Leelah Alcorn's suicide note goes viral: 'The only way I will rest in peace is if one day, transgender people aren't treated the way I was'

Last week, a couple of my friends and I started binge watching "RuPaul's Drag Race." But my newfound love of this reality show...

Are you respecting others and yourself?

I think one of the biggest problems of this generation is the lack of respect people have for others — and also the lack of respect people...

Suicide from a first responder's point of view

Brandon Tubek, paramedic for Community EMS  I have so much respect for emergency medical technicans and paramedics. They see so much on ...

Actress Lena Dunham's battle with obsessive compulsive disorder

AP photo I've recently started reading actress and producer Lena Dunham's autobiography "Not That Kind of Girl," which...

Michael Hudson, who died from suicide 5 years ago, would have turned 25 today

One of my first published articles was for the Lake Orion Review about Michael Hudson , a 19-year-old Lake Orion High School grad who took h...

'Love is being yourself'

I never truly knew what being "in love" was. Until now -- when, oddly enough, for the first time in my life, I'm falling o...

Just because a person is different, doesn't mean he or she is a 'freak'

"American Horror Story" - FX From the 16th century until the 1950s, people with unusual physical characteristics agreed to be ...

People are not meant to go through life alone

As a psychology minor in college, one of the first studies we learned about in class was Harry Harlow's famous monkey experiment in t...

Lizzie Velasquez, labeled 'World's Ugliest Woman,' redefines beauty

We live in a world where, sadly, many people judge others based solely on appearance. I recently went to a wedding and while at a table wi...

75 songs to brighten your day

iStockphoto.com Music can be pretty magical. It's one of the only things in this world that is universal. And, whenever I'm in a...

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Just yesterday, a suicide victim jumped from an overpass on I-696 around 3:30 a.m. in Farmington...

'Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top': Advice on how to gain self confidence

I have always struggled with self worth, but, lately, believing in myself has been even more difficult. What makes self-confidence even ...

World loses a 'beautiful human being' after Robin Williams' death

Photo edited by Anjel Schoenberg I think that some people are really good at making others happy...yet they don't know how to do the...

Parents of child who died from suicide or a drug overdose — it's not your fault

Bridget Peterson and Ashley Ramsey One thing I hate more than anything is when people blame the parents after a child dies from suicide ...

How to make it through a break-up

Going through a break-up is painful. It's strange how a broken heart can literally make you feel sick. I should know -- I'm in the...

Don't change yourself for anyone else

I've learned that there are people in this world who will criticize you and make you feel like there is something wrong with you. And...

Windsor rapper Kyle Spratt credited for saving the lives of people considering suicide

For those who have lost their lives to suicide, I think if crystal balls existed, they never would have done it.  If before they died, t...

The power of the words 'I'll always love you'

I think there are four magic words that, whenever emotions are running high, can always help. Those four words are "I'll always...

Advice to singer Lana Del Rey: Dying young is not glamorous

Photographer: Nicole Nodland I don't know about you, but I hope to someday be a little, wrinkly old lady, sitting on the porch of my...

How to help someone with symptoms of bipolar disorder — even if they don't want help

Photo by RaChil of the Cwafty Blog Think about your highest high. No, I’m not talking about drugs. I’m talking about high on life. Do ...

In memory of a Pontiac man who died last week, sign a petition to remove a website mocking his death

**  Click here to sign a petition on change.org to try and remove a racist website , mocking Malcolm Robert Fairley's death. Almost 30...