I tend to be much more transparent and vulnerable online than I am in daily face-to-face interactions. When someone I know in real life inquires about […]
I Feel Anxious About Being Productive An area of my anxiety that has been difficult to overcome has been productivity anxiety. Since I was young, I’ve held […]
Every individual will have a unique experience with verbal abuse recovery. Each situation is different, resulting in a personalized journey for healing that requires changing tools and strategies. […]
I have a tool in my toolbox for the schizoaffective disorder that I haven’t written about before. The tool is earplugs. Why Does This Schizoaffective Need Earplugs […]
I have nonbinary gender insecurity. In America, there are two genders. It is not common knowledge that sex and gender are different and that there are […]
Self-care is beyond a popular buzzword; it is an essential practice that needs to be treated as more than just a trend. Self-Care Teaching Me Kinder […]
Hiking-for-physical-and-mental-fitness, or walking out in the elements over the wild countryside, is one of the most natural activities imaginable. If you enjoy walking as an exercise […]
I think about diagnosis a lot—mostly because I live with undiagnosed mental illnesses. Even as a child, I never received any diagnosis for the struggles I […]
Insomnia is common in bipolar disorder. Sleep changes (which can be insomnia or hypersomnia [oversleeping]) are noted in the symptoms of major depressive disorder, which is part […]
It is common to have more than one mental illness at a time. Most people I know (from support groups) have multiple diagnoses. I have both paranoid schizophrenia and generalized […]