Michael Havens

My parents raised their kids on music from a very young age. Mom sang old washing songs for us as she rinsed shampoo out of our hair. My dad made...

The question of how I'm doing is usually met with one of the following quippy sayings, "I'm hanging in there," or "livin' the dream," or "one foot in front of...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) forced me to reshape the way I think about the world in so many different ways. If I'm too tired to make food? Then I have...

Over the years, I've had many a difficult conversations about my mental health and assorted mental illnesses. Sometimes these conversations were to reassure my family that I wasn't actively suicidal...

What is the biggest depression-related hurdle to accomplishing your goals in your everyday life? Every person has a different answer to that question, as major depressive disorder (MDD) is intensely...

My friends and family often ask me why I don't go out more often. They know, after many years of knowing my mental health struggles, that I feel uplifted and...

I knew I had severe mental health issues before I knew that major depressive disorder (MDD) existed. When I was a newly minted teenager in 2014, I started noticing some...