Karis Rogerson

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Tomi Adeyemi might be the writer whose book deal seared me with insane jealousy and sent waves crashing through the book world.

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.

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

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

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!