Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Jen Trauma is a strong negative experience that can be physical, emotional, psychological, sexual or anything that impacts the victim in a severely negative way. What could just be ‘unpleasant’ for one person could damage someone else for life. Because of this fact you must never say that someone has Continue Reading
When people put their hands on my stomach without asking, I can go into a state of fear. Ask before you touch my bump. For my sake and the baby’s.
A wellness toolbox is a folder full of information about your mental health problems and coping strategies, to help in times of crisis.
Have a safety plan in place. The key thing is knowing your illness, what triggers it, and when it’s getting out of control.
Even with the best treatment for a mental health disorder, people can still experience breakthrough symptoms: voices, delusions, paranoia, depression.
By August Blair How Mental Illness Changed Me 1. I get tired easily Until I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, I was extremely paranoid and could not sleep at night. I was afraid someone was going to murder me. Sometimes even hallucinating for months at a time that dead people Continue Reading