Eating disorders
Eating disorders are mental illness experiences affecting people who develop an unhealthy preoccupation with the way they eat, exercise, and/or their body weight or shape…
Mental Health
Learn about mental illness
Understanding is what breaks stigma. Explore these experiences with clarity and compassion, then hear directly from the people living them through the MISTAG interviews.
Anxiety disorders
It's common for everyone to encounter situations that evoke fear, restlessness, or insecurity. But what happens when these feelings occur too frequently…?
Bipolar disorder
Most people living with bipolar disorder are not as unstable as the stigma leads us to believe…
Borderline personality disorder
Many beliefs about BPD are widely accepted as facts in today's society. Let's talk about it…
Depression
We all talk about it, but do you really know what it is to go through a depression experience? Not to be down for a couple of days, not to feel sad, to actually have depression…
Schizophrenia
This experience, and those living with it, face severe stigma worldwide, leading to profound impacts on their lives, from social exclusion to extreme measures. Let's unpack it…
MISTAG is Yaëlle's interview project, breaking the stigma around mental illness by sharing the stories of people who live with it. All interviews are subtitled in English.
Interviews · MISTAG
Breaking the stigma, one story at a time
It's time. Mental health and mental illness experiences should be as normal to talk about as any other part of our health. MISTAG is a project close to my heart, honest interviews with people around the world about what it's really like to live with mental illness.
Listen to what they have to say, their smiles, their tears. Each person's experience is unique, even when many share the same diagnosis. A mental illness experience can touch any of us, and we each meet it differently. It's a human experience. Wherever you are in the world, whatever your background, gender or beliefs, you'll find a MISTAG you can relate to. Come discover the interviews: learn, grow, share, and spread the word, there is nothing to be ashamed of.
450M
people lived a mental illness experience in 2017
1 in 4
people will experience mental illness in their lifetime
40s
the interval before one more person dies by suicide
1
cause worth showing up for
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Watch interviews →All interviews are subtitled in English. Would you like to share your story or take part? Reach out through the contact page.