The College of New Jersey
“I am not my clinical depression”
I was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was fourteen years old. I’m convinced that I would have been diagnosed and gotten the help that I needed far earlier if I wasn’t so scared and embarrassed to tell anyone about how I was feeling. In fact, it took a crisis for anyone to realize that … Read more
“I am not my insulin pump”
“One 8-year-old me sat on one doctor’s table with many tears trickling down my cheeks. One needle poked into my flesh. One finger with a spot of blood. One pint-sized girl with a sugar level so high she could have died. One reading, one change, one diagnosis. One girl with juvenile diabetes; one whole life … Read more
