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Five Ways I Build Mental Wellness

My Brains Not Broken

After a decade-plus of living with depression and anxiety, I am proud of how I’ve learned to manage my mental health challenges. Yes, there is sitting in a room with a therapist, or on a Zoom call with a mental health professional; but therapy is so much more than that. I’m not perfect, and I’m never going to be.

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Guest Post: Resiliency When Dealing With Bipolar Disorder by Christine

Bipolar Bandit

Currently, I am experiencing a mixed episode which means I shift back and forth between mania and depression. I stay connected to my psychiatrist and therapist more often when I am experiencing a mood episode. You name it I’ve tried it; talk therapy, CBT, DBT, ECT, EMDR and medication management. The author can be found at.

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NASW Member Voices: In Search of Transgenerational Office Space

Social Work Blog

We face each other and enter into a verbal dance I like to refer to as the “Acronym Tango,” (IFS, CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, cha-cha-cha). As a Systems Therapist, I welcome all attendees to the session, (in person or in absentia). My job, as her therapist, is to provide crowd control. I might as well have a rose between my teeth!

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Debunking Myths About PTSD

Gateway Foundation

Having depression, anxiety or any other mental health condition isn’t a weakness, so a person who develops PTSD isn’t weak for having a natural response to a life-altering experience. Exposure therapy: Exposure therapy is when you work alongside a therapist and expose yourself to the fear related to the trauma.

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Teen Cutting

Beautiful Voyager

Additionally, NSSI is more common in people who suffer from anxiety , depression, or have difficulty regulating their emotions. swimming) Self-isolation Symptoms of depression (e.g. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapy that is based on CBT.