Winter doesn’t have to mean months of seasonal depression.
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Category: Mental Health
Grief and the Holidays: What I’ve Learned
Navigating grief through the holiday season can be tough. Here are 9 things I learned from my experience with grief.
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Caterpillar Soup: How the Pandemic Transforms Us
The Messy Art of Change And Growth When I was twenty years old I walked, terrified, into a tattoo shop in a Navy base town.…
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Friday Feminist Mantra: The Mediocre White Man
Welcome to your FriYay! Mantra. Inspired by the ever successful mediocre white man, I’ve come up with a mantra that will help women burn the patriarch down!
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Overthinking Everything: I Diagnosed Myself with OCD – Does that Make It Any Less Valid?
A self-diagnosis can be the first step towards understanding and acceptance Anxiety and I knew each other well by the time I turned twenty-four. Our…
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Overthinking Everything: Sorry, I Can’t Come. I’m Busy Being Alone.
Unexpected trials and triumphs of being an introvert
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Overthinking Everything: How Writing has Helped Me Become a More Open Version of Myself
Reflecting on writing with honesty and vulnerability When I started writing my column Overthinking Everything a few months back, those who know me may have…
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ERP Therapy & Learning to Embrace Uncertainty
How ERP therapy is helping me confront the uncomfortable “Place your hand on the doorknob.” “Okay, now the soap dispenser.” I do as she says.…
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What Re-Entry Anxiety is Like for Someone with OCD
As someone with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), my re-entry anxiety not only concerns how to immerse myself back into the world. It also includes questioning how re-entry will impact my OCD.
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Overthinking Everything: Why Watercolor Painting is How I’m Quieting My Mind Right Now
Easing my mind from overthinking isn’t about silencing my thoughts. It’s about focusing my attention and accepting the duality of emotion.
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