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Category: Educate Yourself
The Environment and Depression
When you read an article about depression, it might mention that “environmental factors” can influence whether someone has depression. But what does that mean exactly? The environment is everything around you. It can include: where you...
Mental Health Days
Often times, we understand when someone needs to take a sick day from work or school. By sick, I mean physically sick. However, it is often considered unacceptable for someone to not go to...
My Journey with Multiple Mental Health Diagnoses
Dealing with your mental health can be a challenge. For some people, it can become even more challenging when they learn they have multiple mental health diagnoses. I was first diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD),...
Screening Tools
Have you ever gone to your doctor for a routine physical and while you waited you were asked to complete some surveys? Did these surveys ever containing sensitive questions? If this has happened to...
The Challenges Faced by LGBT Youth
Hi everyone! This is my second blog post for SOVA (read more about my first blog post: Mental Health in Your Family Tree), and I just wanted to tell everyone that I’ve read some awesome...
App Games for Anxiety
There are days when anxiety can’t be overlooked or ignored. Often times it’s understood that if you have anxiety then you can’t sit still or think “straight” for more than a few minutes at...
Anxiety and Panic Attacks- What’s the Difference?
Editor’s Note: The clinical definition of a panic attack is the “onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes” and includes at least four other symptoms which can include intense...
A background on starting/stopping antidepressants
I was on Zoloft for three years and with the encouragement from my friends and family, I recently stopped taking it. However, choosing to stop my antidepressants was quite a difficult obstacle for me. And...
Your Corner
It is essential to have a group of people in your corner especially when you are going through a rough time. I use to believe that I could get through things on my own....
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