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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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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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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Lack of Self-Awareness: How to Spot It, and How to Grow Past It
Self-awareness is one of those things that sounds obvious until you realize how easy it is to lose touch with yourself in the chaos of life. You think you know who you are, until one day you’re reacting, spiraling, regretting, and you don’t really know…
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How To Stop Taking Things Personally?
Taking things personally used to feel like second nature. A weird look, a short reply, a cancelled plan, and my mind would run wild. But with time, awareness, and a lot of self-work, I started unlearning the habit. Here’s what’s helped me, and maybe it…
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Anxiety Triggers and What To Do When You Feel Anxious
Understanding your anxiety, finding your calm In a world of growing mental health awareness, it comes as no surprise that anxiety is one of the most common diagnoses. While it’s perfectly normal to feel anxious once in a while, it’s not normal for anxiety to…