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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.
5 Ways to Get Motivated While Depressed
Depression is a multi-faceted illness that can make you feel horrible about yourself while sucking any sort of ambition or motivation from you. Your inner critic pairs with the depression to tell you that not only are you pathetic, but anything you do is pointless because all you will do is fail. Failure is inevitable, so there's no point in trying.
By Sean Fraser8 years ago in Psyche
Helping Yourself When Helping a Friend
Recently, great strides have been made with talking about mental health. The Heads Together campaign, together with Prince Harry opening up to Byrony Gordon on her podcast about his own issues, opened the door for mental health to become a topic that can be discussed in the open public sphere. Since then, there are internet campaigns, discussions on social media, and even more publicity and acceptance around being an individual with mental issues, which means that we are now in a time where there is more understanding than ever for the sufferer, and this is a great thing.
By Louise Mackin8 years ago in Psyche
Leave Well Enough Alone
Winter has been long and cold, and not just with the weather. No, this year there was a lot of emotional turmoil going on in my life with the relationships I have had. It is through these difficult times which we find ourselves growing or backsliding.
By Vanessa Cherron Riser8 years ago in Psyche
20 Ways to Improve Your Mental Health
Drink Some Tea and Wind Down: Hot tea has been proven to help with stress and anxiety. Also, it is supposed to improve happiness. Wind Down With Some Music or a Book: Just sit up in your bed and chill with a good book, or listen to peaceful music. Or even jamming out to your favorite songs can help you feel better. Put Down That Phone: Sure, checking Insta is great, but sometimes taking a break from your phone will make you feel more relaxed. Color: I know this sounds crazy, but coloring promotes relaxation! So grab an adult coloring book and some colored pencils and you're set! Make Sure You're Getting Enough Sleep: Sometimes when I don't sleep at night I get stressed easily. So make sure that you get at least eight hours of sleep or more if you can. And if you're having trouble sleeping, try eating some oatmeal, or melatonin sleep drinks. Go Outside: If you're feeling stressed, go walk the dog. Or if you don't have a dog just go for a walk. Sometimes just playing a little outside can help. The sun is a great source of Vitamin D. This can not only improve your mental health but your physical health. Eat: Okay, I know what you're thinking. But some foods have been proven to increase happiness. Including, dark chocolate, eggs, honey, and greek yogurt. If you don't like any of these, don't worry, these are only a few of the foods that make you happy. Write in a Journal: Everyday, write two things you're grateful for. This helps you look at positive things rather than negative. Take a Bath: Taking a relaxing, warm bath once a week, makes you feel less stressed. Also, throw in the Epsom salts, and lavender. Epsom salts help relieve aches and pains. Lavender is known for its relaxing effects on the body. Spend Time with an Animal: Spending time with animals reduces the stress hormone, and stimulates feelings of happiness. If you don't own an animal, volunteer at a shelter. Pick Up a New Hobby: Find a hobby that you like to do and that makes you happy. If you find something you like to do, you'll be happier. Spend Time Alone: Take some time for yourself. If you're always around people, you really need to take some time and enjoy being alone. Do Yoga: Doing Yoga, is proven to calm people down. So if you're ever feeling stressed, sign up for a yoga class. Take Care of Yourself: If you maintain good hygiene, and you take care of your body, you'll be more confident and feel better about yourself. Surround Yourself with Inspiring Quotes: This could mean decorating your room with inspiring quotes that you'll see everyday. Or you can get one of those inspiring daily apps. Surround Yourself with Positive People: You know the saying " Who you hang out with is who you become."? By being friends with positive people, there will be more positive energy in your life than negative. Set Goals: By setting goals, you are creating something to work for. Write them down, and figure out what you need to do to reach those goals. Smile: Doctors have proven that smiling reduces stress, even if it's fake. Also, smiling makes others happier! Eat healthy: Eating healthy can help you feel better, and improve emotional health. So next time, skip the ice cream and go for the fruit! Spend Time with Friends and Family: Spending time with the people you love helps boost happiness and reduce stress. And, who doesn't love spending time with family?
By Katherine Silvers8 years ago in Psyche
5 Tips to Help Support Your Friends with Depression
I am certainly no stranger to the black dog appearing in my life. I've also watched my loved ones suffer in silence because, often, people don't know how to reach out and help them in a constructive way. Here's five simple methods to support your loved ones through hard times.
By Victoria K8 years ago in Psyche
Living with Mental Illness
There is a stigma that comes with mental illness. It is looked down on, joked about, and quite often, it's dismissed. Believe it or not, mental illness is more common than you might think. One in four adults are affected by mental illness. That is 61,500,000 people in a given year. Not only is it common, it also does not discriminate. You see people on social media or at school or work and you think they have everything figured out, that because they're smiling and laughing or because they have a million friends, they're happy and everything is okay. Wrong. I'm here to tell you, that is all just a cover up.
By Candace Taylor8 years ago in Psyche
Rise Above
What is a narcissist? Definition: Basically, a personality in which someone sees no fault in themselves or in their actions. They think they are perfect and feel the need to have a sense of entitlement. They turn criticism onto the other person in the most twisted ways.
By Rheana Roose8 years ago in Psyche
Sleep Paralysis
I was five or six when I first experienced it. I would "wake up" to find the room swirling with shadows and flames, everything was in black in white, terrible creatures would come crawling towards me, but I was definitely still in my room. Sometimes I'd even see or hear my parents, but they were always just out of reach. The most memorable part of the ordeal though, was the fact that I couldn't breathe. I'd try to yell for help, but no one would hear me or see me writhing for air because in reality, I wasn't moving at all. I was only a kid so I didn't know what was happening to me. As soon as I was able to move I'd go running into my parents' room screaming, "I can't breathe!" (While clearly breathing) and crying about what I'd just witnessed. Of course they didn't know what I was talking about and over the years they did everything they could to help. To them it was a combination of extremely vivid nightmares and asthma attacks.
By Kerri Simmons8 years ago in Psyche
