Coping with Job Loss
Opportunities are around you; choose the ones that pick you up and carry you forward.
Opportunities are around you; choose the ones that pick you up and carry you forward.
There are a number of steps you can take to ensure you’re ready to return to work without putting your mental health at risk.
Coming out as a person who had been living with mental illness helped me not only find my voice but realize I always had one.
As I began to accept that recovering from depression did not mean outgrowing my support system, it became easier to fight.
Say no to fear. Embrace your imperfections, they make you who you are.
It’s important to be patient with yourself and remember even the smallest steps forward add up.
TIPP skills were developed by Marsha Linehan as part of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and help rapidly decrease emotional distress.
While there are differences between them, both skin-picking and self-injury can be seen as ways that we are attempting to cope with a problem.
When parts of your body normally covered by long sleeves and tights are marked with old or recent scars, there is an extra dimension to dressing for summer.
Pouring your heart out for every person is exhausting and an overload to your emotional switchboard. It is perfectly healthy to spend some time in hermit mode if it is productive and healing for your heart, mind, and body.
Unlike the other moments or seasons that can be hidden or denied, the scars from self-harm live on, even after we have recovered from those dark places. We can conceal or cover up them up, but the scars from self-harming cannot be erased, and sooner or later, they might be seen by someone new.
Whether you want to share the truth regarding the origin of your self-harm scars is up to you and where you are at in your recovery.
I still remember my first visit to Dr. Looney as a junior in high school (yes, that was actually his name). Earlier in the week,
The scars remind me of the courage it took to fight that impulse each day. They remind me that I am stronger than I believe and that those anxious days will pass.
“The term ‘starvation diet’ refers to a specific number of calories a day. I was on one-third of a starvation diet. What do you call
A form of self-harm that isn’t really talked about but one that I have struggled with is skin picking – also known as Dermatillomania. As the name suggests, skin picking involves a compulsive need to pick ones skin.