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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,...

is Algorithm speak “Un-aliving” The Conversation Around Suicide?

by Breaking Taboo | July 20, 2026 | Articles, General Mental Health, Suicide | 0 Comments

Before 2024, you likely did not hear the terms “unalive” or “unaliving” outside of online spaces, like TikTok. That is, until Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture used it in their very-real Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibit to describe the passing of Kurt Cobain....

How to turn Grief Into a More Positive Experience

by Breaking Taboo | June 10, 2026 | Articles, Depression, Suicide, Wellbeing | 0 Comments

In life, people will encounter various experiences as they progress. One of these experiences includes experiencing the loss of a loved one. This experience is one everyone will experience at different points in their life, but it doesn’t make the grieving process any...

Can Paid Vacations help Alleviate Depression?

by Breaking Taboo | May 6, 2026 | Articles, Depression, General Mental Health | 0 Comments

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...

Can We Prevent Mental Illness?

by Breaking Taboo | April 2, 2026 | Articles, General Mental Health, Other mental illness, Wellbeing | 0 Comments

We usually talk about mental health after someone is already struggling. After the panic attacks start. After the depression gets heavy. After things fall apart. But what if we asked the question earlier? Mental illness is common, and many conditions begin in the...

How Job-Related Stress Impacts Your Mental Health

by Breaking Taboo | March 12, 2026 | Articles, General Mental Health, Wellbeing | 0 Comments

For a long time, I treated work stress as just part of being an adult, meeting deadlines, dealing with difficult coworkers, and enduring long days. Many others around me seemed just as tired and overwhelmed, so I assumed that was simply the way things are supposed to...

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

by Breaking Taboo | February 26, 2026 | Articles, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Trigger warning: Mentions of dating violence/abuse. When one typically thinks of February, they go straight towards Valentine’s Day or Black History Month. Both events are important aspects of this specific month, offering room for remembrance and appreciation....

The Weight of Winter

by Crystal Lancaster | February 7, 2026 | Community Stories | 0 Comments

2.10.24 Birds must have flown south for the winter. Or wherever the *** it is birds go when thewind and the cold ransack the homes they had nested within the now barren branches. The trees look broken—almost. I didn’t even notice their orange and yellow leaves...

the Correlation Between Poverty and Mental Health

by Breaking Taboo | January 16, 2026 | Articles, General Mental Health | 0 Comments

With January now underway, many view it as a fresh start or a period of change. It’s a month when one begins the process of creating new resolutions or vision boards to serve as a direction for the new year. This focus on change fails to take into consideration how...

How to talk to your teenager about suicide prevention

by Breaking Taboo | September 23, 2025 | Articles, Suicide | 0 Comments

Before reading this article, I would like to provide a trigger warning when discussing the topic of suicide. The month of September is known to be a time in the year marking the end of summer to transition to the beginning of autumn. It’s a month of change...

What is a Panic Attack?

by bt_admin | Jul 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Articles

What is a panic attack? How long do they last? Are they scary? A panic attack is psychological and is an overreaction of your adrenal system. A panic attack can happen within a moment’s notice. They occur because there is a sense of danger and your mind and body start...

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is Algorithm speak “Un-aliving” The Conversation Around Suicide?

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Can We Prevent Mental Illness?

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