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Many people find public speaking to be very nerve-racking. I felt the same way before giving my last speech. However, my last public speaking experience increased my confidence. Check out this post to learn more.
Writing uplifting poetry is one of my favorite ways to promote mental well-being. A few weeks ago, I read my poetry and gave a speech at a local event for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (also known as NAMI). During my speech, I talked about my experience using creativity to cope with anxiety and depression. To learn about my public speaking experience and how it affected my confidence, continue reading this post.
Are other people's perceptions of you trigger negative thoughts about how it's your fault? Read this.
You know that saying that other people’s opinions of you are none of your business? As much as I try to keep that in my head, that’s easier said than followed, and how other people perceive me triggers negative thoughts.
How to find alcohol-free fun in everyday life.
Someone recently asked me what fun things I have planned for the summer. Surprisingly, that felt like a loaded, triggering question. As a sober person who doesn't have a driver's license or disposable income, I get jealous and resentful when people talk about their vacation plans. The fear of missing out (FOMO) surfaces, and I feel excluded from that version of fun.
Find out how prioritizing happiness can profoundly impact your health and why making time to do what you enjoy is crucial to living a blissful life at HealthyPlace.
It's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life, constantly pushing ourselves to do more and more in the quest for success. However, it's important to remember that genuine satisfaction comes from doing what you love. Whether it's a hobby, a passion project, or a career path, prioritizing your happiness can profoundly impact your health and well-being.
I'm anxious about my first personal training session, but part of eating disorder recovery is learning to trust health and fitness experts. See why I'm anxious at HealthyPlace.
Tomorrow is my first session with the personal trainer I hired to coach me for a Himalayan trek I'll be doing in about six months. It's quite unlike me to financially invest in an exercise program. Usually, I just lace up my sneakers and start running until I can't summon the energy for one more step. I even forget to stretch my muscles beforehand sometimes (terrible habit, I know). But I digress. The point is, this new endeavor feels rather far outside my comfort zone. Of course, it's beneficial to seek out the instruction of a qualified professional, but I'm definitely anxious about my first personal training session, and—I have to admit—there's a specific reason why.
Medication can help someone recover from verbal abuse. However, continuous monitoring is vital as medication needs can change over time. Learn more at HealthyPlace.
You can still find a negative stigma around mental health and medication for many individuals. How others perceive them with the knowledge that they use pharmaceuticals can be negative. However, there is not one right answer, and medication needs can change significantly throughout the healing process when recovering from verbal abuse.
I'm trying to diet without getting hangry, which is no small feat for anyone, especially someone like me with schizoaffective disorder. Learn how it's going at HealthyPlace.
Today I’d like to share the challenges I face balancing weight loss and avoiding becoming “hangry” (hungry plus angry) with schizoaffective disorder.
Any conflict can cause anxiety. Why is that? And what do you do when it happens to you? Find out at HealthyPlace.
Something that I’ve learned about my anxiety is that it becomes difficult to deal with conflict. For fear of the discomfort that accompanies conflict, I will often try to do my best to avoid any situation that might result in opposition, tension, or some sort of disagreement.
Did you know that aripiprazole (Ability) has a possible side effect of gambling addiction? Why aren’t doctors talking about gambling addiction as a side effect?
I had never heard of gambling addiction being a possible side effect of aripiprazole (Abilify) or any other drug. That's why I was shocked to read the headline, "Patients given aripiprazole 'should be told of gambling addiction risks'" in "The Guardian." I consider "The Guardian" to be a source of reliable and fact-checked information, so I looked into it further. It turns out that many people have now recognized that a possible side effect of aripiprazole is gambling addiction.

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Ash (he/him)
我觉得很imilar. I feel like im making myself crazy with all this, and tbh everytime i feel like i should tell someone, i feel and know that they will judge me, atleast a bit. Tbh couldn’t have explained it better myself.
Sandy G.
Dawn,do you feel that rubberpants with babyprints or other cute prints on them are appropriate for girls 13 to 15 to wear over their cloth bedwetting diapers?
June
For the last few days I've been fighting the urge to self harm and the thing that kept me away from doing it today was bc all the good knives were in the dishwasher ( the other clean one have a "dull" edge idk but they don't cut very well ). I self harmed once and i want to do it again
Some trans 14 yo
Anonymous
I just left a therapist who yelled at me and told me on three separate occasions that "We (men) can hit you (women)." It escalated to "We can beat you up, and there is nothing you can do about it." He knew that I had experienced domestic violence, but he continued to say these. I confronted him, asking if perhaps he had an unconscious hostility toward me, but he never gave a reason why he continued to say these things. I feel heartbroken.

