Toxic shame can sabotage your best efforts and undermine every good experience that you have. This is why I feel that it’s so important for people to be aware of this ‘little-known’ mental illness. No, it is not a classic mental illness like anxiety or bipolar disorder, but I believe...
National Alliance on Mental Illness. Suicide Prevention Month. https://www.nami.org/get-involved/awareness-events/suicide-prevention-month/ Read Full Post » Beyond September, Recognizing Suicide Prevention for Children Posted in Healthy People, Healthy Relationships, Mindfulness, tagged children, menta...
No medication is going to ‘erase’ this brain illness: I still have ups and downs (and am in a bit of a depression right now for various reasons ), still have to force an effort to be the Professor K I’m expected to be each day, still have heightened emotions that are just part...
all shrinks, have chosen those behaviors, (called symptoms but they are really just behaviors ) that go together —but not always and not all the time—to make up a mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar or depression. Just
It allows therapists to work collaboratively with clients who experience emotional distress by talking through their mental health conditions. As the client, you may be asked to do therapeutic homework outside of your sessions, as well—such as following along with a self-help workbook. There are...
it deepens over time. I had experienced trauma over the years and had developed ways of dealing with it. I meditated each morning. I had a decades-long yoga practice. I had suffered other traumas – my parents’ car accident, Jacob’s childhood illness – and had come out the other sid...
Group activities can allow you a structured or creative way to express yourself and see how others express themselves. For example, in a group where you create art with others, you may notice that another participant perceived the assignment differently than you and that both of your art proje...
I'm a Hyprochondriac , it means I'll read about a specific illness or disease & I'll begin to be convinced I have it when I really don't & start to show symptons I have AIWS. Sonetimes that happens to me when Im running in track which is not a good thing... Lol hypochondriasi...
Deep breathing also helps to lower your heart rate and blood pressure. Journaling: Journaling can be an effective way to process what's going on in your mind. Writing down your thoughts and feelings can also improve your sleep by letting you get your worries out of your head and onto ...
time for you to step back and take a break. Whether that’s a break from the news, talking to certain people, or doing tasks you don’t enjoy, a reprieve might be in order. There’s enough undue stress in our lives already, so it helps to put yourself first from time to time. ...