Understanding something you don’t have isn’t an easy task. I realized that I never really addressed my mental health and how it truly affects me and the way I operate on a daily. I have mentioned it may affect my ability to focus or react to certain situations, however I never addressed the “how”. It makes sense to me now why many people still don’t understand it and why they continue to say the things they say. I told them that my anxiety makes me nervous. I told them that i

Life can be stressful, and I think everyone can agree with me on that. Whether we are overloaded with school work, going through an argument with a friend, or just trying to fit in with society. We experience this feeling of being overwhelmed almost everyday, yet, it is so difficult to overcome. As a child, we didn't have much to worry about. No excessive schoolwork, no high school drama, and definitely no attempt to found out who we wanted to be. Our minds were our playgrou

I am a sophomore in high school and have already dealt with two separate cases of sexual assault. One was the summer before my freshman year and the other was during my freshman year. I would have never spoken up about either if it was only up to me to say something. I am extremely lucky that my mother walked in on me breaking down and having a full blown panic attack in the bathroom for me to even be able to tell anyone anything at all. This happened. In high school. I would

Breathe Inhale Exhale Begin Part: 2 After Living in the now is difficult, especially when all you can reflect on is the past. It swallows me whole and I get lost in the belly of the beat that is my past experiences. Recently, my best friend in the ENTIRE world has gone of to chase his dreams and joined the Air Force. He'a been at basic training for a few weeks now. For those who don't know about Basic Military Training (BMT), contact to the outside world is limited, so

Anxiety. A term overused by many people who quite honestly don't understand the true meaning. You see the term displayed in movies, TV shows and books, where the character who is "suffering" from anxiety is nervous about their first day of school, or their 7am job interview they have to prepare for. But everybody experiences this feeling of butterflies in your stomach, and this feeling is NOT anxiety. Anxiety is a thousand times worse, to the point where it begins to control

Panic attacks are normal and roughly 25% of the teenage population in America suffers from them. When having a panic attack there are specific things that you can do to help yourself. There are also things you can do that will cause the attack to grow worse. As someone who suffers from panic attacks, I feel as though it was mildly easy to establish my episode as a panic attack, but not everyone would find it so easy. Listed below are some symptoms of attacks, A racing or poun

Hi I'm Julianna I'm 17 I'm Bipolar; scratch that. I HAVE Bipolar. It does not define me. I will be doing a series on here as a writer talking about my journey through a path filled with many mental health obstacles. I will be talking about my struggles, strengths, skills used, stories, supporters, big and small impacts, and everything in between to help others know that a mental health journey is not a straight paved road. It is sometimes a dirt path, or a highway, a freeway.

Peculiars Magazine launched in December of 2017 with the intent of sharing stories of those suffering with mental illness. Today with speak to Editor and Founder of the magazine, Célia Schouteden about the birth of the publication, hopes for the future and mental illness in the modern world. What inspired you to start peculiars magazine? There are a lot of online magazines or independent printed magazines emerging all around us, I'm following so many of these and one night I

Many people today suffer from any type of anxiety and today we would love to give everyone 5 facts about anxiety to better understand what those who have it go through. 1.) There are different kinds of anxiety. Yes people who have anxiety don't suffer the same way from it, everyone varies as to how they effect from it. The different types of anxiety are: General anxiety disorder (GAD) Panic disorder. Social anxiety disorder. Major depressive disorder. Phobic disorders. Obsess