For many teens, writing provides an outlet for healing and self expression. Whether that be through poetry or story telling, there is great power in words. By utilizing this art form, we hope to promote mental health awareness on an even greater platform with the help of our youth voices.
Our Teen Blog will spotlight a few teen writers and their pieces each month. We invite all teens who have an interest in writing to join our team. If you would like more information on writing guidelines and how you can get your work displayed on this page, please fill out the Interest Form below.
Sometimes it’s hard to be strong, When life makes you weak. Sometimes it’s hard to love yourself, When you don’t know what makes you unique. Sometimes we just don’t see the light, We feel surrounded by the dark. Sometimes we just feel the world caving in, And we don’t…
I have an extremely toxic friendship. I’ve had it for a while. The constant undermining and the discreet pressuring. The derogatory remarks. The hardest part is coming to a realization that you have a toxic friendship. When you choose to trust someone and open up to them, it’s hard to…
In today’s society, it is extremely easy to get caught up with one’s responsibilities and in the hustle of everyday life and forget to take care of ourselves. Self-care may seem a minute thing to focus on in comparison to things such as homework and extracurriculars, but if we fail…
Content warning: mild references to homophobia, family struggle, and low self-esteem screaming without my given Mouth of the caged gray matter suppression of self and suppression of sound eye without storm within: repeatedly prodding at one’s own cornea in hopes for a better perspective. fear of speaking fear of expression…
We all react to stress differently. Some people have panic attacks while others completely shut down and form this unstable mound of anxiety. I am the latter type. Hello, nice to meet you I am Nainika and I am on the Teen Advisory Board for BC2M and I’d love to…
When you recover, what will you do? Do you think you’ll come back and everything’s brand new? I will try to do as much as I can do, But don’t worry, when you recover, you’ll be better than you. You may come back thinking life’s not the same, That…
