A space to learn about mental illnesses, find advice on coping strategies, navigate healing, and feel supported.
This category contains posts meant to help and provide you with advice, tips and guidance for managing varying mental health concerns.
Precursor The mental health memo of the day is: if you’ve been struggling with anxiety and have no idea how to manage it so you can participate in life normally again, I’ve got you with today’s post! Anxiety can be incredibly debilitating regardless of how long you’ve had it for or how severe it is. […]
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Introduction Today’s mental health memo: we all know we need to practice self-care to improve mental health and ensure we’re in a healthy headspace, but how do we do it? Kelsie Bentley will be telling us how to do just this with her brilliant guest post today! Kelsie Bentley is a self-care and personal development
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Precursor The mental health memo of the day is: accepting harsh truths about mental health won’t make you jaded, but rather help you to reframe your reality so that you don’t have unrealistic expectations that will inevitably hurt you or those around you Alternative memo of the day: as our lord and savior Lizzo once
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What is Realistic Positivity? Realistic positivity is a mindset and an approach one uses to address issues that may arise in one’s life. As the name suggests, it’s REALISTIC positivity rather than regular positivity. The difference between them is that regular positivity is often unobtainable and unrealistic because it boasts a narrative of always looking
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What Are Anxiety-Inducing Events? What do I mean by anxiety-inducing events? Simple! You know that feeling when you think about something coming up that you dread? Your stomach bunches up, you start stress sweating, you can’t sleep the closer you get to it, and your head gets a bit hazy? Yeah, you know the one.
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Precursor The mental health memo for today is: yes, you can use natural supplements for mental health, but how effective they are and whether they’re going to be part of your healing journey is going to be very subjective. So, keep your mind and options open when considering ways of coping with mental health issues!
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The Controversy About Taking Medication for Mental Illness Medication for mental illness is a controversial and hot topic. People are either completely for it, against it, or just plain confused. And I totally get why! Media often capitalizes on the worst-case scenario of medication by showing people in mental institutions losing their sense of self.
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Precursor The mental health memo of the day is: if home is where the heart is, my home better be zenned out. And if you feel the same, here are some amazing zen room ideas to get the inspiration flowing! Ever since I was a child, home was always my place of retreat. Not because
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What is Guided Journaling? There’s no argument that journaling can be an incredible form of therapy. However, it’s super important to be doing the right type of journaling to achieve your goals. Guided journaling utilizes guided journals, which are journals that have premade prompts, activities, and information in them, to steer and guide you in
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Welcome to another post! This week we’re going to be discussing how to fix your Agoraphobia without a psychiatrist through utilizing Exposure Therapy in 4 simple steps! I wanted to write this post because as some of you may or may not know from my journey with anxiety post, I have both Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
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