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Tag: mental illness

Can Boundaries Save Lives?
Loving Someone with Mental Illness / Mental Illness

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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  • February 11, 2020
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  • 7 min
  • 3 years
Tagged Boundaries, how to get in recovery, Manipulation, Mental Health, mental illness
How I Use Colorful Imagery to Succeed
Coping Skills / Mental Illness

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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  • January 27, 2020
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  • 4 min
  • 3 years
Tagged Battle, fight, Imagery, Mental Health, mental illness
How I Entered Into Recovery
About / Loving Someone with Mental Illness / Mental Illness

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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  • December 9, 2019
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  • 5 min
  • 3 years
Tagged how to get in recovery, how to help, Mental Health, mental illness, recovery
What Does A Panic Attack Look Like
Mental Illness

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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  • November 24, 2019
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  • 5 min
  • 3 years
Tagged anxiety, anxiety disorder, gad, mental illness, ocd
Will Medications Make Me Better?
Medication / Mental Illness

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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  • July 23, 2019
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  • 6 min
  • 4 years
Tagged medication, meds, Mental Health, mental illness, pills
What is Peer Support?
About / Mental Illness

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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  • July 10, 2019
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  • 6 min
  • 4 years
Tagged Mental Health, mental illness, Peer Support, Peer Support Specialist
Am I a Failure?
Mental Illness

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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  • June 5, 2019
  • 2 Comments on Am I a Failure?
  • 4 min
  • 4 years
Tagged attempt, fail, failure, mental illness, setback
Thank You!
Coping Skills / Mental Illness

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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  • May 29, 2019
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  • 5 min
  • 4 years
Tagged bad weather, coping skills, depression, Love, mental illness
Handling Shame 101
Coping Skills / Mental Illness

Handling Shame 101

One of the deepest, most recurring struggles I’ve had is that of shame…

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  • May 22, 2019
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  • 7 min
  • 4 years
Tagged Affirmation, Affirmations, coping skills, Mental Health, mental illness
Pushing Forward
Coping Skills

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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  • April 24, 2019
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  • 5 min
  • 4 years
Tagged coping skills, fight, fight or flight, flight, mental illness

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