The holidays come with their own amount of stress, but when already struggling with mental health, they can become even more difficult. What can be done? When it comes to the end of the year, there’s often more going on than any one person can possibly hope to get done. With all the relatives, gifts […]
We have all heard of therapy from the media, but how do you know if you need it? The idea of therapy can be intimidating. Telling a complete stranger about your issues can make you feel more like running away than sitting on a confessional couch. If the media is anything to go by, nobody […]
This time of year can be an exciting one with all the holidays, but it can also be a time of dread with finals. Here are a few suggestions on how to emotionally stay afloat. It is no big secret that college is hard. Between school, work, and sometimes family obligations, this time is intense […]
When someone’s having a mental health crisis, what can you do to help them?
Once, when I went to a conference and took a class about mental health, a speaker said that having Anxiety is like always hearing boss music, but the boss never actually appears. People said that this was an interesting and accurate description. Having diagnosed Anxiety is commonly confused with feeling anxious in today’s world. But […]
There are semicolons everywhere, and they are not just meant to display people’s love of punctuation. The presence of these is showing support for something called Project Semicolon. This project is a worldwide mental health awareness and suicide prevention campaign. It was originally founded in 2013 by Amy Bleuel. As the project’s website relates, Bleuel […]
Just as you would take care of your body, be sure to take care of your mind as well. Here are some tips for busy students. Take time to breathe. That may sound like the oldest, most cliche advice in the book, but it works. As an article from the National Library of Medicine says, […]