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Suicide Awareness at VMAs

National Suicide Prevention Month begins on September 1st.  MTV got an early start to awareness month with a VMA performance by Logic of his song “1-800-273-8255.”  The song’s title is the same number to...

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Self-Stigma

Stigma is often talked about with mental health. However, do you know there are different kinds of stigma such as self-stigma?  Self-stigma happens when an individual suffering from mental illness accepts the negative and inaccurate views of...

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Photos of Depression?

We previously wrote an article that featured “12 Breathtaking Photos Show What It’s Really Like To Have General Anxiety Disorder.”  Now, we recently found an interesting article about whether Instagram photos can offer clues about depression.  According...

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Empathy

Here is a wonderfully short video on understanding the difference between empathy and sympathy. What does empathy mean to you?  Do you find it easy to emphasize with others? Let us know in the comments!

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What do your emojis say about you

Communication is a big part of our lives and effective communication allows us to have successful relationships.  Verbal communication is the sounds and words (or speech) we use when talking with another person or...

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Hope

Check out this music video! It’s part of a mental health initiative and shares some responses of what inspires hope in others. What inspires hope for you? 

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A Quick Guide to Depression in Teens

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) starts out by writing: You are not alone.  There are ways you can feel better. The NIMH has a lot of great educational information on their website,...

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Don’t wanna see it.

Sometimes people in our online social networks post videos… and sometimes they are things we’d rather not see, but we don’t even get the chance to decide whether or not we want to look...