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Tag Archives: Mental health
Comfort Vs. Pleasure
Comforting activities vs pleasurable ones and how they help our mental health
When You’re the Toxic One
Self-improvement means addressing the ugliness within sometimes.
I Faced My Fears in 2018
Anxiety’s mantra: already afraid, so you don’t have to be.
The Guide to Recalibrating Your Priorities
I’m already looking forward to 2019. By that, I don’t mean I’m eagerly anticipating it. I have my sights set on the future. In 2019, I will be in a new apartment with new goals. A sudden change in my life forced me to change my perspective. It shattered me at first, but I bouncedContinue reading “The Guide to Recalibrating Your Priorities”
A Guide to a Crisis
I have stumbled upon a mental crisis. I’m talking deep, dark place, code red, talk me off the ledge crisis. Thankfully, I didn’t do anything destructive or harmful, aside from some yelling. What pulled me back down to earth a little from my downward spiral was the thought that if someone else were in thisContinue reading “A Guide to a Crisis”
Step Two to Pulling Yourself Out of a Rut
It’s all about the next step. Actually, it’s all bout doing the next step because the idea is that taking a step toward your goal will help you feel more accomplished, fulfilled, and overall happier.
Can I Learn Anything from Nostalgia?
I drove through my hometown recently. I had just gotten done running an errand in the neighboring town, one I have rarely visited since leaving the area. I had the Black Crowes’ new album playing. I was still in my work clothes, ready to be done and back home, which was over an hour away.Continue reading “Can I Learn Anything from Nostalgia?”
Do What Gives You Joy
When it comes to being happier, go toward the light.
Work(sheet) Your Way to a New You
In my journey of self-help and trauma recovery, one constant has remained: my incredibly low self-esteem. I often use other coping mechanisms to mask this fault, or I ride the highs when I am falsely full of self-confidence. Neither or healthy. So I’ve been trying to build up my self-esteem. I found this worksheet online,Continue reading “Work(sheet) Your Way to a New You”