August 2012
60 posts
“The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be…...”
– ― Mary Anne Radmacher
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Cutting through the pain
Casey Lorusso is a seemingly happy, adjusted college junior - but she remembers a time in her life when cutting herself was the only way she knew how to deal with overwhelming depression and anxiety.
Twenty-year-old Lorusso, a student at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, said she was in seventh grade when she began cutting herself in an attempt to deal with her feelings.
“In one magazine, I...
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Bullied 'more prone to self harm'
Children bullied during their early years are up to three times more likely to self harm than their classmates when they reach adolescence, a study suggests.
It found that half of 12-year-olds who harm themselves were frequently bullied.
The researchers are calling for more effective programmes to prevent bullying in schools.
The study is published in the British Medical Journal.
The research,...
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”
– ― Mary Anne Radmacher
“Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen Hard.
Practice wellness.
Play...”
– ― Mary Anne Radmacher
“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”
– Juliette Lewis (via marry-jane)
“I felt like crying but nothing came out. It was just a sort of sad sickness,...”
– Charles Bukowski (via intensifyit)
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Three Days Grace: Never too late (lyrics)
“Never Too Late”
This world will never be What I expected And if I don’t belong Who would have guessed it I will not leave alone Everything that I own To make you feel like it’s not too late It’s never too late Even if I say It’ll be alright Still I hear you say You want to end your life Now and again we try To just stay alive Maybe we’ll turn it all...
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Is it Sadness or Depression? 10 Questions to Ask...
Everyone at one time or another experiences sadness, ‘the blues’, or feels down. When we’re disappointed, mourning or grieving, fighting with someone we love, or a myriad of other reasons, our mood can turn from fairly happy and content to sad or depressed.
These feelings of sadness may last for hours or even days. After a major life change, the sadness may last weeks.
And although mild feelings...
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Embrace Your Creativity
Creativity. It’s a word that adults either love or run away from, claim for themselves or deny the very existence of.
Creativity is a characteristic prized in children. Did you ever create forts with sheets and a kitchen table, or play cops and robbers, house, or act out a TV show? Creativity is fun!
Children use their creativity to open up their minds, to learn and to enjoy themselves....
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3 Clear-Cut Steps to Quiet Your Inner Critic
All of us have an internal dialogue, saidDeborah Serani, PsyD, a psychologist and author of the book Living withDepression. “It helps us make decisions and comments quietly about experiences.”
But some of us also have a negative, even cruel inner voice that just doesn’t let up. That voice is “harsh, unyielding, and very, very unforgiving,” she said.
This cruel voice develops in childhood. It...
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3 Self-Care Strategies to Transform Your Life
Self-care is a touchy subject. That’s because our society largely views self-care as selfish, slothful and overly indulgent.
Yet, it’s anything but. Taking good care of yourself not only makes your life more fulfilling and contributes to your well-being, but it also extends to others.
As Cheryl Richardson writes in her book The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a...
5 Small Ways to Create Your Own Happiness
The small stuff counts when it comes to happiness. It’s the seemingly mini decisions we make day-to-day that can actually make a big difference.
In his book Choose the Life You Want: 101 Ways to Create Your Own Road to Happiness, professor Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D, writes, “Every moment of our waking life we face choices whose cumulative effect on us is just as great, if not greater, than the effect...
Internet Addiction And Loneliness
The use of the internet is pervasive in our culture. So much that the American Psychiatric Association is recommending further research on the condition called “Internet Use Disorder” in the upcoming diagnostic manual DSM V.
The disorder primarily refers to Internet gaming, however, it does include the criteria of “withdrawal symptoms when internet is taken away.” Sound familiar?
Addiction is...
Stress Increases Risk of Mental, Physical Illness...
Psychological stress may increase the risk of mental and physical illness by altering the control of genes, according to a new study by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB).
The research, believed to be the first to show that stress alters the methylation of DNA and therefore the activity of certain genes, investigated genes already known to be involved with controlling stress.
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The things you have a passion for in life are...
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Helpful Resources
Helpful Resources
mentalillnessmouse:
Helpful resources categorized by topic:
Urgent
Mental Support Community A forum where you can post when you are in crisis RIGHT NOW, and need peer support as quickly as possible.
Samaritans UK (email, postal mail, in-person, and over the phone
BoysTown National Hotline (email, chat, phone)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline (phone, chat)
National...
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Top 70 Traits of People with Personality Disorders
Top 70 Traits of People with Personality Disorders
The list below contains descriptions of some of the more common traits of people who suffer from personality disorders, as observed by family members and partners. Please note that these descriptions are not intended for diagnosis. No one person exhibits all of the traits and the presence of one or more traits is not evidence of a personality...
Teenage Depression
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From: http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com/
Teenage depression can look very different from adult depression. The following symptoms are more common in teenagers:
· Irritable or angry mood – Irritability is often the predominant mood. A depressed teenager may be grumpy, hostile, easily frustrated, or prone to angry outbursts.
· Unexplained aches and pains –...
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Self image
I look at the reflection in the mirror I’m appalled by what I see This monster I’ve become Staring straight back at me I don’t recognize this creature Reality tells me that she is me But I don’t believe it It just cannot be What have I become? Where did the real me go? I think I lost her in translation Now this image is my foe I abhor this demon She’s as ugly as sin...
Birth Order and Personality
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From: http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com/
Psychologists have long speculated about whether birth order influences personality. Research indicates that there are generalities that seem to be true in many families. The findings are based on a family of three, but can be adapted for other combinations, too. In summary:
1. First born children (only children, or children born...
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs:
It's All In Your Head: Grounding Techniques →
mentalillnessmouse:
Grounding is a technique that helps keep someone in the present. They help reorient a person to the here-and-now and in reality. Grounding skills can be helpful in a variety of situations: with dissociation symptoms; and managing overwhelming feelings or intense anxiety. They help someone to…
The Nine Types of Intelligence
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1. Naturalist Intelligence (“Nature Smart”)
Designates the human ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations). This ability was clearly of value in our evolutionary past as hunters, gatherers, and farmers; it continues to be central in such roles as botanist or chef. It is...
Anonymous asked: Im worried about just-dontstop, she has trich and i think she's cut too deep, could you ask your followers to give some love?
Depression is like a tornado, there's nothing you...
Top 10 Common Dreams and Their Meanings
psych-facts:
Car Troubles In these types of dreams you are usually in or near a car or some other type of vehicle which is out of control or has other problems that seem insurmountable. For example, the brakes may have failed, you may have lost control of the steering, or be heading over a cliff or crashing. You can either be the driver or the passenger. This is a very common type of nightmare...
“To me, beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing...”
– Ellen Degeneres (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
