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Can Paid Vacations help Alleviate Depression?
For many years, I treated the absence of rest as just part of being a working adult. It wasn’t the size of my to‑do list that finally made me question that belief, but the way my body and mind started reacting to life with no...
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My Shared Feelings – Poems
~ Marco Francis ~
Infinity Room: Misinterpreting anxiety as spirituality
The You Who are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies is a permanent exhibit in...
I Survived the Shittiest Year of My Life
I haven’t ticked any goals on my checklist for this year; those bumps along the roads, the...
Suffering Childhood PTSD as an Adult- The Struggle is Real
Tracy Snyder is a former high school English teacher turned full-time writer, and she is the...
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Mental Illness: How we Feed the Stigma and How to Starve It
The Stigma and the Taboo The stigma around mental illness is experienced when a person associated...
Mental Health Parity and Access to Care: Why We Need It and Why It’s Not Enough
Note: This article discusses mental health parity within the context of the U.S. healthcare...
Pregnancy and Parenthood: Why We Must Bring Mental Health to the Forefront
Pregnancy and parenthood are life-changing events that can be filled with joy and wonder. Before I...
Have You Ever Felt Like a Fraud? A Guide to Understanding Imposter Syndrome
Sam has always stood out among his colleagues as the brightest and most resourceful. Rather...
Dealing with Loneliness in an Overly Connected World
The music was loud enough to mute my thoughts, the air reeked of sweat and apart from the...
Welcoming Change
Unexpected change can be difficult for the human psyche to fully embrace at first. It overwhelms...
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I Survived the Shittiest Year of My Life
I haven’t ticked any goals on my checklist for this year; those bumps along the roads, the failures, the doubting, self-sabotaging, things didn’t turn out the way I planned, the harsh reality that not all people around you weren’t meant to stay, and the unresolved...
Suffering Childhood PTSD as an Adult- The Struggle is Real
Tracy Snyder is a former high school English teacher turned full-time writer, and she is the mother of two wonderful children. She has been a life-long sufferer of mental health issues, and she credits a great part of her success as an educator to a student body of...
Leaving Comfort for Peace
How many people have you met that were very comfortable but unpeaceful? Probably a few. Howmany have you met that were peaceful but uncomfortable? The latter is probably a harder image to conjure up. Most of us live as if the unpredictable nature of life was a...
Taking Care of Myself
This is Part 6, the final article in a series of personal articles detailing what it is like to be a caretaker for Bipolar disorder, titled "Outside Looking In" Read Part 1 here Caring for a loved one with a mental health diagnosis is more than a full-time job. It’s a...