Tag: Positive living
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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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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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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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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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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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To Love Thyself
Shakespeare said in the famous Hamlet, “To thine own self be true.” The end credits song of Mulan tells us we must be “True to your heart.” We hear all the time to just “bee yourself” (that was Aladdin), and I feel like we all want to be. It can be suffocating to not be…
Living the Half Full Life 