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Anticipatory anxiety is difficult to cope with, but here are strategies to help. Read up on a few of the ways to overcome anticipatory anxiety at HealthyPlace.
When I experience anxiety, one of the main symptoms I have is excessive worry about what will happen in the future, or anticipatory anxiety. It is this symptom that keeps me up at night when I’m not sleeping well and often results in intrusive thoughts that interrupt my concentration when I’m trying to focus.
The cycle of depression and anxiety can wreak havoc on your life, relationships, work, and more. Learn four ways to break the anxiety and depression cycle at HealthyPlace.
The anxiety and depression cycle makes it difficult to start and complete urgent tasks. Having struggled with both conditions for years, I have learned coping methods to stay productive and accomplish my goals. To learn about my strategies for beating the cycle of depression and anxiety, continue reading this post.
Live your truth and everything will be fine? Not exactly. The road to being you can be littered with heartbreak. Is it worth it? Find out at HealthyPlace.
I hate the phrase, "live your truth." I really do. Besides being tragically cliched, relegated to Instagram captions and gift shop t-shirts as it is, "live your truth" is generally marketed as a philosophy that will always yield a good outcome: live your truth, and you'll be radiant, prosperous, and probably really great at yoga. Live your truth, and achieve perfect bliss. Rarely have I heard a person or a piece of content urge me to live my truth and insinuate anything but a wonderful result.
Why do people use negative coping skills if they are harmful? The answer is simple and complex. Learn about negative coping skills and why people use them.
There are positive and negative coping skills for mental illness. This means that while almost anything can be a coping skill, some are truly helpful, and some are actually harmful. But what are negative coping skills, and why would anyone use a negative coping skill if it's harmful?
Do you have to forgive verbal abuse? Will forgiving abuse wreck your future life if you don't? Get a surprising answer at HealthyPlace.
Is forgiving verbal abuse even possible? Learning to heal from verbal abuse is a unique journey that won't be identical to someone else's path. Each person will go through a series of stages as they work through their past and move forward. Your idea of healing may also differ greatly from what someone else believes is necessary. So, can you forgive verbal abuse, and do you have to so you can move past it?
A self-harm-free calculator can be a handy tool for tracking recovery progress for some folks but can impede progress for others. Learn more at HealthyPlace.
A self-harm-free calculator can be a handy tool for tracking self-injury recovery progress for some folks, but it can impede progress for others if not used with care. Learn how to use a self-harm-free calculator properly.
My husband helps me through psychosis and the other symptoms of schizophrenia (and an anxiety disorder). Find out what works for us at HealthyPlace.
Psychosis (the presence of hallucinations and/or delusions) and anxiety can be difficult to deal with in relationships. Many symptoms can be confusing, frustrating, and challenging to those looking from the outside. When I have had breaks from reality (psychotic episodes), I have always treated my family and my spouse with suspicion due to paranoia. The paranoia often causes me to think that I am in danger around those who are the most supportive of me.
Taking on my dream job worsened my depression even though I love the dream job dearly. What's going on with me? Find out at HealthyPlace.
Last year, I quit my soul-sucking corporate job to pursue my true passion: writing. It impacted my depression in unexpected ways; in fact, it made my depression worse.
Not all of us fit into the 'go outside' or 'light a candle' types of self-care, so unconventional self-care tips might be exactly what you need. Find some at HealthyPlace.
Have you ever considered a mental health self-care tip and thought, "That’s not for me?" I know I have. Those kinds of tips used to make me feel even worse about myself because, gosh, how broken was I really if those didn't appeal to or work for me? The secret is that I’m not any more broken than the next person. I just had to find what works for me, even if it’s an unconventional self-care exercise. Doing that really helped me make strides in my recovery.
Debunking society's normalization of alcohol while recovering from alcohol use disorder is hard work. Find out what makes it possible at HealthyPlace.
One of the most challenging parts of being in recovery for alcohol use disorder (AUD) is dealing with society's normalization of alcohol, a deadly drug. Alcohol is everywhere. Some days, triggering situations come at me more quickly than I can process them. Some days, I want to crawl into bed, pull the covers over my head, and stay there forever because that feels like the only safe place in this alcohol-obsessed culture.

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Laura A. Barton
Hi L. My deepest condolences for this loss. I can tell what that connection meant to you, and it's awesome you had that time together. That definitely does make things harder though, especially with the cirumstances leading up to her death. Be gentle with yourself as you go through this process, but know that if you do need extra support, there are a variety of mental health supports available to you. This page has a good list of options: //www.lharmeroult.com/other-info/resources/mental-health-hotline-numbers-and-referral-resources You can get through this.
L
我失去了我的邻居2天前。我25,佤邦s almost 90. But mentally she was all there. We could have chatted for hours any time I bumped into her in her garden leaving my flat. But she suffered from a number of health conditions, which meant she often was unable to socialise much. If I could go back, I would have drank way more cups of tea with her, chatted for much longer, visited her more often. But at the same time I know all of that wouldn’t have been possible anyway even if I could go back because of the way her health was. I was always scared to ring her bell in case it stressed her out but other than that I would have loved to — and would have! - visited her every day. She died suddenly in a care home she was only meant to be in for a few weeks because of a leg problem! We thought she’d be coming home this week just in time for spring and we’d have a lovely spring in the garden together. Due to corona measures she was only allowed one visitor a day to the care home for the past few weeks so I just couldn’t get to her as she had closer people for that one hour. I never got a proper goodbye due to all those factors together. I literally can’t stop crying now. She was my second grandma and she had the biggest impact on my life of anyone I know. My heart feels like it’ll burst. Literally the only thing I want to do right now is follow her up to heaven so we can continue our chats and tea together and so that she’s not alone. I have never been in so much pain in my life I loved her to the ends of the earth <\3
Jen
Hi. I’m 19, I used to cut when I was younger on my arms. All of the cuts weren’t deep enough to leave a large scar. I went to therapy and didn’t have the urge to until about 6 months ago. These ones are leaving a scar on my upper thigh. I don’t know how to make them fade and i’m scared they will always be this dark and noticeable every time I wear shorts or a bikini. I have no one to talk to about this and I really just want them to fade and go away. How long do you think it will take, and how can I reduce the redness of them?
B
If your child is hanging up on you, you clearly already messed up before this. Maybe fix you instead of blaming his mother.
Kat
我有严重的焦虑在医疗成本,navigating the complexity of our healthcare system is just maddening. I’m afraid to take care of health issues because the billing practices are abusive and excessive…one procedure might result in five different bills, and nobody can tell you how much it will cost. I needed an annual women’s appointment, and Austin Regional Clinic quoted me OVER EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. When I pushed back, they blamed it on the government, saying that it’s “Obamacare’s fault,” although the law making them divulge their cash-pay prices came under the most recent orange one. I am so frustrated. I did finally find a doctor with a more “normal” rate or around $350. We are now paying $2,000 a month for insurance we can’t even use. I hate this. And I’m almost in tears after finding out that Anthem BCBS CANCELLED part of our policy for nonpayment when THEY DRAFTED OUR ACCOUNT but say we didn’t pay???