Real People; Real Stories.
Here’s What’s New
Chaos Comes to Light — A Therapist’s Life With AuDHD and Eating Disorder Recovery
A therapist with an eating disorder finally finds recovery after realising she has ADHD and autism.
A Fashion Designer with CPTSD Wears Her Recovery Well; Lilah Velez | RDID; 217
Fashion designer Lilah Velez lives with CPTSD and she speaks about her recovery.
Goats and Grieving: Philly Goat Project
Film about Philly Goat Project’s grief walk and grief garden, an activity and space for healing.
Our Impact
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
Barefoot Mornings – A Walk to Calm My ADHD Brain
A young woman goes on a walk to clear her mind and cope with her struggles with ADHD and anxiety.
From Rehab To Academia: How Learning About The Brain Saved Me From Alcoholism
Ben Roman spent the better part of his twenties drinking, caught up in a cycle of self-loathing, and he did not see a way out. A trip to rehab and a chance encounter with another alcoholic, however, led to a fascination with the brain, an academic career, and a new life partner.
Healing Without Forgiveness: My Journey Through Trauma Recovery
After years of childhood neglect from her parents, Amanda Gregory has been asking herself if she needs to forgive in order to move on. Now a licensed trauma psychotherapist, she’s exploring how forgiveness can harm victims, and she’s choosing her own path to recovery.
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!














