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Mental Illness Isn't Going Away
I have anxiety, and like many people with any sort of chronic ailment, I have good days and bad ones. However, something I've discovered over the years is that the tolerance, for lack of a better term, for a mental illness is sometimes just not there in the way that it can be for a physical condition. Sometimes, the desire to simply understand what a person with mental illness might be going through on the daily isn't there either.
Christina St-JeanPublished 7 years ago in PsycheEverything You Should Know about Angioplasty
Introduction: Angioplasty is a therapeutic procedure during which any blockages in the coronary artery are cleared. This is done in order to allow normal blood supply to the heart muscles.
Puja RastogiPublished 7 years ago in LongevityLady Gaga on Chronic Pain: 'I Don’t Know What I’d Do If I Didn’t Have the Money to Get Someone to Help Me'
Five Foot Two, the documentary that follows the life of Lady Gaga as she delves into her life of music, passion, love, family, performance, and chronic pain. Vanity Fair described it as a “powerful, thrilling portal into Lady Gaga’s life.” I definitely agree, it was a riveting and thought-provoking watch. Beyond the fame and notoriety, her honest and candid portrayal of life with chronic pain was more than just relatable, it was like looking in a mirror.
Max FisherPublished 7 years ago in LongevityI Died That Day
Imagine a warm blanket wrapping around your body. At first, everything is fine and you barely even notice that your very being is slowly being swallowed. As time passes, you try to wiggle out of the blanket — what you once thought was warm and cozy is actually full of holes and so very cold. Struggle as hard as desired, but the blanket only wraps tighter around you. Soon, you are so very cold, your skin screams and begs for freedom and you cry and scream out, but no one comes for you. To the outside world, it looks as if a person is just lying there with a blanket, nothing more. Only you are aware of the battle you're facing and, before you know it, the blanket has encased your entire body. You cannot breathe, you cannot cry for help, you cannot run. You lay drowning in the darkness as a seemingly simple piece of material digs into your skin and forces its way into your mouth and nostrils. There is no point in coming for your eyes, for when you try to look, all you see is darkness.
Kisha HollerPublished 7 years ago in PsycheReaching Out for Help with Your Mental Health
Psychological difficulties are far from rare. In fact, it is estimated that approximately 1 in 4 people in the U.K. will experience a mental health issue each year. However, whilst the majority of us would seek medical attention for a broken leg, if and when we start struggling mentally, it's all too often a different story. Afraid of negative judgement and stigmatisation, we tend to suppress our problems in the hope that they'll eventually vanish. Up to the age of 15, I too was guilty of this. I had been suffering from distressing intrusive thoughts since the age of 8, but had never reached out for support, not knowing that around 94% of people experience a similar thing at least once in their lifetime, and petrified that I was simply evil and abnormal. Sometimes it seems easier to put on a brave face and carry on like nothing’s wrong rather than address the problem head on, and that’s exactly what I decided to do. Instead of telling someone what I was going through, I bottled up my painful emotions and damaging self-beliefs for years on end and fought my mind alone before finally reaching breaking point during the summer of 2014.
What It's Like to Live with Type 1 Diabetes
If you have a moment, please read... Okay so this isn't what I normally post, but I feel this is extremely important to me and other diabetics out there or even anyone going through problems that are not visible.
Paris AllisonPublished 7 years ago in LongevitySelf-Harm: The Silent Addiction
What comes to your mind when you think about Self-Harm (SH)? Do you know someone that self-harms, or knew someone that did, or have you yourself battled through the hell that is Self-Injury?
Katie RolesPublished 7 years ago in PsycheWhy Every Man Should Do Yoga
Yoga is easily one of the best forms of exercising of all time and there are many different types. Despite the fact that the poses do strengthen your muscles, they relax you, as well — mostly mentally. Yoga relieves stress and pain — basically draining your thoughts away.
Jacqueline HanikehPublished 7 years ago in Longevity