Mental Health Blogs And 18 Reasons You Should Read Them

Mental Health Blogs help with mental concerns

  You should be reading a mental health blog. “Why,” you respond.  “I am not mentally ill.” I hear the same response in connection to mental health blogs all too often. However, you do not have to be diagnosed with a mental illness to benefit from a MH blog, so I’ll let you in on […]

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The Admission and Secrets of Mine You Need to Know

We all have secrets, but some are more dangerous than others. Though the consequences may be undesirable, I tell my secrets in search for understanding.

I have an admission to make, a secret to tell.  Most of the time someone like me hopes never to have to say these words … again.  However,  to give voice to the words cripples its power over me and weakens the admission to nothing more than a slight sting. The Admission I’ve relapsed into my […]

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Championing a Different View – Self-Harm “Before”

Championing a Different View - Self-Harm "Before" 2

Are more people really staring at my self-harm scars? A brief video on my thoughts and fears before going to the water park.  Please stay tuned for a later post with commentary on what I discovered about people looking at my self-harm scars at the waterpark. Followup: The followup post can be found here.

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6 Life Lessons My Vacation Taught Me

6 Life Lessons my vacation taught me.

Summertime often means a long-awaited vacation and holiday excursion to take us away from the real world and give us a chance to relax and unwind.  It has been no different for me.  Recently, I took a vacation to sunny Tampa, Florida, and I found myself in situations of which I would never dream.  I learned […]

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