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Tag Archives: anxiety
Memorial Day: Remembering ALL Soldiers who have lost their lives!
Today is not just a day to celebrate the first day of summer with our friends and family. It is a day to remember the men and women who have lost their lives fighting for our freedom. Many often think … Continue reading
Mental Health Advice during this time of COVID-19
This time of this pandemic there are many people who are feeling depressed, anxious, fearful, angry, traumatized, etc. They are already seeing an uptick in cases of these and it is predicted it is only going to get worse. There … Continue reading
Types of Mental Disorders
You probably have heard of many mental illnesses, but do you know the types of each one? There are many that you probably have not heard of and they are listed below with a brief description of each one. Types … Continue reading
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Tagged aboulamania, acute stress disorder, ADD, addiction, adhd, agora, alcoholism, alice in wonderland, anorexia, anxiety, autophagia, bibliomania, binge eating, bipolar disorder, boanthropy, body integrity disorder, bulimia, capgras, celebriphilia, coprophagia, delusional schizophrenia, depression types, dissociative fugue state, ednos, erotomania, exploding head syndrome, foreign accent syndrome, fregoli delusional, generalized anxiety, hebephrenia, hybristophilia, hyperactive-impulsive adhd, inattentive adhd, jumping frenchman of maine, kleptomania, koro syndrome, landau-kleffner, lima syndrome, lyncanthropy, munchausen syndrome, night eating disorder, OCD, orthorexia, paedophelia, paranoid schizophrenia, personality disorders, pica, PTSD, purging, riley day, ring of fire add, schizoeffective, Selective mutism, self harm, self injury, stendhal syndrome, stockholm syndrome, strange medical disorders, strange mental illnesses, synesthesia, taijin kyofusho, trichotillomania, types of addiction, types of adhd, types of self harm, unusual medical disorders, walking corpse syndrome, windigo
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Guest Post: Fear to Love by Belinda
From as far back as I can remember the terms anorexic, depressed, anxious, and addicted were terms I carried like a noose around my neck – stifling me, preventing me from living a ‘normal’ happy life and leaving a trail … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, anorexia, anxiety, belinda bennets, bipolar disorder, books on mental illness, depression, mental illness
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Guest Post: Bipolar 1 and Anxiety-A story by Jessica
Hi, I’m Jessica. I’m the girl that tries to open locked doors. I’m the girl that talks to herself not caring if anyone’s looking. I’m the weirdest person you will ever meet – true story. I’m the girl with bipolar … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bipolar, bipolar 1, bipolar disorder, coming unglued, panic attack
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Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign
The Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign is a way to help “spread the word about mental health conditions, to help people struggling with mental illnesses know they are not alone and that they don’t have to hide in shame.” I encourage … Continue reading
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Tagged #su4mh. mental illness, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, PTSD, stand up for mental health, stigma
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9th Feature Story: Living with a Mood Disorder by “Diary of an Arizona Girl”
Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m not a serial killer. I’ve never been a character on Criminal Minds. All I really am is just a girl with a mood disorder. My 2003 diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety/Panic Disorder and OCD … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, diary of an arizona girl, mania, manic, OCD, panic disorder, suicide
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3rd Feature Story: Trish Hurtubise’s Struggle with Depression and OCD
You Are Not Alone “I am not like these people.” I thought looking around my therapy group. “You will not see me 10 years from now still suffering from depression and OCD like these people.” It was that day in … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, Mental Health Talk, mental illness, psychosis, PTSD, stigma, Trish Hurtubise
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