How To Use Empathy
This video was based on a TED talk by Dr. Brené Brown. She is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent more than a decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness,...
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What Site Is That?
Do you ever feel like you can’t keep up with all the new social media websites? The Pew Research Center’s annual report on social media usage might help you make sense of it all....
What Does Privacy Mean To You?
What does privacy mean to you when it comes to social media? What does it mean to you when something is on Facebook or another social media website? Is anything truly private once it’s...
How To Discuss Hard Topics With Parents
Although talking to friends often comes more naturally, there are some situations in which parents or guardians can shed a brighter light on a tough situation than your peers. Whether you feel that your...
Helping Parents Acknowledge Depression
As if your brain wasn’t already cooperating with you enough, sometimes it can be hard to verbalize what is happening in your head to your parents (or anyone). Depression, anxiety, and other mental health...
How Some Online Stresses Can Actually Help You
“Stress” has become such a loaded word in our society! The internet is full of articles about reducing or even “getting rid of stress“—as if stress were like a disease that has to be eradicated. But did...
OCD Tendencies Found in Depression
Does your depression ever make you feel overly motivated instead of unmotivated? If so, then you are not alone. When many people hear the word “depression,” an image comes to mind of a person by...
Continuing the Conversation: Can we always talk openly?
One of the largest problems facing mental health is how we talk about it. Therefore, when we received the following question from the Reel Teens Pittsburgh Facebook Live Town Hall event we thought it would make...
Continuing the Conversation: Who to go to first?
Today’s question from last week’s Reel Teens Pittsburgh Facebook Live Town Hall event is about who to go to for help about your mental health when you are feeling like you may want to speak to someone. ...
Reel Teens Pittsburgh Facebook Live Town Hall
If it’s your first time to sova.pitt.edu, welcome! Some of you may be just finding out about our site after watching the Reel Teens Pittsburgh Facebook Live Town Hall. The Reel Teens are an...
