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This year has been heavy on all of us, and there is nothing wrong with not feeling very twinkly or cheerful right now.

There might even be some anxiety, sadness, or grief present. So don't pressure yourself too much to feel festive. Just let it flow.

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The holiday season for most people is a fun time of the year filled with parties, celebrations, and social gatherings with family and friends. But for many people, it is a time filled with sadness, self-reflection, loneliness, and anxiety.

So what causes holiday blues?
Sadness is a truly personal feeling. What makes one person feel sad may not affect another person. Typical sources of holiday sadness include:
😩 Stress
😪 Fatigue
💵 Financial stress
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Holiday Depression and Stress For many people, the holiday season is a time filled with sadness, self-reflection, loneliness, and anxiety. WebMD offers tips for avoiding holiday depression.

Be unapologetic. Be you. 💙
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The State Of Mental Health In America

No matter our race, s*x, gender, or status is right now we are all probably suffering from something or another. Especially in the times, we live in. I ran across this report and found it really interesting and I thought I would share it. 🌍
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The State of Mental Health in America Mental Health America's annual State of Mental Health Report ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on several mental health and access measures.

How are you doing today? 💙
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What Is Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a type of mental illness that affects how the brain works. This leads to chronic problems with disordered thoughts and behaviors. It usually requires lifelong care and treatment.


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What Is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness causing symptoms such as hallucinations. It is treated with antipsychotic drugs and psychosocial therapies.

Schizophrenia Symptoms A Video


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Schizophrenia Symptoms is a serious mental illness that impacts the way people think, feel, and behave. Some symptoms of schizophrenia are hallucinations, delusions,...

It's very hard to watch a loved one need help but not get it. What you do to help depends on why they refuse help and how much they accept that they have an illness

Dr. Tracey Marks explains

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How To Help Your Loved One Get Help It's very hard to watch a loved one need help but not get it. What you do to help depends on why they refuse help and how much they accept that they have an ...

Lecturing doesn't save lives, Listening does💙
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Depression doesn't mean only sitting and crying for hours, it is a lot more than that. A depressed person can look like a happy person on the outside but is crying and suffering on the inside
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One-Dose of High-Quality Human Connection = A Neurobiological Response of….

⬆️ Oxytocin: The “love” neuropeptide (molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier) is a key ingredient in the recipe for positive feelings stemming from human bonding and love.

⬆️ Opioid-like neuropeptides: Mother Nature’s built-in pain relievers and biological wellspring of euphoria, catalyzed by social connection and physical touch.

⬆️ Serotonin: Feel-good neurotransmitters that are natural happiness boosters and gastrointestinal system stabilizers.

⬆️ Dopamine: Mood-boosting neurotransmitters associated with novelty, excitement, and reward.

⬆️ Arginine Vasopressin: Neuropeptides that regulate water homeostasis (balance) and kidney function, and are associated with long-term monogamous relationships.

⬇️ Cortisol: The stress hormone that influences inflammation, blood sugar levels, metabolism, and memory formation, which social support helps to keep in equilibrium.
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Stay Close to People Who Feel Like Sunlight Why high-quality relationships are as important as food and water.

Eating disorders are serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. This video, we cover 6 types you may not have known about.
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6 Types of Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and ...

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Within the Black community, we generally acknowledge and discuss experiences of racism and the detrimental impact of racism on equitable access to resources. We less frequently discuss the detrimental impact racism often has on our mental health.

In this article, we draw attention to the link between experiences of racism and mental health, with a specific focus on anxiety disorders and symptoms, which are among the most commonly diagnosed.
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How Black Americans Can Cope With Anxiety And Racism Authors' Note: Within the Black community, we generally acknowledge and discuss experiences of racism and the detrimental impa...

Have you ever found yourself in a period of intense mental distress? That’s what a mental breakdown, also known as a nervous breakdown can feel like. Some experience emotional breakdown progressively, while others feel it very suddenly. You may even find yourself unable to perform daily tasks due to the feeling of being overwhelmed. Unlike an anxiety disorder, a mental breakdown can occur at any point in one's life.
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7 Signs of A Mental Breakdown Have you ever found yourself in a period of intense mental distress? That’s what a mental breakdown, also known as a nervous breakdown can feel like. Some ex...

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How Emotions Get So Out of Control in Borderline Personality

For people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), loss of control of negative emotions, otherwise known as emotion dysregulation, is a regular fact of life.

An event triggers anger, fear, or sadness which, in turn, further stimulates a process of rumination in which they continue to dwell upon how upset they are. In the process, the emotion’s intensity increase.

At some point, individuals find that the only way to turn down the intensity is to shift their attention to some sort of physical outlet, such as harming themselves. When the next event begins the cycle all over again, the individual once again is at risk of physical harm.

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How Emotions Get So Out of Control in Borderline Personality A new comprehensive model of borderline tracks the dynamics of its emotions.

3 Things You Can Do For Worry | Pandemic Level Worry
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3 Things You Can Do For Worry | Pandemic Level Worry To handle worry and anxiety, use the Worry Decision Tree exercise to separate out real problem worries and hypothetical worries. This exercise also prompts y...

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Emotional exhaustion is a chronic state of physical and emotional depletion that results from an excessive job, personal demands, and/or continuous stress. It describes the feeling of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by one's work. It is manifested by both physical fatigue and a sense of feeling psychologically and emotionally "drained". 😩
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7 Signs of Emotional Burnout Emotional burnout is defined as a negative state of mental health that may manifest physical, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms that impair our normal funct...

Don't bottle it up
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Let's make sure that we are doing everything we can to protect those and the ones we love 💙
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Staying Safe When COVID-19 Strikes What should you do if you experience symptoms of COVID-19? This short animated video from Stanford Medicine illustrates practices for getting well and keepin...

Can a Depressed Person Have Good Days?
Dr. Tracey Marks explains
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Can a Depressed Person Have Good Days? - Atypical Depression Usually we think of someone who is moderately to severely depressed as being very sad and unresponsive to things. Maybe even zombie like. But that isn’t alwa...

Reading or watching the news can be stress-inducing at times. Especially lately, so take care of yourself and tune out when you can. 💙
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Resilience is defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounce back from adverse events.

It is considered a process to build resources toward searching for a better future after potentially traumatic events.

Let's try a few of these exercises as we continue to process all that has happened since the new year has begun.
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The 8 Key Elements of Resilience A roadmap for developing mental resilience skills.

We need Joy as we need air.
We need Love as we need water.
We need Each Other as we need
The Earth We Share 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏾

-Maya Angelou
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Your mind can be a powerful ally or a formidable foe. Especially during stressful times. Making It easy to get caught up in scary thoughts. But learning to recognize that they're just thoughts, can go a long way toward reducing your anxiety. Here are some things we can do to reduce these sometimes pesty feelings.

Step 1: Settle into the Present
Step 2: Identify Your Thoughts
Step 3: Recognize the Alternatives
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How to Train Your Mind to Lower Anxiety Practice research-tested ways of thinking that serve you well.

Even during difficult times, self-reflection can lead to personal growth. Mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. 💙
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