Mental Health Awareness Month

A year ago when I first started writing about Mental Health, the lead singer of a band I loved, Scott Hutchinson, of Frightened Rabbit, killed himself. He was open about his mental health challenges both in his lyrics and and with his commitment to mental health causes. The band name itself Frightened Rabbit is a nickname that his mother gave him as a child as he often struggled with overwhelming anxiety. In his memory his family has started a mental health charity as part of his legacy. The charity based out of his native Scotland is called Tiny Changes and it hopes to make a difference in the lives of children and young people.


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I Wish I Was Sober

I can’t un-sink the things I’ve sunk
Still not giving up, though I wish that I was sober
— Frightened Rabbit

Not So Body Posi After All

Some day I might lose all this weight
But I will carry it wherever I go
And there will always be a part of me that hates this body
Because I carry it wherever I go
— Sledding With Tigers

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The Needle and the Damage Done

I hit the city and I lost my band
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done
— Neil Young

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Second Letter from St. Julien

I let my anxieties overwhelm me
Tell me, why am I blessed with this curse?
— Sorority Noise

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