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Using AI for Mental Health Advice: Tips for Parents
In life, there will be various stages or milestones one will encounter. Parenting is a lifelong commitment to help shape their child as they go through life. There will be great lessons learned navigating parenthood. One lesson to note is how to help children,...
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Mental Health In the Work Place
Before diving in, I’d like to explain my word choice. Instead of “Mental Illness,” I will refer to...
What is the Difference Between Personality Disorders and Mood Disorders?
Mood swings during stressful times are natural, but those living with a mood disorder like bipolar...
A Psychotic Mind: My History of Schizophrenia, Self-Harm, and Suicide Attempts
*Trigger warning: Self-harm and suicide attempts As a child, I remember being happy, I remember...
23 Years of Bipolar 1 and I’m Still Dancing
No. I wasn’t always OK with being bipolar. What’s more, the shame of living with such a disease,...
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the Correlation Between Poverty and Mental Health
With January now underway, many view it as a fresh start or a period of change. It’s a month when...
“Bye Bye”: Back-to-School Anxiety & How Parents Can Intervene
As August rolls around each year, it signifies the beginning of a new school year, promising a...
A Parent’s Guide to Impostor Syndrome
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Scrolling Into Insecurity- Social Media’s effects on Eating Disorders
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Media’s Romanticization of Mental Health Conditions
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What is the Difference Between Personality Disorders and Mood Disorders?
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Mental Health In the Work Place
Before diving in, I’d like to explain my word choice. Instead of “Mental Illness,” I will refer to it as “Mental Health Challenges.” I don’t like to use terms like “illness,” “issues”, or “problems.” The reason being is, unlike physical ailments, mental health plays a...
A Psychotic Mind: My History of Schizophrenia, Self-Harm, and Suicide Attempts
*Trigger warning: Self-harm and suicide attempts As a child, I remember being happy, I remember feeling safe, but after my parent's divorce, I remember feeling so much anguish and pain. For me, self-injury was activated by my parent’s divorce. I was 11 years old when...
23 Years of Bipolar 1 and I’m Still Dancing
No. I wasn’t always OK with being bipolar. What’s more, the shame of living with such a disease, propelled to do ridiculous actions that your mania compels you to do, the guilt of feeling depressed when that logical side of your tore-up brain knows there is so much...
god does not love beyonce and me equally
At the age of 26, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Italy, and Ken Kesy published One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. At 27, I, Kellie Wood, cannot figure out the child safety lock on my bottle of CVS brand mouthwash. ...