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The Harm Caused by Mental Illness Stigma and Stereotypes

Mental illness stigma and stereotypes can be just as debilitating as mental health conditions themselves, making coping harder than it has to be. The Origins ...

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Is There a Connection Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Depression?

Several major studies have found a link between rheumatoid arthritis and depression. If you live with RA and have been struggling with your mental health, ...

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How Climate Change Is Affecting Our Mental Health

Extreme weather events have harmful effects on mental health. Although most people can do well even if a changing global climate has impacted them, others ...

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How to Make Good Decisions When You’re in a Mental Health Slump

A roller coaster ride usually has its highs and lows. Some highs get your blood pumping, adrenaline running, and excitement overflowing while the lows can make ...

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How Mindfulness Can Help People with Mental Health Conditions

If you live with a mental health condition, developing a mindfulness practice can become a key part of your healing and wellness, along with medication and ...

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7 Ways Anxiety Physically Affects Me

There truly is a mind-body connection when it comes to almost everything in life, including mental illness. Anxiety disorders affect the mind, but they also ...

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The Gray Rock Method: A Tool to Deal with Narcissistic and Abusive People

The Gray Rock Method is a way of dealing with a narcissistic, toxic, or abusive person. Here's how to make this simple technique work for you. Have you ever ...

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Going Into Psychosis Saved My Marriage

Unipolar depression.  That was my diagnosis for 12 years.  I was first diagnosed with postpartum depression after having my first son, but when the symptoms ...

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Why the Relationship Between Sleep and Mental Health Is a Two-Way Street

Have you ever noticed how your mind reacts to a poor night’s sleep? Do you feel sad, anxious, stressed, or unable to concentrate well? Those are some examples ...

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How Getting an ADHD Diagnosis at Age 23 Improved My Mental Health

I’m navigating the aftershocks of getting an adult ADHD diagnosis after it was missed during my childhood, and I know I’m not alone. Over the past few years, ...

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Empowering & Funny Anxiety Merch: Shirts, Stickers, Pins & More

This anxiety merch includes shirts, pins, stickers, and more with funny and inspirational messages to raise awareness and end mental health stigmas. This ...

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My Pediatrician Started My Disordered Eating at Age 6. Now the American Academy of Pediatrics Wants to Make This Common Practice.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new clinical practice guidelines that doctors and parents need to target fat kids to prevent them  from ...

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