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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.
Things One Should Check Before Downloading A Mental Health App
Mental health is one of the main issues among young people. There are over a million children and youth who are dealing with mental illness in Canada alone. According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), around 75% of people who have a mental illness do not have access to specialized treatment.
By Jack thomson5 years ago in Psyche
3 Things to Get Your Mind Off Your Agoraphobia
As you know, we've been working together on our agoraphobia for a little while now and again, I'm doing this series because I'm hitting the decade mark for my diagnosis (thanks doc, it really helped to know). I'm not going to lie to you when I say that I had never even heard of the word when I was first diagnosed, I had never heard of either of my anxieties: agoraphobia and hypochondria. But, I am not going to lay down dead and do nothing but pop pills for the rest of my life. And there is no reason you should too. Your medication is very important but it can only go so far. Other things you should do is practice some habits that you can use to get your mind off those intrusive thoughts.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
3 Things That Will Never Help Your Agoraphobia
As you've probably seen on my channel, I have been covering things about agoraphobia as I reach the ten-year mark of being diagnosed with the mental illness. Over the years, I have tried and tested many things and methods, foods and everything under the sun. If you want to read about them in more detail, then click on the numbers and you can go back to the other parts of the series:
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
Attachment Style: People-Phobic
Take the Quiz I just finished reading Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller and was struck by what healthy relationships look like, as modeled by secure attachment styles.
By Annette Kim5 years ago in Psyche
"I am Imperfectly Perfect"
Mental health can play a vital role in your life. Whether you may have a mental illness or are going through some circumstances that can affect your mental health, it is definitely something that should not be ignored. Let's be real with ourselves: no one is perfect. We all have flaws and insecurities. They don't make us any better than anyone else nor do they make us any worse than others.
By Sylvester Long5 years ago in Psyche
Why I'm Letting Go
Let's face it: all of us face some kind of bullshit on a daily basis. It's either from being at work or getting a super weird message that throws off your whole day. I've been there way too recently than I care to admit, but hey, bullshit happens. It's how we deal with it that really makes us be able to move on from it and continue to live our lives. It sometimes blows my mind how I can hold onto something way longer, or think I'm completely over something because I told myself to be over it, but it pops it's ugly head up six months later. I used to think boxing up the bullshit and pretending it didn't affect me would work. Compartmentalize and deal with it later. Guess what? Didn't work! So what is there to do now?
By Alexandra Picerne5 years ago in Psyche
Keeping it all locked inside!
It’s sad to say that we’re all going to get hurt in life. We have very different ways of dealing with that hurt. Weather it’s physical, mental, or emotional hurt. What we don’t realize is that we hurt ourselves more by keeping all that hurt locked up inside. So I’m going to tell you a story about Delilah.
By Juliet cadet5 years ago in Psyche
Teenage Angst or Mental Illness
I first experienced mental health issues when I was a teenager. It's hard to tell exactly when it started because it gradually happened. It wasn't an overnight change. But I think teens have dark and destructive thoughts much earlier than their parents like to think. I first harmed myself at 13 and I felt in the moment that it had been a long time coming.
By Rebecca Clark5 years ago in Psyche
