Wentworth Miller, the American actor who plays Cpt. Cold in DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow, was body shamed on Monday by The LAD Bible, a Facebook group. It shows a picture of Miller’s days on Prison Break, side by side with a paparazzi photo of a larger body and shape. Body shaming is bullying. But add…

Please don’t judge me. It’s not that I want to die. I just want to be able to not lie awake all night, unable to sleep because the demons love the night-time. To not feel like I can’t breathe because the darkness is so suffocating. To not want to run far away because trying to…

Why don’t people who are suicidal seek help when in crisis? It’s a good question. One group of people who usually won’t ask for help are men. There are several reasons of course, but it all boils down to stigma. Stigma keeps men silent. This is where Men Heal comes in. Men Heal is a mental health…

In my article, “Suicide Prevention – A Mother Speaks Out About The Un-Speakable”(Oct. 2014) I talked about Barbara Swanston being a suicide awareness advocate. Like Barbara, most people become a suicide awareness advocate after a loved ones dies by suicide. The stigma encountered, the silencing of a loved one’s memory – these are but two…

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