Aunt Sia spends her first night at home in New York.

Aunt Sia reflects on how Kay Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind helped her believe she could fully recover from bipolar disorder.

This is 11 questions.  

You do not have to have an official diagnosis in order to participate.  This is about learning how each of us maintains our mental health regardless of whether or not we are diagnosed with a mental illness.

You do not have to be a black female to participate.  Mental health struggles and mental illness do not discriminate.  

Each participant will answer the exact same 11 questions.  But every answer will be real.  Based on true experiences.

Stay Strong.  Stay Healthy.  And Know That You Are Loved.

This is 11 questions.  

You do not have to have an official diagnosis in order to participate.  This is about learning how each of us maintains our mental health regardless of whether or not we are diagnosed with a mental illness.

You do not have to be a black female to participate.  Mental health struggles and mental illness do not discriminate.  

Each participant will answer the exact same 11 questions.  But every answer will be real.  Based on true experiences.

Stay Strong.  Stay Healthy.  And Know That You Are Loved.

This is 11 questions.

You do not have to have an official diagnosis in order to participate.  This is about learning how each of us maintains our mental health regardless of whether or not we are diagnosed with a mental illness.

You do not have to be a black female to participate.  Mental health struggles and mental illness do not discriminate.

Each participant will answer the exact same 11 questions.  But every answer will be real.  Based on true experiences.

Stay Strong.  Stay Healthy.  And Know That You Are Loved.

Aunt Sia reflects on how being in the Girl Interrupted hospital changed her.

Aunt Sia gets out of the Girl Interrupted hospital for good.

Keith, Aunt Sia’s college roommate and friend, comes to visit her in the Girl Interrupted hospital.

Aunt Sia has a doctor’s appointment as part of her stay on the new unit.

Aunt Sia leaves the short term unit of the Girl Interrupted hospital for a new unit with a whole new level of freedom.