Even Friends Who Are Bad Influences are Better than Not Having Friends

Even Friends Who Are Bad Influences are Better than Not Having Friends

Connection matters more than small behaviors. Loneliness is more damaging to our mental and physical health than small vices, despite the amount of digital space spent talking about what we should and shouldn’t eat, drink, or do with our time. Yet, so many of us make our friendships one of the lowest priorities.

We’re hurting ourselves and each other.

Mental Health Knows No Group Identity, but Our Stressors are Not All The Same

Mental Health Knows No Group Identity, but Our Stressors are Not All The Same

Mental health issues can strike anyone, anywhere. We wouldn’t see the numbers of people dealing with depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc. if mental health issues were only a result of group identity. They aren’t. People you know are included in those numbers, whether they’ve told you or not. While that fact should remind us that mental…

Feeling Lonely Should Inspire Us to Connect, But Often It Does the Opposite

Feeling Lonely Should Inspire Us to Connect, But Often It Does the Opposite

For myself, and all of you, remember that feeling of loneliness is there for a reason, because we are meant to be connected to other people. Generally speaking, all those people we know and should connect with, also need the same thing. Many of them might even be struggling with their own internal negative thoughts too, and could use someone to reach out to them. If we all sit around convinced that no one wants to connect with us, eventually we’ll all be lonely, which seems like something we are headed toward. The solution is for each of us to take a step toward connection when we can. 

988 Hotline Struggling with Growing Pains?

988 Hotline Struggling with Growing Pains?

What if the operators on the line do get the necessary training and we make all the improvements we can make as we learn how to do this better, and there is just no system to hand the caller off to? Because I feel like that might be the case for some callers. The call is a door to care, but is the follow-up care available?

Have You Used a Mental Health App Successfully?

Have You Used a Mental Health App Successfully?

So, dear readers. rather than assuming mental health apps don’t work because I haven’t done a good job of using them and letting them help me, let’s have a conversation about what mental health apps have, or haven’t, worked for you, and why. I’m curious to know what the crowd has to say, and what advice you would give others.