by Minds Empowered Team | Apr 30, 2023 | News
Welcome! We’re excited to launch a newly-designed website for Michigan Minds Empowered, which has served as an online resource for teens and young adults since 2017. We’ve added new learning content, a self check-in questionnaire, and personal narratives from young...
by Minds Empowered Team | Aug 8, 2018 | Recovery Stories, Videos
Not long after Eleanor Longden started college, she began to hear a voice narrating all her actions in the third person. At first it was a neutral voice, but after telling a friend about it who reacted in horror, Longden believed something must be wrong with her. She...
by Minds Empowered Team | Feb 13, 2018 | Recovery Stories
This short film highlights what it’s like to live with voices in your head that are not your own, told through the fictional story of Stuart. The voices Stuart hears are described as overly threatening and insulting, often adding rude commentary to everyday activities...
by Minds Empowered Team | Nov 9, 2017 | Recovery Stories
After moving away from his family and community to attend college, Carlos began to slip into depression and was unable to get the help he needed, prompting him to return home. He was able to resume school locally but even with his support system around, he started...
by Minds Empowered Team | Sep 7, 2017 | Recovery Stories
First Symptoms I had always been a fairly social person, had been successful in school, and was about to start my first career job out of college. My symptoms didn’t arise in one moment; it was a slow progression of increasing distance from my friends, family,...
