Sat.May 06, 2017 - Fri.May 12, 2017

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Friendship and Mental Illness – An Introduction

The Committed Project

In this #suedle – Sue’s trademark comic illustration – Sue describes what it felt like to meet Kristen for the first time and why their friendship and mental illness is so important to her and to the work they do. Comic Transcript. Kristen and Sue meet for the first time ‘IRL’ Frame 1. {Image description: Cartoon of Sue typing on a computer.

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Helping My Friend Tear Down the Wall of Depression

The Committed Project

What do you do when your friend experiences depression? How can you help? Kassie – one of Kristen’s oldest friends – writes about their friendship while experiencing Kristen’s depression. It feels strange and somehow illicit to write about someone else’s depression. Like I’m wandering into territory that isn’t mine to share or discuss.

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Mental Illness as a Higher Education Professional

The Committed Project

As a both a friend and colleague of Kristen’s, Laura Pasquini took a few minutes to share in a podcast how important it is to be open about having mental illness as a higher education professional. Transcript from Laura’s Podcast. At the 2015 ACPA Convention I was impressed how you take and share more about your personal experience in dealing with mental illness in your PechaKucha talk.