Karis Rogerson

The benefit of posting honestly about our struggles and depression on social media.

In a moment when I couldn’t write myself, it was the writing of others that brought me back from the brink of my depressive episode.

There’s a reason I turn to Friends when I get depressed. Ok, I lied, there are several reasons.

Here’s the thing about depression: it cycles. Even when I’m on medication, going to therapy and doing everything I’m able to do in order to stay healthy and keep it at bay, it bleeds in and out of my soul.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was a 23-year-old who had never been on a date.

On top of the career she’s already built for herself, Emily’s debut young adult novel Light Years released from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster in September.

Am I misrepresenting? Am I misunderstanding? Am I misremembering?

When I held Baby J for the first time, everything shuffled into place. For the kids, I see every reason to breathe. They love me. I don’t know why.

S.A. Chakraborty is the debut author of The City of Brass, a sweeping and epic fantasy from Harper Voyager that brings to life Middle Eastern history.

It's ok to be sad and happy at the same time. I think that’s the beauty of life — how unpredictable it is and how adaptable we are as humans.