Mental health
fromBig Think
1 hour agoAre we over-diagnosing ourselves? Rethinking the language of mental illness.
Life's inherent difficulties lead to symptoms of mental distress, which can significantly impact well-being and relationships.
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fromIndependent
11 hours ago'No one prepares you for the identity shift becoming a mother brings' - mother of three on perinatal depression struggles
Covid was a tough time for everyone, but when Louise L Bond became pregnant with her second child, she knew that looking after two children under two in lockdown would be difficult.
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fromPsychology Today
1 day agoShould You Stop Listening to Your Body So Much?
Excessive awareness of bodily sensations can worsen anxiety and lead to various problems, but steps can be taken to reduce this hyperawareness.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 days agoI'm a Big Tech executive with ADHD and anxiety. Neurodivergence has its downsides, but I've turned my habits into strengths.
Anxiety can serve as a beneficial tool for focus and preparedness in high-pressure situations.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoI'm 44 and I noticed I have been saying I am tired for ten years when the more accurate word is unwitnessed, and tired was just the version of the truth that nobody would follow up on - Silicon Canals
The word 'tired' often masks deeper feelings of being unwitnessed and unnoticed in one's emotional life.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days agoOne of the most profound encounters of my life': could existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen change the way you think?
Emmy van Deurzen established existential therapy in the UK, emphasizing the need for support during mental health crises beyond traditional anti-psychiatry.
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fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychology suggests people who consume self-improvement content obsessively without ever changing their lives aren't lazy or lacking discipline, they're getting the feeling of forward motion without the terror of actually becoming someone different, and the content is the coping mechanism, not the cure - Silicon Canals
Consuming self-improvement content can create an illusion of progress without actual change.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days agoAFL player Nathan O'Driscoll opens up on depression and mental health struggles
I'm sharing this because speaking up matters. No one is there to judge you, every person I've opened up to has supported me in ways I never expected. From the outside, it might look like I have everything, but what's going on internally can be a very different story.
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Mental health
fromFortune
6 days agoYour job can actually kill you: More than 840,000 people die annually from health conditions linked to work stress, ILO report says | Fortune
Work-related psychosocial risks contribute to over 840,000 deaths annually, primarily from cardiovascular disease and mental disorders, impacting global health and economy.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology says the most resilient people aren't the ones who never fell apart - they're the ones who fell apart quietly, rebuilt themselves with no audience, and never mentioned it - Silicon Canals
Strength comes from overcoming breakdowns, not from avoiding them.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago8 small habits of people who grew up with money worries and still flinch at the sound of a bill arriving even though they could pay it ten times over - Silicon Canals
Financial anxiety persists regardless of improved financial situations due to deep-rooted conditioning and fear responses in the brain.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI spent forty years believing I was mentally strong because I never broke down - it took one question to make me understand that what I called strength was just a very old, very practiced form of disappearing - Silicon Canals
True strength involves vulnerability and allowing others to see struggles, rather than hiding them.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoLena Dunham is right that fame is toxic. Unfortunately, we're all famous now | Emma Beddington
Fame has become increasingly toxic, distorting relationships and self-image, affecting mental health, and creating a shared experience of 'famesickness' in the digital age.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThe hardest thing about healing isn't the work itself. It's the quiet grief of realizing how many years you spent believing the problem was you, when the actual problem was an environment that needed you to believe that in order to keep functioning - Silicon Canals
Family systems may require a child to remain unwell for their own functionality, leading to grief and loss when the child realizes their true self.
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