Mental Health Recovery Stories - Recovery Diaries

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Our Impact

“Thank you for your vulnerability and courage in sharing your life experience! It helps me to better understand and empathize with my son who lives with Schizophrenia.”

–Karen

“A beautifully written relatable account of recovery from multiple eating disorders. I personally and professionally connected to this. And I agree: ‘Recovery is not linear, but it is possible.’”

–Hannah; licensed therapist

“Thank you for sharing your story. My daughter has been struggling with her depression/anxiety and that led to drug induced psychosis. It takes a long time to heal and the right diagnosis and medication is so important. Your story is inspiring. Gives me so much hope for my daughter’s future. Thank you”

Jennifer

“Thank you for sharing your story. It is incredibly well-written and has deepened my understanding of bipolar. Wishing you all the best.”

Annie

“Your interview with Sheila O’Shea fully resonated with me. Not only did the trajectory of her harrowing traversing of bipolar ll reconfirm my journey, but I also appreciate your thoughtful questions.”

Mark

“The work you and your team are doing is incredibly important, and I deeply respect your mission. I wish you and the entire Recovery Diaries team continued success and impact. Stay well and keep inspiring others.”

Ghazi

“Recovery Diaries creates an atmosphere where individuals can be vulnerable and sit with the discomfort that they may have avoided.”

Patricia

“Reading Lisa’s testament about her struggles with Borderline Personality has helped me understand why I react in certain ways. Thank you, Lisa, for sharing your testimony about the struggles you have daily with BPD and suggesting ways and techniques to help overcome.”

Isla

“‘You can only address a problem you admit you have.’ No truer statement could be said. I relate so deeply with Jonathan. What a beautiful video: an honest (‘radically sincere’ self-analysis of anxiety, its ripple effects in life, and how it fits into the broader picture of his life as a musician. Wow.”

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“Thank you for sharing your story, it certainly helps knowing that there are other doctors going through this. It takes so much bravery! Thank you!!”

Catalina

Upcoming Events

Join us for RECOVERY DIARIES ON THE BIG SCREEN and witness eight moving stories of humans living with such mental health challenges as anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts and schizophrenia.

Please bring a plethora of friends and reserve your tickets in advance. The screenings are FREE and will be followed by talkbacks.

7pm EST Sunday, June 7 Online Screening of Recovery Diaries On The Big Screen, followed by talk back with Gabe, Glenn, and several film subjects

Our Films

Our Podcasts

Welcome to Recovery Diaries in Depth; a mental health podcast that creates a warm, empathic, and engaging space for discussions around mental health, empowerment, and change. The podcast is supported in full by the van Ameringen Foundation. Subscribe, like, share, and enjoy!

Like its parent website, Recovery Diaries, OC87 Recovery Diaries on the Radio provides a forum for thoughtful discussion of mental health issues and topics. Through audio interviews and commentary, the podcast brings light to the shadow that so frequently enshrouds mental illness. Co-created and hosted by Bud Clayman and Laura Farrell, OC87 Recovery Diaries on the Radio confronts and challenges the stigma of mental illness.

Our Essays

Collaborate

Hi! Are you facilitating a training? Putting together a mental health film festival or screening? Educating future mental health providers or educators? Speaking at a conference? Let’s collaborate!

We have dozens of professionally-crafted short-subject documentary films about extraordinary people living full lives with mental health challenges. Explore our film series about first responders, gunshot survivors, the LGBTQIA+ community, perinatal mental health and more. We’d love to partner with you; just drop us a line so we can figure it out!

Past Collaborators