Culture & CriticismMental Health16 Personal Essays About Mental Health Worth ReadingHere are some of the most moving and illuminating essays published on BuzzFeed about mental illness, wellness, and the way our minds work.By by Rachel SandersBuzzFeed StaffPosted on October 10, 2016, 7:15 pmTwitterFacebookLink 1. My Best Friend Saved Me When I Attempted Suicide, But I Didn’t Save Her — Drusilla Moorhouse 2. Life Is What Happens While You’re Googling Symptoms Of Cancer — Ramona Emerson 3. How I Learned To Be OK With Feeling Sad — Mac McClelland 4. Who Gets To Be The “Good Schizophrenic”? — Esmé Weijun Wang 5. Why Do I Miss Being Bipolar? — Sasha Chapin Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. What My Best Friend And I Didn’t Learn About Loss — Zan Romanoff 7. I Can’t Live Without Fear, But I Can Learn To Be OK With It — Arianna Rebolini 8. What It’s Like Having PPD As A Black Woman — Tyrese Coleman 9. Notes On An Eating Disorder — Larissa Pham 10. What Comedy Taught Me About My Mental Illness — Kate Lindstedt 11. The Night I Spoke Up About My #BlackSuicide — Terrell J. Starr 12. Knitting Myself Back Together — Alanna Okun 13. I Started Therapy So I Could Take Better Care Of Myself — Matt Ortile 14. I’m Mending My Broken Relationship With Food — Anita Badejo 15. I Found Love In A Hopeless Mess — Kate Conger 16. When Taking Anxiety Medication Is A Revolutionary Act — Tracy Clayton Topics in this articleMental Health