Prior to any medical appointment or tests that I need to have done, I must mentally prepare myself for what to expect.

“I hate you, I never loved you and I never wanted you and that’s why I want to kill myself,” are the words I heard moments before I...

I quickly realized that speaking with the mask on was a lot different than breathing with a mask on.

Sixteen years ago I sat alone in fear while waiting for the doctor to enter the room. I was fourteen years old, covered in cuts,...