Confidence Through Chords: Learning To Play the Banjo Helped Me Challenge My Inner-Critic
As far back as I can remember, I have struggled with anxiety and depression. My father, who suffered from Schizophrenia, took his own life when…
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How to Talk About Your Mental Illness With a Loved One
The scariest part of your mental health journey can often be talking to others about it. When I first learned about my social anxiety and…
5 Ways to Ease Panic in the Moment and in the Long Run
I’m a 26-year-old with Postpartum Mood Disorder and a second kiddo on the way. As a lifelong anxious person, I’ve struggled with panic quite a…
4 Steps I Take to Quell My Anxiety
During finals week in my freshman year of college, I wasn’t hitting the books like I should have been. Instead, I found myself editing others’…
4 Ways to Overcome the Anxiety of an Overwhelming World
Reading and watching today’s news can send you into a panic attack. Global poverty, ice caps melting, congressional chaos, nations threatening one another. It can…
5 Tips for Dealing With Travel Anxiety
Do you love to see new places but hate the process of getting there? As a seasoned traveler with a insatiable case of wanderlust, I…
5 Tips for Beating Back-To-School Anxiety
When I received an email from my professor listing all the textbooks we needed this semester, I did a double take. I glanced at the…
5 Things I Learned About Dating With an Anxiety Disorder
As a person who suffers from social anxiety, I know dating can be difficult. During a recent promising first date, I didn’t only feel the…
How Celebrating Small Victories Improves My Mental Health
I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for years. The most concise and honest thing I can say about my own struggle is that there are…
Overcoming a Panic Disorder: 5 Simple Ways You Can Beat Agoraphobia
Anxiety has been an obstacle in my life since I was 16, but it wasn’t until I was 24 and had moved out and gotten…