我叫州许可委员会是否任何complaints had been filed against him, wondering if I was the only client he treated this way. At one point he said, "I think you have sexual feelings toward me." I let this go on for eight years, thinking that maybe it would get better. By the time I left, I was totally re-tramatized. This man is a training analyst and prominent therapist. I just couldn't believe he was doing anything wrong until I consulted with another therapist about the hitting remarks. The new therapist considered his behavior abusive.

It will take a long time for me to process everything that happened. After I wrote to him that I was leaving, his final bill was $75/hour less than before I told him he was unethical. Apparently, along with everything else, he was billing my insurance company for $300/hour. I feel completely violated.
Mecca
你好,我现在跟一个家伙D.I.D., he just recently told me. When we first met, he only told me he had ADHD, we got to know each other a bit, which went by fast actually. The next thing I knew he was face-timing me and telling me random things that happened to him just moments before. Our conversations were good ones, but they were shorter than most. I originally thought it may just have to do with ADHD and his work schedule because his job is very stressful. I was okay with that. But then, about two weeks after we started talking, he kind of went ghost. Like leaving me on delivered for more than 24 hours, sometimes 48 hours. This started happening more frequently. He would come back of course, and let me know that he was busy with work. I believed him because, I trusted that he was still interested, because I hadn't been blocked yet. Most of the time when I speak with a guy I vibe really well with, I end up getting ghosted by the guy, and usually, I wake up to me being blocked. But, with him, that wasn't the case. So I became very confused. I wasn't sure if he liked me. I constantly was overthinking, and I was very hurt. There are instances in which guys I've spoken with have kept me on the sidelines and attempted to treat me as a second option. So automatically my mind went there. So of course I was hurt, because I thought this is what that was. During these semi-long periods of no communication, I did feel lonely, but he always came back, and one day when he did, I was frustrated with him. I didn't say anything bad to him, but I was very dry at responding, and he noticed my change in behavior. I told him that I get frustrated with him sometimes and that I wasn't sure what this "relationship" even was. I told him if communicating with me was too much for him, that he could let me know, and I would understand. That's when he told me about therapy. He said, with work and therapy every day he felt like his personal life was being invaded, and that he didn't want to sacrifice anything. (our relationship) I told him he might have to and that's fine, I wanted to give him the space that he needed. But, he said, "I'm not letting that happen", that's when I asked him "How do we make sure that it doesn't" and he said "Bend the rules to my own needs" After that conversation, I was under the assumption that he was going to try harder to be more available. At the time I didn't know what it was for, but I still tried my best to be more patient with him. But I became overwhelmed with stuff going on in my own life, and I wasn't sure if we'd be a good fit anymore. I had been afraid to confront him because I didn't want to seem desperate, or annoying. But finally, those urges and that hurt overpowered my fear of confrontation, and I texted him. I asked him if he actually liked me, because I constantly felt like he didn't, I felt alone. He told me he didn't know what was wrong with him, and that he was sorry, and wished he could tell me everything that was going on with him. I told him to take his time because I didn't want to force him to communicate with me. I want him to feel comfortable enough to tell me. Yesterday, that's when he told me he had D.I.D. I googled it, and read the official definition of it, and my heart broke. Because I felt so bad for constantly bothering him about communicating. It also got me thinking about what could have possibly happened in his life to trigger him. Your mind starts to wonder you know. So it was a very emotional moment and still is. After telling me, I asked him if he thought therapy was helping (I hadn't done any further research at this moment), he said he didn't know if it was, and that one night he went to sleep and then woke up driving his car. I didn't know what to say to that, and I expressed that. Then I began to research and started reading more about D.I.D., after researching for a bit, I expressed to him that I felt like I understood him better, and he appreciated that. We haven't spoken since he told me, and to be honest I'm not sure what to say. But I do know I want things to work, but the thing is we are long-distance, and I want to get to know more about him/his alters. I want things to work out, and I want to let him know that I'm here for him. That's why I'm doing everything I can to learn about D.I.D. I haven't found many articles about long-distance relationships, and I'm a bit stuck. What can I do to let him know that I'm here for him and that I don't plan on leaving.