Irina
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I remember the first time I felt like I was watching myself. It was 2018. I was in a therapy session with one of my past trauma counselors, and I was talking about one of my abusers. I couldn’t move my arms because they felt like lead and I was convinced they would fall off […]
Sam
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(potential content warning) I remember it like it was yesterday. It was early 2016, and I was in the eighth grade. I genuinely felt as though I had everything going for me: I was earning good grades, I found a love for the game of golf, and I had phenomenal relationships with my friends and […]
Matt J.
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While I am biracial, I grew up in a household heavily influenced by Latinx/Mexican culture. To anyone familiar with it, there isn’t a thing that can’t be fixed with some good, ‘ol VapoRub. Sore throat? Here’s some VapoRub. Bleeding out? Here’s some Vaporub. Struggling with your mental health? VapoRub is sure to fix it. From […]
Sierra
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With COVID-19 impacting nearly everyone around the globe, most of us are stuck at home with nothing to do. Arts and crafts are a fun way to pass the time, but they actually have many benefits to your mental health as well. According to Caileigh Flannigan, author of Improving Your Everyday Life Through Art Therapy […]
Alyssa
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While not everyone may live with a mental illness, we all have mental health and can experience ups and downs. Though struggling with your mental health can feel isolating, you’re never alone. Here are eleven tweets about mental health that we can all relate to sometimes: 1. For breaking down stigma surrounding mental health: 2. […]
Irina
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The first time I was in therapy, it took me almost six months to be able to talk to about the deep, personal, and raw trauma that I had never told a soul about. I struggled for a long time before that. When we started talking about things that were difficult for me, I always […]
Julia W.
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My siblings and I grew up in an emotionally abusive environment and continue to deal with the effects of that trauma. Part of my sister’s journey to health included an inpatient hospitalization last fall. Below is an interview during which she shares her story. Can you describe how you were feeling in the months leading […]
Julia W.
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“Sometimes when you’re depressed, the things you don’t want to do are the very things you need to do in order to feel better,” my therapist told me. Great, I thought, for just once could there be an easy answer? “As you start doing things, it gets easier,” she continued, “and you begin to have […]
Laurie
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[Content Warning: The effects of sexual assault on mental health] I think for a long time I’ve strived to be normal or to “pass” for normal. I’ve tried to hide my past and my continued struggles, but my past is a part of me. And those struggles? Well, they are too. Today, I feel stronger […]
Irina
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Sitting on the grey couch in my therapist’s office, I remember telling her that I didn’t feel safe. At the end of the session, I had asked, “What am I supposed to do? This is the only thing I can think of.” That’s when she brought up the Box Method. “Picture a box. It can […]
Celia