My name is Wilder Hickney (pronouns she/her or they/them). I am a recent addition to the Colorado Mental Wellness Network community! I work as a contracted consultant with the Network. I’m here to help spread CMWN’s mission of positivity and
All About my (Possible) Diagnosis with Aubrey Boggs
While I didn’t receive an official diagnosis of mental health conditions until I was an adult, I have had symptoms of mental health conditions since I was 9 years old. At 11 years old I was suicidal for the first
All About My Diagnosis: Alcohol Use Disorder with Kate Fitch
For this week’s All About my Diagnosis, I’m talking about one of my diagnoses, Alcohol Use Disorder! What is Alcohol Use Disorder? Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), also commonly called alcohol addiction or alcoholism, is a mental health condition that about
All About My Diagnosis: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Kate Fitch
What is OCD? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a sort of anxiety disorder that features obsessive thoughts, compulsive behavior or rituals, or both. Obsessive thoughts are unwanted and distressing thoughts, ideas, mental images, or impulses that intrude into a person’s mind
All About my Diagnosis: Agoraphobia with a friend of Joann Calabrese
Agoraphobia can be a tough thing to deal with. It’s a type of anxiety disorder that makes it difficult to leave the house. My friend Jill (not her real name) in Pennsylvania, has a lot of experience with this and
Bipolar Disorder Type II: All About My Diagnosis with Amanda Kearney-Smith
The Bipolar Roller Coaster Whenever I hear this Katy Perry song on the radio I cringe because of this lyric… “Someone call the doctor, got a case of love bipolar, stuck on a roller coaster, and I can’t get off