by Gabriella in Indiana

Help! At behavior therapy counseling, I try to pay attention and listen, but my brain can't stay focused and concentrate. I am not thinking about anything else. My mind is blank and I want to learn and listen to my behavioral therapist and focus and pay attention and everything. What is wrong with me? I can't get the information that is being told to me. I want so badly to get what I am being told. I hate that my brain is this way. My brain is going on overload and it's too much.

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by Jenn in Pennsylvania

I was voted the funniest girl out of my graduating class in 2006, but what my class did not know, what no one knew, was that I was not okay. Throughout my life I continuously put on a mask of indifference; I never felt anything and I never would think about who I was or who I was becoming. Instead of understanding such essentials, I made jokes and pointed fun at those who did. I laughed on the outside about people who had drive or who had a purpose. I just wanted to party and forget about life.

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by Bob in California

I started dealing with mental illness as a child. Now I know that my mom was diagnosed with manic depression in the early 1970s. My brother and I became a release for her maniacal rages. Beatings, screaming, hunger, and neglect are the best way to describe my childhood.

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