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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.

Reclaiming Your Mental Health
Mental health is an issue in America, and many other countries, during the best of times. In 2019, the National Institute of Mental Health conducted a study that revealed that 51.5 million Americans were living with a mental illness. That number equates to nearly 1 in 5 American adults, and that was before our world was thrust into a viral pandemic! Our country has been through more trials over the last year than most of us have seen in our lifetime and it has had a strong effect on those of us suffering from diagnosed (or undiagnosed) mental health disorders. As someone who suffers from both generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder, I understand how difficult this year has been, and it has been difficult, make no mistake about that. For those of you who are reading this and suffering as well, I hear you, I feel for you, and you are not alone. This will not last forever. You will feel happy and healthy again.
By Emily Flanagan 5 years ago in Psyche
5 Ways to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Experiencing Imposter Syndrome in University As you move deeper into your major, you will start to weed out all the students who are just taking elective courses or prerequisites. Suddenly you will be left with a handful of students that you see almost every day in every class. You grow with these people. Bond with them. Struggle with them.
By Tessa5 years ago in Psyche
How People With Autism Can Play A Big Role In Product Marketing
I've been autistic since I can ever remember, and I learned to live with that, I adapted to basically any situation in life, but sometimes that feeling of being different comes around again.
By Bryan Dijkhuizen5 years ago in Psyche
Productivity Guide for the Mentally Ill
Sometimes it is hard for a mentally ill person to muster up the motivation to get anything done. It is hard for the chronically ill to muster up that same energy. Energy is a force in your body that you can channel even if having too many goals on your to-do list causes you stress. I feel a stress rush in my head whenever I log into my online Wizardry school. That rush is worse with a regular school which is why I have kept myself away from my local junior college's website even if I feel I need to get a transcript that tells the sorry tale of how I overloaded myself most of college, which was a time filled with alcoholism and coffee addiction to cope with the stress along with massive sugar addiction.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez5 years ago in Psyche
Don’t devalue your present by neglecting your past and not investing in the future
Now matter how strong your mental strength is right now, life is tough. You don’t know if you’re coming or going, you don’t know what you can and can’t do and you don’t know how you’re going to be cope much longer.
By Matthew Grantham5 years ago in Psyche
Depression: Unraveling Slowly
Depression. The worst possible thing you could feel when you were once feeling so happy. Maybe it was something you did wrong, or maybe it just wasn't your day. Either way, depression sucks. Sometimes it's just something we have to deal with. Sometimes it's completely situational, other times we just feel stuck in rock bottom.
By Michelle White5 years ago in Psyche
Emotional and Mental Health Check-In
Mental and Emotional Health Check-In The purpose for this post is very simple. I wanted to make a post to just check in with all of my readers. I want to know how you are doing with your mental health as well as your emotional health. More importantly than that, though, I want you to check in with yourself. Give yourself an honest and unfiltered evaluation of how you are doing. A little stress is okay. Stress is part of life and having the small stresses and anxiety in your life is actually very normal.
By Timothy A Rowland5 years ago in Psyche
How I successfully practice the "Finding Calm in the Chaos" superpower and you should too!!
There is no magic wand to make this change happen or a mantra that will cause overnight success with this. It takes time to put this into practice and reap the rewards of this mindset and operational dynamic. It does not matter when you start practicing this since it will become permanent thereafter.
By Anand Safi5 years ago in Psyche
Are you an Imposter?
You’ve likely heard the term “Imposter Syndrome”. It has made its way into mainstream media along with other words like “narcissist” and “gaslighting”, but their true meaning and weight have gotten lost with their over-saturation.
By Janis Beke5 years ago in Psyche
A Nobody's guide to Stoicism
The life of the ancient Stoics stands marred in pain, suffering, exile, slavery, and sickness. Even for those stoics such as Marcus Aurelius whom history remembers as the philosopher emperor of Rome. Many today may never face the tribulations that these ancient philosophers did, why then is true stoic thought so difficult to achieve and so rarely sought after in modern times?
By Andrew Harris5 years ago in Psyche
My Adult Fears Come From Child Fears
It was 2am. I don’t know if it was the wine that I had during dinner or the after dinner tea that kept me awake. I was in a very happy mood and while I so desperately wanted to sleep, my mind kept replaying fragments of my life. And let’s be honest, we all have been there.
By Gina Wang5 years ago in Psyche
Don't Allow Guilt to Lock You Into a Box
You've carried it around for too long. The weight of the whispered chant "I wish I hadn't" etched a dent into your soul. And your worst regrets are becoming an answer to who you are.
By Mutasim5 years ago in Psyche