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ADHD and binge eating disorder are present in workplaces. This podcast episode explores one person’s experience with ADHD and binge eating disorder at work.
This week, "Snap Out of It!" talks about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and binge eating disorder (BED) at work with Jason Hamburg. Jason is the Vice President of Neuroscience at Takeda Canada Inc. Jason wasn’t diagnosed with a mental illness until he was 44 years old, and he can attest to the fact that while he dealt with his mental illnesses in his own ways, those illnesses definitely held him back. Jason characterizes these illnesses as impulsive and compulsive, and the difference in experience before and after treatment was striking.
Take a deeper look into mental health stigma and learn how to start small to achieve the bigger goal of ending mental health stigma.
How are you feeling as of late? I’ve felt quite overwhelmed by the events happening worldwide and within my community. Between social media, the news, and life, the noise never lets up. Luckily, there are practices we can observe and measures we can take to quiet the noise. It all starts with small actions leading to a more overarching goal. This methodology applies to many aspects of our life, and fighting mental health stigma is no different. If we look at stigma square in the nose for the ugly monster it is, it can be very overwhelming and even spur negative consequences to our mental health. But, if we take it apart and work from the feet to the head of the beast over time, we trick our brains into seeing a more reasonable and less scary fight. The question then becomes, how do we tackle stigma one limb at a time?
It's important to know the difference between being an active person and having an exercise addiction.
I move constantly—so much so that I feel anxious if I have been sitting for more than about 20 minutes at a time. In fact, even as I type this sentence, I am doing calf raises while standing in front of my computer. On most days, I run or walk an average of 20,000 steps, and if I fall below that threshold, I frenetically pace around the living room while I watch TV at night. I happen to be someone with a lot of natural energy, but I often wonder: Am I just active, or is it my exercise addiction? Moreover, how can I strike a healthy balance in this area?
My schizoaffective anxiety and my osteoarthritis in my knees make it hard to shower. My husband hangs out in the bathroom with me while I shower to help.
This story is a bit embarrassing to share. But, people seem to really feel the stories are helpful, so here you go. I want to admit that I can’t shower without my husband Tom in the bathroom with me.
Absorbing responsibility is a common attribute of verbal abuse victims. Abusers will often shift blame to others, creating this negative dynamic.
Being the victim of verbal abuse can bring with it many dynamics. My overwhelming sense of responsibility is one contributing side effect of suffering verbal abuse through the years. This emotion includes feeling accountable for the abuse I endured, thinking that I have to be responsible to make everything better, and I cannot trust that other people will do the right thing, so I must handle everything myself. Unfortunately, the continuous feeling of responsibility eventually leads to survivor burnout and an overwhelming sense of inadequacy.
Exploring healthy alternatives to self-harm will allow you to find better, more effective ways to cope.
Self-injury can feel like your only option for relief from whatever it is you're going through—but it's not. Exploring healthy alternatives to self-harm will allow you to find better, more effective ways to cope.
Like most symptoms of BPD, burnout presents in debilitating ways; at least, that's how it felt for me. I learned the hard way not to try to do it all. More, at HealthyPlace.
Did you know that burnout is common for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD)? In this article, I talk about how I used hard work as an unhealthy coping mechanism and what happened when it all came crashing down, and burnout came for me.
Neurodivergent is a term that is becoming very common but what does neurodivergent mean and are people with bipolar considered neurodivergent?
The word "neurodivergent" is flung around social media and is now very politically correct. For example, it's supposedly okay to call a person "neurodivergent," whereas calling them "mentally ill" will get you social media-canceled. But if people insist on using the term neurodivergent, then let's at least know what it means and how to use it properly.
Big cleaning jobs give me anxiety which makes me procrastinate. Then my anxiety gets worse, and I procrastinate again. It's a vicious circle. Find out more at HealthyPlace.
Nobody likes cleaning. Wait. That's not right, because I've known people who enjoy cleaning as it provides a sense of accomplishment or something else I can't comprehend. Not me. I hate cleaning. I especially hate the big jobs. They give me anxiety. Of course, I procrastinate, the job gets bigger, and my anxiety increases. So, I procrastinate some more. And I do it again and again. It is a circle of procrastination and anxiety that eventually must be tackled.
Michael告诉我们为什么hyperfocus多动症的症状, isn't always a good thing. Learn more about this problem and discover a way to deal with it at HealthyPlace.
在我的生活,我不得不处理两个直径etrically opposed traits of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): inattentiveness and hyperfocus.

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Ash
Everything you said describes me to a "t". It made me cry reading it because someone else could articulate what I have been feeling. Im not good at words so this is amazing for me. To read that someone feels almost exactly like me. I struggle so much with feeling stupid or just a mess up. I know Im not but the dark side definitely takes over.
Thank you for writing this.
Britta Hallberg
i dont know who you are but I AM GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW ITS SO HEARTBREAKING I NEED HELP
Skadi
I have a similar problem. I moved out to study when I was 19 (I am 34 now) and I have been missing my family horribly ever since. Still, I have always moved to another city, further away, for university, for the job or because I wanted to live abroad. I enjoyed the experience, I made friends everywhere, but I always missed my family and my mental health also deteriorated over the years. Now, I have friends scattered all over the place, but none close to where I live, my family is, literally, on the other side of the country and my anxiety is really bad. I moved to where I live now about two years ago and I like the place, love my flat, the nature is gorgeous. However, thanks to the pandemic I hardly now anyone here. So now I am thinking of moving back closer to home (where I also do not know anyone besides my family). I don't just want to move because of my anxiety, I also feel like I am missing out on most of my sisters and parents live, but I do kinda hope that my mental health will also get better when I see them more often (although I know they do not understand my condition and I cannot rely on them and of course I also don't want to lean on them too heavily and I also want to support them with their stuff). However, I am also scared that when I move I will regret leaving this great place here and my lovely apartment and the fantastic nature. It is a tough choice. However, if there is one thing I have really taken to heart in all my years with anxiety is a (somewhat cliche, but still great quote) from Awolnation: Never let your fear decide your fate.
So, figure out what you want, not your anxiety, and where you want to be.
Good luck
Aimee
All of this resonates with me. I still miss the friends I had in highschool, but as soon as we finished school we grew apart very quickly. I had volatile emotions and made bad choices. It wasn't until I was in my 30s that I got a diagnosis and found out I wasn't the only one like that. The road to healing has been hard work, and am only now learning what it takes to be a friend. Listen, think before I speak, remember who I am and what I value, and most importantly have patience with others and show kindness. I try to be ok on my own so that I don't become obsessive over the relationship, and therefore do not have to worry about abandonment.
Kass
I have BPD but I'm not like this. Lemme guess you were probably actually very difficult to deal with, lashed out in counseling, got kicked out due to your own behavior and now you write a whole article thinking you're a victim of the big bad church. Anger actually is one of the biggest issues with BPD and the best way to start addressing it is forgiving your past abusers and having a forgiving heart towards everyone while also having boundaries. Jesus calls us to forgive and it really helps heal BPD when you let go of your role as justice maker.