[Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

by Kelly Jensen

I move toward a timeline of Van Gogh’s life, large on a prominent stretch of wall. His birth, his major career moments, and his breakdowns. This is familiar to me. Not his personal details, per se, but the inclusion of “episodes” in the timeline of someone’s life. It’s like any other milestone—a birthday or graduation or promotion. The calendar in my memory lists all the times the pain scale went past 9.