Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Rich Tee When I wake in the morning my thoughts drift gently like fish in the sea, swimming around in the in the juices of my consciousness. These are my thought fish, they come & they go as I rouse myself into wakefulness and they start to prepare me Continue Reading
You don’t have to consciously think to still feel! You can manage your thoughts, but sometimes emotions don’t need thoughts, they grab you anyway.
What does that thought mean about me? Does that thought mean I want to do it? What if thinking it makes it more likely to happen?
The quest for perfection began – I had to pull it off. I had to be the perfect working mother. I read every baby book I could find, terrified I would fail.
People keep saying “You’ve come so far” but I still feel like I’m in the same place. How do they measure how far I’ve come? What if I fail?
By Misty Kiwak Jacobs I have a humdrum misunderstanding with a friend. She snaps at me. Or even less— maybe she’s only just the tiniest bit abrupt. Maybe there’s a poorly worded text, or a sudden change of plans. I begin to analyze Was she actually abrupt? Did I imagine Continue Reading