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Surviving A Mental Illness Living with a mental illness or should I say, “surviving with a mental illness”. Most days lately it’s been about survi […]

The Lion Within I haven’t written much lately about my mental health because I feel if I do, it makes it real; I have to relive each painful m […]

The Seasons The colours of Fall have splashed it’s vibrant hue across the picturesque landscape. A painting that could only be captured by the Master of Artists; t […]

Wear Red It’s National AccessAbility Week (NAAW) 2024, May 26-June 1 and is a nationwide week of recognition that celebrates the many social, economic and […]

MY STORY, MY JOURNEY, MY HELL This is the written copy of my presentation I did at the CBS Salvation Army Church on Sunday, May 5, 2024. My name is Harris Tucker and I have a mental […]

15 Truths About Depression That Everyone Should Understand 1. Depression is an illness, it’s not a choice! No one would ever ‘choose’ to be de […]

Fill My Cup Today is one of those days when I feel like I’m running on empty. Just like a car, if we don’t refuel it, it will run out of gas and be of no use […]

I Do The Best That I Can With What I Have! After a long night of a torturous sleep, I awake with a head full of brain fog. It’s one of those n […]

The Iceberg In My Life Have you ever heard of the iceberg analogy for “invisible” illnesses? Illnesses that are invisible to the outside world are […]

Mental Illness; the Joy Killer I’m angry, there, I said it! Maybe angry is a bit of an harsh word but I can’t think of another that sums up how I’m feeling. This […]

It’s Okay To Not Be Okay Yes, I have a mental illness and yes, I’m struggling. I’m not okay but it’s okay not to be okay. When you h […]

The Face of Chronic Depression My day began with me feeling empty, I felt nothing, yet I felt everything. I was numb with pain, not physical pain but […]

Where Is God In All This Suffering? Ever since our return from Montreal, after Lauren’s surgery, I have experienced an overwhelming sense of depression that I can’t seem to shake. […]

When Life Gets Tough The morning arrives as I sit on my bed with my thoughts. Not always a good place for me to be; alone with my thoughts. In reality, I do have a lot to […]

Lauren’s Continuing Journey July 3, 2023. Yesterday was quite the busy day but a successful one. Lauren’s Fundraiser Market may have been a lot of work but I think it was worth i […]

My Mental Health Update It seems like forever since I wrote about my mental health/illness/disorder. I guess that there’s so much else going on that there as been little time t […]

Lauren's Next Journey “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer” Little did I […]

I'm A Christian And I Suffer From A Mental Illness I’m a Christian and I suffer from a mental illness. Many would say, ‘but how can that be?’ Aren’t Christians suppose to have it all together when it […]

Let's Talk Mental health matters and so does each person with a mental illness. We are not  alone, 1 in 5 Canadians suffer from a ,mental illness of some form or […]

I can’t believe that today is December 1st and before we know it it’ll be Christmas once again. Time seems to fly no matter what. It only seems like yesterday that I wrote my last blog entitled, ‘ A Relapse?’ I […]