Can Boundaries Save Lives?
Since I started my work with several clients in Peer Support, I have found that boundaries can often be a central issue…
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How I Use Colorful Imagery to Succeed
I like to think I have a pretty imaginative mind. Sometimes that greatly helps my struggle against my symptoms. Today, I’ll give the example of a battle…
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How I Entered Into Recovery
One of the most vexing aspects of caring for someone with mental illness is that you can’t MAKE them recover. We with our illnesses…
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What Does A Panic Attack Look Like
I’ve always been one to have anxiety. Even as a toddler, I refused to speak because in my perfectionism; I wanted to make sure I got the words right. As I got older…
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Will Medications Make Me Better?
Psychotropic medications are powerful tools- some of the most powerful we have. But do they fix everything with a pill?
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What is Peer Support?
Some time ago, I expanded Healing Student from being only a blog to also being a Peer Support practice. Peer Support Specialists are relatively new to the mental health field, so I want to help explain what we do…
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Am I a Failure?
Today, I was planning on watching the store at work. Yet here I am at home, and I’ve essentially called in sick for the week. Have I failed my wonderful boss? Does that make me a failure?
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Thank You!
Recently, I’ve been needing a lot of coping skills to get through. Today, I’m trying giving thanks…
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Handling Shame 101
One of the deepest, most recurring struggles I’ve had is that of shame…
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Pushing Forward
Sometimes there’s nothing to be done about a situation. Sometimes you can’t directly affect what’s going on in any way. So what […]
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