UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH AND FINDING YOUR ROAD TO YOUR MENTAL CLOUD 9. WHERE OUR DISORDERS DO NOT CREATE BORDERS
Find your focus and direction. Overcoming Fear Fear of abandonment. One of the most difficult challenges that I had to face when it came to my borderline personality disorder. It was the one symptom that triggered my whole being into another level. It sent my emotions into a whirlwind. Looking back at where I was …
How will you face the new year? We can all honestly say that 2021 was the year that put many of our mental states to the test. This new year will present its own challenges and trials as it rolls in. Although we can not control how or what life throws at us, we can …
Sight without vision I recently started watching a tv series by the name of See. I had never heard of it until recently, being that I am not much for television. The story's plot takes place in an era where people have lived blindly for over 500 years. Although the sighted have some advantages, the …
Emotional switching Switching Up, down, off, on, Feeling like a light switch that can easily be turned off and on at any moment. Switching from happiness to anger, excitement to anxiety, hopeful to hopeless. This is anguish that many people can not even begin to understand. I have heard of splitting in borderline personality disorder …
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Not too long ago, I began to read an article about butterflies. I read about the different stages that a caterpillar goes through to become an adult butterfly. I had read this many times before and studied it in school. It's not until you have a different understanding of life that you begin to see …
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I hear it over and over again from different people, in different situations and I even say it to others all the time. We tend to say things that are so much easier said than done. Giving advice can be so much easier than following it yourself. "You have to put yourself first!" The number …
The journey from mental illness to mental wellness is an interesting journey. When I first started, I chose to shift my perspective and begin to see the positive in everything. This has helped me in many situations that I have encountered on this road. Especially when things get tough. Finding gratitude in the little things …
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CLOUD 2- ANXIETY DISORDERS Anxiety is a word all to familiar to many people. Everyone experiences anxiety in one form or another. There are many types of anxiety and all can be debilitating in our everyday life. I began to experience anxiety and depression as a teenager. As I got older, and different traumatic situations …
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Photo by mali maeder on Pexels.com Photo by Harrison Haines on Pexels.com You know how unnerving it can be when your the passenger in a car and someone else is driving and you cant really relax because your not in control? You realize how much more comfortable you feel when you are driving yourself and …
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