- Mar 8, 2020
Letters to parents | Exams and Social Life
This week, we’re sharing this letter of a high school student Mary, who has written about her mental health issues with her parents. If...
- Mar 3, 2020
Letters to parents | Feelings I have never expressed to you
Hi CandleXers! Here’s the second in our “Letter to my parents” series written by highschoolers in Beijing – the letters they have always...
- Feb 24, 2020
Joel Lewin on Addiction,Anxiety and CBT|My Story with Depression
This week, we are reposting a blog from Joel Lewin, a journalist turned counselor and recovering addict. This piece was originally posted...
- Dec 16, 2019
Making Up for My Existence | Depression Stories
Warning: This article contains frank discussion of suicide and mental illness which some readers may find disturbing. Name: Hellen (we...
- Oct 5, 2019
Fear of Rejection | Xiaojie's Story
In Sep 2015, I went visit NYC and friends there. As I was walking in China Town, I passed a fire fighter station. Growing up watching...
- Sep 19, 2019
The Fine Line between Life and Death l Xiaojie’s poem
You are in China. You have depression. You feel all alone. You want to check out. I don’t know who you are. But I know what you are going...