Trigger Warning: infant loss I was born and raised in Detroit, the youngest of three and the only girl. At 16, I was diagnosed with Bipolar I and soon after sent nearly 1,000 miles from home to a residential facility in rural Vermont, where I spent 11 months. Experiences like mine have since been brought to light through an award-winning Netflix docuseries and the advocacy of Paris Hilton, who has worked to amplify the voices of survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI).

As a young, new, black mother I knew nothing about postpartum anxiety. I didn't even know it was a thing. I didn't know my thoughts and acti

Allison McGaver, creator of Park Pals, a Southeast Wisconsin play group, describes her journey to finding community as a new mom.