Gauging Your Emotions
Feelings. How many of you shuddered internally reading that word? To many of us, feelings are scary to think about, and even scarier to talk about. Whether we like it or not, part of being […]
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Using Mental Illness to Your Advantage
I have a mental illness. Now, I am not one of those people who feels sad for a couple days and all of sudden tells everyone, “I have depression.” No, that is not me. I remember […]
You Never Know When…
I always had a tumultuous relationship with my gym membership. It was more “on again, off again” than an annoying high school couple. It was always one of those things I knew I needed to […]
Breaking Through The Silence
Seldom do we find people genuinely passionate about making the world a better place. Back in college, I met a fellow psychology major who just transferred in. Just talking to her, you could see the […]
How Depression Makes You Look Self-Centered (I Promise I’m Not Trying to Be)
Oh boy, talk about pet peeves. So many loved ones called me out for being “flaky,” “self-centered,” “emotionally unavailable,” and “selfish.” Nine times out of ten I never intended for my actions to be perceived […]
Don’t Take Friends For Granted
I deleted and rewrote these first few lines at least a dozen times. You know what? I am going right for the jugular and putting it out there. It is time for me to be […]
Self-Care Green Flags
I work in a profession where literally the first question we ask is along the lines of “Tell me your problems…” It is seldom that blunt. Typically, it is more of a “What brings you […]
Communicating Acceptance
Just like many parents, mine drive me bonkers. They call me every day, and it is almost always when I am in the middle of something like work or sleeping. If I do not call […]
Ten Years Later
Fucking Facebook. I have such a love-hate relationship with the Facebook memories feature. If you are unfamiliar with the Book of Faces, just like an ex-girlfriend, this is where it sends you a notification of […]
Be Like Autumn
We often forget to slow down in today’s rushed society. We run around, get done what we have to, and crash in our beds at the end of the day. This is one hell of […]