I’ve been in my head way too much lately. You know that feeling… When your thoughts are so loud you start to believe they’re telling the truth? When you replay a moment from years ago like it just happened? When you fast-forward into a future…
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Mental Actions That Will Make You Feel Physically Worse
When you live with chronic pain and fatigue, so much feels out of your control. Weather, hormones, stress, the way you slept, any of it can throw your body into chaos. But what we don’t talk about enough is how the way we think, the…
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Bipolar Disorder & Anger: My Perspective on Understanding and Managing Irritability
Living with bipolar disorder, I’ve learned that irritability and anger can wreck relationships, strain families, and even hurt our careers. I’m not a mental health professional, but I’ve lived with this condition long enough (and educated myself enough) to know exactly how destructive these flare-ups…
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Finding Happiness When Everything Feels Heavy
Life has a way of throwing all sorts of challenges our way, but there are still countless reasons to be happy. I find that it’s often the small, everyday things that can bring the most joy. Taking time to notice and fully appreciate them is…
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How is your mental health?
How is Your Mental Health, Really? A Personal Reflection We live in a world where we are constantly encouraged to stay busy, productive, and successful. Between deadlines, social obligations, and the daily grind, it can be easy to forget to ask ourselves one simple question:…
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Oops, I Forgot to Eat Again: Life with ADHD & Hyperfocus
You know that feeling when your brain suddenly decides it’s time to do that one thing, and suddenly you’re a laser-beamed, notebook-gripping, playlist-making maniac who forgot food, sleep, and what year it is? Yeah. That’s hyperfocus. And if you’ve got ADHD like I do, it’s…
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Emotional Triggers: What They Really Mean and How to Heal
Have you ever felt like your heart was sprinting before your brain could catch up? Like one small comment lit a fire under wounds you didn’t even know were still bleeding? That’s the thing about emotional triggers. They don’t just whisper, they roar, and they…
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I’m Always There for Everyone… But Who’s There for Me?
I was three years old the first time the world taught me that my body was not mine. That safety is not guaranteed, not even in the arms that should’ve protected me. And since then, I’ve been surviving. Not living. Surviving. I’ve grown up being…
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Common Triggers for Empaths
Ever feel like the world is just too much? Like your body is a sponge soaking up everyone else’s mess? That’s not a weakness, it’s your sensitivity trying to protect you. If you’re an empath, you probably know this all too well. In this post,…
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30 Coping Skills for Anxiety and Depression
Because your brain isn’t broken, it’s just overwhelmed There are days when anxiety and depression make it feel like your brain has pulled the emergency brake and left you sitting in a storm of overthinking, exhaustion, and emotional fog. You forget everything you’ve learned.You can’t…