Share Your Lived Experience

Make It OK wants to hear about your lived experience with mental health and illness, whether you have a mental health condition yourself or care for someone who does.

Sharing lived experiences has the power to reduce stigma, increase understanding, and help others feel less alone in their mental health journey. Join Make It OK in amplifying the voices of all people who are touched by mental health and illnesses by sharing your story, using the form below.

Throughout the year, we will select stories to feature on Make It OK's website, social media, and in other print and digital publications. Thank you for helping to Make It OK!

Note: We reserve the right to edit before publication.

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* 1. Please share:

First Name

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County

State

Note: Your email address will only be used for follow-up communications from the Make It OK team. It will not be shared or otherwise used.

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* 2. Please select the perspective you're sharing:

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* 3. Why is it important for you to share your story?

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* 4. Share your lived experience story. Please use the following questions to guide you in sharing your experience. The word count for your submission, which should read like a short personal story, is 400-600 words.

From your lived experience: Please share your story, including

What do you wish others knew about living with a mental health condition and/or how stigma, your identity, culture or community perspectives have impacted your journey?

What challenges or barriers you have faced?

What has been helpful? Include any tools, support resources, community or cultural practices, or therapies that have been supportive in healing and recovery. (Examples: art, music, dance, community gatherings, peer-support, faith, other therapies or self-care practices, etc.)

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* 5. How did you hear about this lived experiences submission form?

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* 6. I would like to be added to Make It OK's email list.

Yes, please!

No, thank you.

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* 7. (Optional) Please upload a photo that you would like to include with your story

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* 8. Electronically sign the consent form by typing your name below. By typing my name, I certify that I have read and understand the consent form, below. Make It OK has my consent to use my name, story and photo (should I choose to submit) in print and digital communications.