Dear Friends ,

Were putting together a zine about anxiety,
accompanying depression, and dealing. We want to
make a zine on anxiety that is:

Personal: We can share stories about our
experiences with anxiety with the goal of softening
blows and fostering support in our community.

Political: Bringing in analyses including but not
limited to race, class, gender, ability that are often
hard to find in resources on anxiety and
depression.

Practical: Methods of how we ground ourselves
and/or deal, talking about signs of anxiety attacks
and how to be allies to friends with anxiety.

Were looking for submissions on/about:

- Comics/stories about anxiety/depression
especially personal experiences of youth, poc,
migrants, indigenous peoples, queers, trans.

- Art/drawings
- Signs, symptoms and general information about
anxiety and depression
-Substance use ( perscription and non) and anxiety
- Methods of dealing, including harm reduction
- The politics of mental health, the standardization
of normalcy and sanity, and so on.

As well as:

-General collaboration
-Help with layout and editing
-Recommended articles, books, websites, zines on
anxiety and depression
-Personal Reviews of Mental Heath services in
Montreal (i.e. counselors and therapists)

Submissions can be sent to this address:
anxiety_zine (at) hotmail.com or to 4824 cazelais,
montreal, quebec , h4c 1e7.
by september 15th 2007

P.S . Submissions can be made anonymous.