Focus on recovery instead of validation through the exhibition of pain.
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Mental Health Monday: Stress and Relapse
You aren't weak or bad or anything if stress triggers your symptoms.
Mental Health Monday: The Trouble with Excessive Self-Control
I have a really hard time letting go of my excessive control over my impulses, and it makes it hard to just be a person.
Symptoms vs. Emotions, on HealthyPlace
The thing about mental illness is that it can act like a giant magnet, completely skewing your internal emotional compass so that it's hard to distinguish between symptoms and regular emotions.
Gratitude for My Recovery Progress This Year, on HealthyPlace
I'm grateful to my terrific therapist, my wonderful husband, my relentlessly supportive friends, and I'm grateful to myself, for doing this difficult work.
Processing Emotions vs. Reacting To Emotions, on HealthyPlace
I'm learning that reacting to my emotions doesn't actually get rid of them or spare me from that fear, it just adds a layer of confusion and shame.
Halloween and Mental Illness Stigma, on HealthyPlace
Here's the gist: do not be an asshole to people who are already suffering.
Making a Postpartum Depression Plan, on HealthyPlace
I'm not trying to be a pessimist, I'm just trying to be prepared.
How to “Feel the Fear And Do It Anyway,” on HealthyPlace
I've heard this saying a lot, and I really like the idea of it, but actually doing it...that's another story.
Suicide Awareness Month, on HealthyPlace
How seriously are you supposed to take these kinds of thoughts when you know you don't really want to die, but at the same time, the idea of continuing to exist as your horrible self fills you with dread and rage?
