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Dylan's story

Dylan struggled with addiction, anxiety, and depression for nearly 10 years. Hear how he found the ...

Rising Above OCD: Carter's Story

Carter began showing symptoms of OCD in the first grade, and those symptoms eventually progressed ...

Rising Above an Eating Disorder: Zach's Story

Zach talks about his struggles with anxiety, the stigma of having an eating disorder and how the ...

Rising Above OCD: Cody's Story

Cody describes himself as a happy child growing up, but during high school he experienced bullying ...

Parent Perspectives: Rogers' Autism Spectrum Disorder Program (ASD)

Kids with ASD often also deal with anxiety, mood or OCD and related disorders that co-occur with ...

Rising Above Trauma: Barb's Story

Growing up, Barb did well in school and was the first person in her family to go to college. After ...

Rising Above Addiction: Adrienne's Story

Growing up in a Chicago suburb, Adrienne was close with her tight-knit family, did well in school, ...

Addiction recovery for teens

Rising Above Anxiety and Depression | Steve's Story

After a medical crisis, Steve found himself struggling with anxiety and depression. A neighbor ...

Rachel's Story

Rachel says her struggle with food and depression started at a young age and although she went to ...

Rachel's Story

Rachel says her struggle with food and depression started at a young age and although she went to ...

Rising above OCD | Fernando’s story

Fernando says his OCD tendencies became debilitating after the birth of his daughter. He had ...

Rising Above OCD | Jana's Story

Jana’s struggles with contamination OCD and depression led her to seek treatment with Rogers ...

Rising Above OCD and Anxiety | Jill's Story

Jill says she always had anxious tendencies, but she lacked the language to talk about it. As she ...

Rising Above | Gretchen's Story

Growing up, Gretchen played competitive soccer with the dream of following in her father’s ...

Rising Above the Stigma of Mental Health Treatment

Craig was 51 years old when he received residential treatment for the OCD and anxiety he had ...

Rising Above OCD | Craig's Story

Craig says his struggle with OCD started in childhood. When he was an adult, everything in his home ...

Rising Above OCD | A Parent's Story

Jessica says from the time her son, Jake, was little, her family’s life revolved around his ...

Rising Above OCD and Anxiety | Jake's Story

Since the time Jake was little, his life revolved around his intense anxiety. When given the chance ...

Rising Above Substance Use and Addiction | Christina's Story

"The lowest point of my life was the day that my parents had to step in and take guardianship of my ...

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