This Is My Brave storytellers that identify at the intersection of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, College Student living with a mental illness reported experiences of:
- Stigma surrounding mental illness/mental health within their culture
- Experiences of recovery that is not linear and includes acceptance and treatment
- Identity within the LGBTQ+ communities
- Development, acceptance and understanding
- Identity development and understanding as an individual living with a mental illness
Learn more about each of our storytellers that identify as a BIPOC, LGBTQ+ College Student living with a mental illness.
“I am Ai. Ai as in I the declaration of one’s ego, simplest form of acceptance of oneself. Ai, as in the Chinese word for love.
Ai, as in the fusion of these two meanings as I’m loving myself as I’m me. I’ve grown into my name after countless and countless battles — six years of anorexia, two of bulimia, almost ten of depression and anxiety and most recently chronic PTSD.”
