With a little support and some hard, honest work, you may find that it’s time to redefine some things in your life.
Maybe I’m ‘Normal’ After All
I am living proof that, even if you’ve spent years hanging on for dear life, it can get better!!
I am living proof that, even if you’ve spent years hanging on for dear life, it can get better!!
How to Create a Safety Plan
A safety plan is a document that lists everything you can think of that will keep you safe from harming yourself or others, or from dipping way down the continuum of depression.
A safety plan is a document that lists everything you can think of that will keep you safe from harming yourself or others, or from dipping way down the continuum of depression.
Low-Effort Self-Care Tips
11 mostly free things you can do to ensure that you get what you need.
11 mostly free things you can do to ensure that you get what you need.
Tips for Beating Depression & Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Depression and anxiety thrive in times of chaos and disarray.
Depression and anxiety thrive in times of chaos and disarray.
The 2 Main Ingredients of Change
Change happens when you dig deep down inside yourself and figure it out.
Change happens when you dig deep down inside yourself and figure it out.
Comfort: The Good and the Bad
"The known" is comfortable.
“The known” is comfortable.
Recovering from Mental Illness
Many people with mental illness feel like they are doomed to live their lives stuck in the midst of the depths of sadness, anguish, and torture of their sickness.
Many people with mental illness feel like they are doomed to live their lives stuck in the midst of the depths of sadness, anguish, and torture of their sickness.
Depression Has a Mind of Its Own
I feel small today. Small and quiet.
I feel small today. Small and quiet.
How to Change Destructive Thinking
Our worlds are a projection of our inner state.
Our worlds are a projection of our inner state.
Catching Depression Early
I feel hopeful.
I feel hopeful.
7 Signs You’re Seeing the Wrong Shrink
Your mental health is the most important thing in your life, and it needs to be treated that way.
Your mental health is the most important thing in your life, and it needs to be treated that way.
It’s Confession Time: A Story About Relapsing
The bigger part of me didn’t really want to continue drinking, because I was afraid I would end up doing the same thing I’d always done – drinking to oblivion.
The bigger part of me didn’t really want to continue drinking, because I was afraid I would end up doing the same thing I’d always done – drinking to oblivion.
Are You Accepting Your Reality?
You have no control over what other people think, say, or do, so you need to learn to accept it (sometimes over and over again) in order to move on.
You have no control over what other people think, say, or do, so you need to learn to accept it (sometimes over and over again) in order to move on.
What Not to Say to Someone With a Mental Illness
“What do YOU have to be depressed about?” -- just don't say it.
“What do YOU have to be depressed about?” — just don’t say it.
12 Fun Ways to Combat Depression and Anxiety
A lot of lists of ways to keep yourself busy and distracted when depressed lack an important ingredient – fun!
A lot of lists of ways to keep yourself busy and distracted when depressed lack an important ingredient – fun!