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Before you can commit to self-care there is a prerequisite
ByMikeM June 13, 2024June 12, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Even just the headline made me think of those days when I was in my 20s, dealing with the trauma and shame of my childhood and the major depression that I was not getting proper treatment for. I didn’t take care of myself. I didn’t even meet the basic needs of sleep, food, etc., because, in my mind, I wasn’t worth it. I didn’t deserve to live a healthy, content life. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand what self-care was or why it was necessary; I lacked a belief that I deserved it.

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Sharing – How America’s Mental Health Crisis Became This Family’s Worst Nightmare
ByMikeM June 11, 2024June 10, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Most of all, the article clearly shows no easy answers. There isn’t one thing broken in this system that can be quickly turned around and made better. It’s everything: government funding, insurance coverage, a lack of people to treat patients, a confusing and frustrating system to find help, and a system so under-resourced that kids are sent to facilities 5-6 hours away from their parents.

You don’t fix that overnight. You surely don’t fix it by ignoring the system and avoiding talking about serious mental health issues because they make us feel uncomfortable. That’s why people are out here dying instead of getting help.

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Sharing – Stop Listening To These 5 Pieces Of Advice That Can Harm Your Mental Health
ByMikeM June 8, 2024June 7, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

How many survivors have been told to stop talking about their abuse, to forgive their abuser, to coexist with their abuser, all in the name of family unity? I know too many who have found themselves sacrificed on the altar of this myth. They’ve been silenced, ignored, and suffered further trauma in the name of keeping the family peace so that their abuser can exist comfortably in the family.

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Sharing – Fans of fitness influencers exercise more – but they’re also more depressed
ByMikeM June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

For every headline or expert who touts the “cure” to depression, anxiety, or other issues, there are always a large number of individuals who weren’t helped by it. In this study, we also have to recognize that social media accounts focused on fitness might be making things worse for people, causing them to obsess over their appearance and creating unhealthy relationships with food.

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An Example of Suicide Prevention Being About Many Different Things
ByMikeM June 5, 2024June 4, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

For some people dealing with anxiety and depression, more exercise or time in nature might help. For a cross-country athlete, I doubt that is what they are lacking. The comments from the researchers in the article above made it clear to me that there are a multitude of reasons why the rate among student-athletes has been getting higher. That means the solutions are likely to include various options as well.

That’s not a bad thing. It just means we have to find what works best for us individually.

As I’ve repeatedly said, find what works for you and stick with it. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise or convince you to stop doing something that works for you. Don’t give up if what your friend or an online influencer does that works for them doesn’t work for you. Every one of these lives is worth the effort to find what will make them want to stay. That includes you.

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Sharing – Meet the people falling through the gaps of the mental health care system
ByMikeM May 31, 2024May 30, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

We all deserve access to resources that would help us avoid becoming a danger to ourselves. These resources shouldn’t be limited to people like me, who are lucky enough to have family support to help cover the extra costs, and they shouldn’t require that we wait around for people to reach the point of needing to be hospitalized before we offer them any. That middle ground is full of people who deserve better.

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