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Knowing when you’re having a nervous breakdown doesn’t mean you’re going out of control (even though it feels like it). A nervous breakdown (also called a mental breakdown) is a term that describes a period of extreme mental or emotional stress. Consequently, the stress is so great that the person…

Misery. It can make a few minutes feel endless, while a difficult period may later seem strangely blank in memory. If that’s familiar, I want you to know your experience deserves care, even when the clock tells a different story. Still, distress doesn’t affect everyone’s sense of time the same…

Emptiness. It can feel like waking up with a heavy fog inside you, even when nothing looks wrong from the outside. You may feel numb,…

Determination is the small inner fire that says, “I am still here,” even when fear is loud and your heart feels tired. It can carry…

Bleakness can make an ordinary room feel empty, a familiar morning feel heavy, and the future feel impossible to trust. Grief, anxiety, depression, illness, loss,…

Connection. It doesn’t always arrive through a long heart-to-heart or the perfect words at the perfect time. Sometimes it arrives when someone sits beside you,…

Hi, I’m Cindee, the creator and author behind one voice in the vastness of emotions. I’ve been dealing with depression and schizophrenia for three decades. I’ve been combating anxiety for ten years. Mental illnesses have such a stigma behind them that it gets frustrating. People believe that’s all you are, but you’re so much more. You can strive to be anything you want without limitations. So, be kind.