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A Week in the Life (of a Depressive Episode)
The first step in healing from a depressive episode is recognizing you are depressed. For example, a couple weeks ago: I had a panic attack so bad in the car on the way back from a party that I was literally gasping for air. Then I came inside to have my roommates automatically see something…
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No Feeling is Final
This post was written in honor of suicide prevention awareness month. There is something about being in nature that reminds me of the beauty of being alive. I recently went on a hike to Stewart Falls in Provo, Utah. I got to enjoy Provo Canyon’s fresh mountain air, the warm sun on my skin, my…
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New Year, New Life
With the New Year, people all over are pondering what the previous year has brought us. All the good, the bad, the in-between一be it what it was, 2022 is over. It is now a part of our history. Now we have this new year, 2023. We have no idea what this next year has in…
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You Will Be Found
September is suicide prevention month, and it has taken me about all of September to get the words right for this post. Suicide is a heavy topic, and I hope you don’t finish reading feeling sad and depressed, but feeling hopeful that you or someone you love can make it through the hopelessness one feels…
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Rollercoaster
Hi friends, it’s been a while. My brain has been kind of mush this last semester, and I haven’t had the time or mental capacity to focus on blogging in the way I would like. Plus, I have been having a bit of writer’s block, so that hasn’t helped either. I have beat myself up…
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It’s a Meaningful Life
I broke a promise. I told my friend I would stop taking online quizzes to determine how I viewed myself. It is a rather horrible addiction of mine, especially answering the questions with a depressive disorder. When you pick all the sad Taylor Swift songs in a buzzfeed quiz figuring out what your relationship status…
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Take 10 Seconds
We are only one month into 2021 and it is looking VERY interesting indeed. I am all about having a positive outlook on life, I made this blog to better increase positivity amidst the struggles of life, and I think there needs to be more positivity in this world. But I don’t think we should…
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Unless…
Can I be the 100th person to wish you a Happy New Year? And congrats on making it through 2020! 2021 seems to bring this hope with it. Hope that we have escaped the game of Jumanji that we were in all of 2020. Hope that life is going to go back to “normal.” But…
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Thoughts From a Friend
Forward: This post was written by a good friend of mine who also has a passion for mental health. Being willing to open the conversation of mental health, whether it is talking about our struggles or what we do to cope, is one of the ways we can find a way to improve our society’s…
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Living Like the Trees
I spent the last week in isolation due to COVID. I was not really sick, I just lost my taste and smell and was quite fatigued. But I hate isolation. I hate what it does to my mind. The anxiety skyrockets, and I didn’t know what to do. But then I remembered something that has…
Living the Half Full Life 