Stories of Lived Experience
RURAL VoiceS
Are you interested in sharing your personal mental health journey in a blog post? Learn more here.
Perhaps you would like to share your personal story about managing a rural mental health challenge while leading a community conversation or slide presentation that includes information about the state of mental health in rural America and the work that’s being done through Rural Minds to provide free mental health information and resources to confront the rural mental health emergency.
Another opportunity to share your story could be volunteering to participate in a media interview or podcast. If you’re interested, please complete and submit this Speaker Profile Form.
Always. Already. Enough: Flipping the Switch on Mental Illness
To help raise awareness about mental health, the nonprofit organization Fluvanna County Arts Council presented “Always. Already. Enough: Flipping the Switch on Mental Illness” on May 6, 2023, at the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center in the small rural community of Fork Union, Virginia. This storytelling event harnessed the power in sharing stories of lived experience with mental illness, as well as provided compelling testimony to the recovery process. During the program, six storytellers shared their mental health and wellness journeys through monologues, music, poetry and visual art.