Problematically, causal negative talk about body image during normal conversation doesn’t stay at the conversation. Instead, it follows us and impacts us on a deep level. According to Refinery29, “these comments don’t just affect the person making the complaint —… Read More ›
Category: Mental Health
Help Me Help You: Helping Your Families Help You When You Have A Mental Illness
Living with mental illness can be a challenge. There is hope. Learning to live with mental illness and a family who supports you is a work in progress with beautiful rewards. Be Open To Receiving Help Human to human connection… Read More ›
What It Will Take To Fight For Mental Health Care
Various acts that were signed into law during the previous administration took great strides for providing mental health care. As there is a shift in party and perspectives on health insurance, health care, and mental illness, we face a time… Read More ›
Do You Have Borderline Personality Disorder?
Borderline Personality Disorder is an overlooked mental health condition which can cause pain in relationships and everyday life for those who have it. 14 million Americans are reported to suffer from borderline personality disorder. Millions more are also likely to… Read More ›
How Can I Take Care Of Myself When I’m Feeling Sad?
Journal Sometimes we don’t understand why we are sad. There is a difference between feeling sad and being diagnosable depressed. The everyday kind of sadness that comes on out of nowhere really come from somewhere we just have to discover… Read More ›
How Can I Prepare To Transition Out Of Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder or depression is a real mental health condition which strikes thousands of people each time the weather changes from summer to winter. Throughout the course of fall, symptoms worsen until they become a general depression. Here are… Read More ›
Treatment For Mental Health And Substance Abuse Has Hope
Recovery is full of special sayings and cliches. They are small statements which serve as reminders to the bigger purpose of recovery. There is a reason for your pain. Pain has a purpose. Don’t give up. One day at a… Read More ›
Does My Loved One Have A Mood Disorder?
Spotting a mood disorder is usually done through subtle changes. If you are concerned a loved one might be suffering from the onset of a mood disorder, look for these commonly occurring symptoms. The way they live has changed. Your… Read More ›
Emotional Health Is As Important As Physical Health
“We cannot be silent about another threat to the emotional health of people. In addition to biological factors, psychological and environmental factors contribute to mental illness,” wrote a man by the name of Jeffrey Freedman in a letter to the… Read More ›
Can You Distract Yourself Out Of Anxiety?
Anxiety is a preoccupation with thoughts. When anxiety takes over in our minds, it floods our forethoughts with an unending and consistent stream of worry. Our worries can be relevant or irrelevant, but are most likely improbable. What separates anxious… Read More ›