am.
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A stunning piece of poetry from Jovey Sharma, a Masters student in the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan. He writes:
"I originally wrote this poem in 2011 and it was titled 'Alone in the Snow.' I made slight modifications to the poem and retitled it 'Soothing Agony' while trying to maintain the emotion that I had put in while originally writing it."
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The danger of being a lifelong depressed and anxious person means that you can struggle to identify the signs of your own declining mental health.
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I made the decision right then and there to save my own life ... I know I'll always struggle with my mental health but I'm determined to keep living, to find treatment and answers in case my children have to fight this fight.
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