Mental health – Page 2 – The Unplug Initiative

When You’re the Toxic One

getting over negativity, mental illness, complaining, self improvement, self help

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

woman standing on the beach, dressed in black, with hands covering her face. black and white photo.

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 the Black Crowes’ new album playing. I had just got done running an errand in the neighboring town. I was still in my work clothes, ready to be done and back home, which was over an hour away. I hadn’t expected my GPS to route me throughContinue reading “Can I Learn Anything from Nostalgia?”

Do What Gives You Joy

woman looking at a monkey, laughing in delight.

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”

Step One to Pulling Yourself Out of a Rut

You can’t be on top of the world all the time. Me personally? I spend half of my life at the bottom, trying to climb back up. Somewhere in between are those pestering phases that keep us from being completely happy and fulfilled, while also not relegating us entirely to rock bottom. This is whatContinue reading “Step One to Pulling Yourself Out of a Rut”

This Blog Post Is Not Perfect

I live somewhere between mildly uncomfortable and peacefully accepting.