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

We all must take a break now and again to take time for ourselves, time for self-care, and to spend with those we love and doing so does not make us weak but in fact, can make us stronger. How can something that seems as simple as self-care be so hard you might be wondering? This blog post will seek to explain some of the reason why self-care is something that people to do not think about like they should and will attempt to give the readers some new was to think about self-c

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

As I watched news reports on the recent mass shootings in America, I found that the frequency of these attacks didn't shock me as much as it once did (an unfortunate case of desensitization that I'm sure isn't just my own) but more so the continuous mention of mental illness in regards to the shooters. To be clear it's not the fact that they have a mental illness that upsets me (no stable person decides to go on a murder spree) but it’s the fact that the mental illness is bei