Coping & Thriving
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I Was a Pushover… Until I Was Diagnosed with Celiac Disease
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When I was a kid, I was absolutely terrified of Oompa Loompas. Even the slightest whiff of them made me want to stick a finger in my own eyeball. That creepy ...

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The Minefield of Getting Physical Health Care When You Have a Mental Illness
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Mental health conditions can be the loneliest medical conditions on the planet. They can pull you away from others, or others may pull away from you due to ...

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How to Stop Self-Abandonment After Abuse
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Self-abandonment: Ignoring basic needs to keep from dealing with difficult experiences and emotions. I grew up being abused. There were hardly any safe adults ...

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How to Deal with Embarrassing Chronic Illness Symptoms
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If you struggle with embarrassing chronic illness symptoms due to a condition such as Crohn's disease, these tips can help you deal with them and the difficult ...

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When Love Needs a Tune-Up: How Couples Therapy Sessions Can Help Reignite Your Marriage
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Marriage is a beautiful journey that can be full of ups and downs. Unfortunately, it's common for couples to experience rough patches that can leave them ...

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Chronic Pain Is a Pain in the You Know What and Getting Help Is Complicated
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I am in so much physical and emotional pain that I pretty much do not leave my house. I have been in physical pain most of my life. Sometimes I can cope easily ...

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How to Deal with the Circus of Circumstances That Is Life
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Life be life-ing. The phrase needs no explanation. But could adopting this phrase as a mental health mantra benefit our well-being? When we find ourselves ...

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I Stopped Oversharing and It Greatly Improved My Mental Health
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Oversharing is considered anything shared by someone on social media that is personal, but also very distressing or shocking. For people like myself with ...

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6 Purposeful Yet Restful Self-Care Activities for People with Chronic Illness
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If you live with a chronic illness, these purposeful yet restful self-care activities will let you use your mind without using too much energy. Having a ...

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How People Who Experience Racism Can Practice Self-Compassion
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People of color are bombarded with negative feedback about themselves from society as a whole. This feedback does not give us room to learn self-love and ...

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The Biggest Lesson Therapy Has Taught Me About My Anxiety
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I’ve been in and out of therapy since college. And each time I’ve gone to therapy, I’ve learned something new about myself. Finding the right therapist is a ...

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What I Learned from Going to Counseling as a Future Counselor
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Many people struggle with mental health issues. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that there were over 50 million Americans dealing ...

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