What's the difference between impulsive and intrusive thoughts?

In the song "Serotonin" by singer-songwriter Girl in Red, she sings, "I get intrusive thoughts like cutting my hands off. Lik...

Mental Health Spotlight: Local businesswoman encourages others to believe in themselves

You can do it. You are loved. Know your worth. You are a bad ass. It’s ok to not be ok. Nothing is impossible.  Doesn’t it give you warm fuz...

Sad in the spring: Mental health challenges can strike during any season

I have noticed something about my anxiety over the years – that, almost every year, it feels like my anxiety heightens around mid-March/earl...

As women, we need to do better at supporting each other

Did you know that women are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men?  It shouldn't be all that surprising. Ju...

How emo music helped me realize I had a mental illness

Over the weekend, I donned a band tee, ripped skinny jeans, and Vans to attend the Emo Night Brooklyn show in Detroit.  And, at the event, ...

Author Josh Malerman writes a horror novel about anxiety

  Before I had a name for my anxiety disorder, I thought of it as a demon, possessing my brain. As a child, my anxiety – or the monster in t...

Do you need more sleep if you have a mental health condition?

It would be awesome to be able to teleport — it would save me a lot on gas, and I could travel the world in the blink of the eye. But when I...

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please don't stay silent

When someone loses their life to suicide, it's easy to blame them, and it's easy to blame ourselves. How could they do that? How cou...

What to do if you’re worried about yours or a loved ones’ substance use

I never met my grandpa on my dad’s side – he died long before I was even an idea and when several of his 14 children were still just kids. B...

If Halloween is your favorite holiday, does that make you mentally unstable?

I’ve recently seen several Instagram reels of people who joke that you’re mentally unstable if your favorite holiday is Halloween (see below...

Oakland County Suicide Prevention Task Force creates safe space to spread awareness

In its first in-person event since the onset of COVID, the Oakland County Suicide Prevention Task Force held a suicide prevention community ...

When you make a huge mistake, that doesn't mean you deserve to die

When someone is considering suicide, we tell them, "It will get better." We tell them how great they are, how much potential they ...

The new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline will help save lives

About seven or eight years ago, I went through a bad bout of depression. I remember sobbing in my living room in my apartment by myself. I w...