What I didn’t know was that I wasn’t a monster. I had one of the most common types of OCD. If I had known that my intrusive thoughts were normal it would have saved me 10+ years of misery.
For me, vulnerability used to be a foreign concept. Growing up in a situation where I had to hide my feelings all the time, I was never taught to share my emotions. Later on in life, I learned that vulnerability was the key to healing and personal growth. But, as someone totally unfamiliar with the …
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What is stimming? Chances are you’ve heard of it before in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder. But did you know this self regulatory behavior is something everyone participates in? Yep, that’s right – everybody stims! But just what is stimming and why am I writing about it in a mental health blog post? Keep reading …
What Is Stimming And How Can It Affect Your Mental Health As a Neurodivergent? Read More »
How To Deal With a Backslide: Have you experienced an unexpected and severe backslide in your mental health journey? I certainly have. In fact, I just recently felt like I’d stepped five years backwards in my mental health journey. Long story short, trauma reared its ugly head in a very bad and unexpected way. In …
Leaning Into The Unexpected – How To Deal With a Backslide Read More »
How to Argue Online: Have you ever had an online argument that absolutely drained you mentally? What am I saying? Of course you have, this is 2020 after all! As we all know, this rotten buttsnack of a year has been the most divisive in recent history. And where our differences really show is in …
Rules of Engagement: How to Argue Online in a Mentally Healthy Way Read More »
I know what you’re thinking: ugh, not another self care checklist!! Believe me, I totally understand that sentiment. I’m the queen of starting routines, following them for a couple weeks and then forgetting about them when I get too busy or stressed. I’m right there with ya. On that note, I’m going to tell you …
Not Another Self Care Checklist: Why Self Care Tools Don’t Work and What to Do About It Read More »
*Disclaimer – While based on therapy techniques, this guide was not created by a mental health professional. It is only ever meant to be used as a layman’s introduction to Solution Focused Therapy techniques adapted for the purposes of personal growth. SFT should always be done with the guidance of a mental health professional. This …
A Layman’s Guide* and Worksheet: Solution Focused Therapy for Goal Setting Read More »
What if you woke up tomorrow and your biggest problems were miraculously…gone? I know what you’re thinking: “yeah, right that’d be the day. Why even bother fantasizing about something that won’t happen?” And I would have to agree with you. It’s pretty unreasonable to expect life’s issues (especially mental health issues) to just go *poof.* …
What Is The Miracle Question? And How Can it Change Your Life? Read More »
The 3 Mystical Secrets of Highly Productive People: Highly productive people – we all know them. They’re the ones who always have a project or two (or seven) going. Coworkers who can handle impossible workloads. Creatives who produce an insane amount of work on a daily basis. How do they do it all without breaking …
You know it’s important to care for yourself – but did you know it’s also essential to care for your self care!? Yep, that’s right – in order to have optimum mental health you have to pay attention to how well you’re caring for yourself. Why’s that? Because it’s not just baths and scented candles …
