Karis Rogerson

Selfies are one of the easiest indicators of my mental health.

Here’s the thing about faking it: eventually, the truth comes out, or someone gets hurt. So I'm going to talk about my virginity on first dates!

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.

Leigh Bardugo isn’t just an incredible writer; she’s also an incredible person, not least because she writes very diverse stories that give readers the gift of representation.

Hospitalizations make me realize my own shortcomings when it comes to placing mental illness on the same plane as physical illness

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

"I think that you're never too old to read about hope, love, and redemption."

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.

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.