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Mental Health
30
Jun

There are Many Benefits of Going To Treatment For Mental Health

Mental health disorders like chemical dependency issues, compulsive behavioral issues, and co-occurring disorders like mood and personality disorders can create feelings of isolation. When surrounded by people who don’t, or can’t understand what it is like to live with the symptoms of mental health disorders, the experience can feel alone. Treatment is a time and...
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28
Jun

The Most Difficult Part Of Living With Depression

Anxiety and depression can feel unending. During the midst of an anxiety attack or depressive episode the reality of the depression or anxious thoughts can seem too real. For Romper, blogger Kimmie Fink writes about her experience living with depression. She writes about how her experiences with depression have taught her that eventually the depression...
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27
Jun

What Is a Fidget Spinner and Why Is It Helpful for Mental Health?

“Fidget spinners” are all the rage right now, being sold in the millions in every color and pattern imaginable. The small toy is becoming a phenomena but was actually designed as a tool for helping patients with ADD, attention deficit disorder, and ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, find focus and calm. Fidgeting, distraction, and stress...
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27
Jun

What People With Clinical Depression Can’t Do Because You Say So

Depression makes people uncomfortable because sadness is generally coddled and corrected. Many people have an urge to offer unwarranted advice and direction to people struggling with depression. Unfortunately, that advice often falls short and can be more upsetting than helpful. Here is what people struggling with clinical depression cannot do because you told them to....
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26
Jun

Does Instagram Really Affect Mental Health?

Instagram does affect mental health, new research has found. In fact, Instagram doesn’t just affect mental health, it is the worst social media app for mental health. Coming from the UK’s Royal Society For Public Health, the research found that Instagram causes a number of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, body image, and identity...
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21
Jun

Is Hoarding an Impulse Control Problem?

There is a distinct difference between an obsessive collector and someone who hoards. Someone who collects takes care of their possessions, chooses them carefully, and keeps them tightly, cleanly organized. Obsessive collectors typically have a catalog of their belongings, take good care of them, and experience feelings of pride and joy from the activity of...
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21
Jun

How Does Diet and Nutrition Affect Mental Health?

Food is medicine. Increasingly, this is becoming a scientific fact more than a spiritual sentiment. Food is medicine. For those who are living with mental health conditions including substance use disorders, a healthy and balanced nutrition full of the right kind of foods can help the treatment process. Food can support the work of prescribed...
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20
Jun

Is Chronic Pain a Symptom of Depression and Anxiety?

Depression hurts. Anxiety hurts. Both mood disorders are known to cause physical symptoms of tension, aches, pains, stiffness, cramps, and more. Mental health disorders like depressive and anxiety disorders are not isolated to the brain. It is widely understood today that mental health disorders affect the mind, the body, and the spirit. Taking an integrative...
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16
Jun

How To Approach a Loved One About Going To Treatment For Mental Health

Using “I” statements is important for healthy communication when approaching a loved one about going to treatment for mental health. Avoiding statements which use “you” is helpful in avoiding any misinterpretations of accusations and blame, which typically lead to defensiveness and denial. Instead of you need help try I am worried about your wellbeing. During...
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07
Jun

Can I Date If I Have Bipolar Disorder?

There is no law or rule that says, “You have bipolar disorder, you cannot date.” Everyone is deserving of healthy and loving romantic relationships in life. When To Tell Them Some people prefer to wait after a relationship has been established to tell the person they are dating about their bipolar disorder. With the hopes...
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