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Tag: mental health

schizophrenic entity, the dragon, mental health, mental illness
Stories

10 Things to Know About My Schizophrenia – Brad Pietzyk

I recently shared my anonymous blog with everyone I know and attached my name to it.  This was a big and risky step for me. I fear being publicly known as schizoaffective (let’s just say Read more…

By PEAR, 3 years ago October 8, 2019
schizophrenic entity, the dragon, mental health, mental illness
Stories

Meet The Dragon: A Schizophrenic Entity – Brad Pietzyk

The Dragon is a seemingly living thing that is inside of me and is coiled into every part of my being.  It is evil.  It is insidious.  It knows every chink in my thick armor Read more…

By PEAR, 3 years ago September 24, 2019
discovering my depression
Stories

Discovering my Depression – Zoe Thomson

Whenever someone asks me “How long have you suffered with depression?” I never know what to say. I think it was always there, lying dormant, waiting for me to discover it. Sometimes I would think Read more…

By PEAR, 3 years ago September 9, 2019
Stories

Suicide And Forgiveness

It’s been ten years since Nick took his life, but I still think about him every day. When I think about Nick, I try to remember the good. The summer afternoons at swimming holes, the Read more…

By Benjamin White, 4 years ago May 1, 2019
True love, bipolar marriage
Stories

So You Want To Marry Someone With Bipolar? Good Luck – Chase Harper

I am bipolar and my wife is not. This is more narrative than advice but it might give you an idea of what it takes. She is the only person in my life who lives Read more…

By PEAR, 4 years ago March 27, 2019
Stories

Remission

In May of 2017, at 26 years old I awoke from an emergency surgery with a cancer diagnosis, a colostomy, and the immediate knowledge that my life had just irreversibly changed. One year ago today, Read more…

By Benjamin White, 4 years ago December 7, 2018
Navy Seal Trident
Stories

Why Being Mentally Ill Is Harder Than Becoming A Navy SEAL – Chase Harper

Right after becoming a Navy SEAL I had my first manic episode. All that training on mental toughness and still I wasn’t prepared for the agony of losing my mind. At the time of my Read more…

By PEAR, 4 years ago August 17, 2018
Opinions

What’s The Problem

What’s the problem? I’ve been asking myself that a lot lately. What’s the problem in the world today? Why are things going so seemingly to shit? Why does it feel scary? Why do we feel Read more…

By Nathan Anderson, 5 years ago June 8, 2018
Stories

There is More Than Just One Name

July 11, 2011, the night that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 releases. I am sitting in the middle seat, fourth row from the back when it happens.  My breathing becomes shallow and Read more…

By Steve Rector, 5 years ago September 12, 2017
Stories

vs Myself

Looking up from the sink, cold water dripping from my face, I sought an answer to the question that had been gnawing at my psyche like a vulture over a fresh carcass: What is wrong Read more…

By Nathan Anderson, 5 years ago August 29, 2017

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