I'm a picker, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner... a skin picker, that is! I pick and bite my fingers and nails, and I'm not alone. If you struggle ...
Out of all the anxiety disorder symptoms I've experienced, intrusive thoughts are definitely the worst. There are many struggles faced by people living with ...
When I was 16 and attending high school, depression and loneliness ruled my life. What was baffling was that, in the eyes of people around me, I had everything ...
The field of mental health can be intensive and all-consuming. Counselors, therapists, and caseworkers commonly find themselves working in distressing ...
For many members of marginalized communities, mental wellness can be hard to come by due to factors such as inaccessible mental health care, discrimination, ...
If our dreams are supposed to be representative of what our unconscious minds are processing, mine are very revealing. I often have a recurring dream that ...
Editor's note: This story includes discussions of death and suicide that some readers may find triggering. If you need crisis support in the USA, call 988, or ...
I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder since 2018, but since my youth, I have always suffered from a lack of meaning in life. It was only ...
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If you are a small business owner, blogger, or social media influencer who lives with a chronic illness, mental health condition, and/or disability, you’re ...
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It’s 2022, and I refer to 2013 as being 7 years ago. I don’t know where the time went and when I start to think about it, it’s all a blur, as if I have been on ...