Your health online
When you have a question about your health, where is the first place you go? Probably you are googling it! Many of us google our medical problems – its fast, easy, you get an...
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Instagram’s New Mental Health Feature
Instagram is a picture-sharing social media site created to allow you to share your life through pictures and videos with the world. But the new norm of constant sharing can create a sense of...
Adding Music to your Daily Routine to Alleviate Stress
Intertwining music into your daily routine is a simple way to help reduce stress in your life. Helpguide.org gives several ways to incorporate music into everyday situations that can be used to reduce your...
Sleep Disturbances and Depression
There is a relationship between depression and changes in sleep patterns. One of the symptoms for Major Depressive Disorder is “insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day.” Insomnia and hypersomnia are two sleep disorders, described...
“Find That One Little Light That’s Left…”
“I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that’s left. I’m lucky I found a glimmer...
Tips for Telling Others About Your Depression
Depression is often times misunderstood. This can often cause apprehension surrounding sharing your feelings of depression with others, compounding with the symptoms of depression that a person is already feeling. When preparing to tell...
Q&A with a Mental Health Therapist
Recently, I had the opportunity to ask a local therapist some questions about therapy. The therapist’s name is Shannon Toomey, MS-CP. She works at a local outpatient mental health clinic. The clients seen at the...
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Depression
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been really open about his experience with depression during his early adulthood. Check out this video where he breaks down “having faith” that depression can be managed. The Rock was...
Dear Black Women
This open letter featured on Huffington Post was written by Minaa B. the founder of Respect Your Struggle. “Respect Your Struggle is a digital magazine that focuses on real life issues experienced by the...
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