A space to learn about mental illnesses, find advice on coping strategies, navigate healing, and feel supported.
These posts are much more revolved around general understandings of certain disorders, their symptoms, and their treatments. It also includes posts about misinterpretations, and misrepresentations of certain illnesses.
Precursor: Today’s mental health memo is: today we’re getting educational and psychological by learning about the different types of anxiety disorders that exist in this anxiety encyclopedia part 1 (click for part 2 here) I wanted to create an outline of every single type of anxiety disorder because I feel like people often think anxiety […]
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With winter coming around for a lot of folks, this means the return of Seasons Affective Disorder which is also known as SAD. This is a type of depressive disorder that is based on seasonal changes. Typically, SAD comes out during the winter and fall and then goes away in the summer and spring. It’s
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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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The Precursor The mental health memo for today is: I don’t have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times I’ve had to correct people on their misconceptions about anxiety. I need more hands!!! It’s over 10 years now since I first got diagnosed with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Within those short
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Panic Attacks Vs Anxiety Attacks: The Issue I often hear the words “anxiety attack” and “panic attack” used interchangeably. This is often done in casual conversation and even in the professional field. And because of that I also used to think they were the same thing. But as I studied Psychology and Social Work, and
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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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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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