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5 Ways To Deal With Back To School Anxiety
Back To School Anxiety As you guys know my online classes started yesterday and after reading your posts or some of your comments I know that a lot of you guys are back to school or are going to be starting school soon as well. I haven’t made a post about mental health recently so I thought that I write one today. I am very happy that school is starting again because it kind of gives me something to do but at the same time it can be quite anxiety inducing for people who suffer from anxiety or even for people who don’t. I think this year in particular is…
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Art And Anxiety #2
As you guys may know I have started doing some art again. I have talked about it in a couple of my other posts and I thought I would give you guys an update because I have been doing a lot more art these days and I also have kind of gotten the hang of how the apps work so I feel like my art work is definitely getting better! Before I get into the art I want to talk a bit about anxiety because I realised I have not posted any mental health posts in like a while. I’m not sure why that is but this is my theory.…
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Stop Using Mental Health As An Excuse
A Little History Behind People Using Mental Health Problems As An Excuse So, a while back I wrote a post called Stop Using Mental Illness As An Excuse To Be Lazy and it addressed the issue of people faking mental health problems to get out of doing things or faking it in order to get special treatment and how this effects people who actually do have mental health problems and require special care. Recently, I saw something similar and thought I would do a follow up to the original post I did. This Post I rarely address YouTube drama here, in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever done so but…
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How To Keep A Positive Mindset
This is a collaboration post between Onome and I. I did a post for her blog a while back and she kindly wrote this amazing post for mine. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did and don’t forget to go over and check out her amazing blog in which she writes about mental health, books, lifestyle and much more. The link to it can be found below. By Onome Erikewe Maintaining a positive mindset can be difficult to achieve even when all efforts are made. It can seem like an endless battle to hold on to positive thoughts. You might have even experienced feelings of nausea…
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Six Word Story #61
Slowly but surely it gets better.
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Don't Tell People With Mental Health Problems This
Mental Health Awareness Month As you guys know May is Mental Health Awareness Month and therefore I decided to write posts about mental health this whole week. Today I decided to post about “Things You Need To Stop Telling People With Mental Health Problems” because a lot of people may not know how to talk to someone who suffers from mental health problems. Some people may accidentally say something insensitive without realizing it’s insensitive. I thought I would share the things people say most often and why they are the wrong thing to say. Let me know in the comments what the weirdest/most insulting thing someone has told you about…
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Ways To Remain Positive During Hard Times
Mental Health Awareness Month Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month I thought I would do a post about “Ways To Remain Positive During Difficult Times” as I know for a lot of people the last few weeks/months have been very difficult and it may be difficult to remain positive when so much negativity is surrounding us. It may be even more difficult for people who were already suffering from mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. I think we could all use something positive right now and that’s why I decided to share these today. I just want to remind everyone that if you feel like you need…
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5 Lessons My Anxiety Has Taught Me
Mental Health Awareness Month Anxiety is something that has effected me for a long time now and since it’s Mental Health Awareness Month I thought I would share 5 lessons my anxiety has taught me because through this journey I was able to learn some valuable lessons. Although anxiety can be something that effects you your entire life it can also be something that helps you learn more about your life and about yourself. Let me know in the comments what your mental health has taught! Be grateful It reminded me to be grateful for the little things. I used to take what I had for granted but after getting…
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5 Ways To Reduce Anxiety Long Term
Mental Health Awareness Month Anxiety is something that has effected me for a long time now and since it’s Mental Health Awareness Month I thought I would share 5 ways to reduce anxiety long term that have really helped me. Although anxiety can be something that effects you your entire life it doesn’t have to control your life. These 5 methods to reduce anxiety have really helped me better deal with the symptoms and live my life as “normally” as possible. I hope they help others suffering from anxiety, panic attacks or other mental health problems. Yoga Yoga is something that a lot of people with mental health problems find…
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Update: CBD Oil For Anxiety
So I did a post on trying out CBD oil for my mental health some time ago- mainly for my anxiety and insomnia- and a lot of people did seemed interested in CBD oil, how it works, how it has helped me with my anxiety and the results of using it regularly, so I decided to do a little follow up. I thought that since I’m doing posts on mental health this entire week since it’s Mental Health Awareness Month this would be a good time to post this update. I have continued taking it on a regular basis- mainly for my anxiety and insomnia- since I first started taking…
