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 o
In June last year, after trying my hardest for several years to get access to NHS mental health services, I stopped. I stopped trying to access NHS mental health services.I live with severe & enduring mental illness for which I’ve been sectioned and have no care plan or treatment, yet...
biological reasons and many more. This in the long run can affect an individual’s mental health making it harder for them to establish positive relationships, reach their fullest potential and face life challenges. A common mental illness is an ‘anxietyattack’, which has a variety of symptoms...
Creating it has helped me open up because it's forced me to be honest with myself and others. I still sometimes feel the stigma attached to having a mental illness and can be hard on myself because of it. I'm learning to be more patient and kind with myself." My sister - Laura ...
Mindful listening.This is a very popular way to raise your awareness and improve your mindfulness. Active listening involves tuning yourself to your environment and paying attention to what it has to say. It could be a conversation that you pay keen attention to when the speaker is talking. Yo...
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...
In a way, Vonnegut himself reaches out for help, and he implies that his own illness goes far beyond occasional suicidal ideations. Vonnegut talks about little white pills that a doctor tells him to “take in moderation, two a day, in order not to feel blue,” which implies he needs dai...
Wysa is used by more than a million people from all walks of life. Research-backed, widely used techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Dialectical be…
In his first U.S. broadcast interview, the father of the late DJ talks about "trying to get the stigma away from talking about mental illness and suicide"
24. Have a real out-loud conversation with yourself. Another way to figure out what you need: Ask yourself out loud what you’re feeling. Try saying, “How do you feel?” or “What do you need to feel more relaxed?” Then think about what your body or mind would answer. You might...