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The unstoppable change of life

So, my son is moving on from elementary school to junior high school after the summer break. He keeps telling me how much he doesn’t want to grow up. He wishes he could be a kid for the rest of his life. He doesn’t want to be an adult and have to do adult things. The problem is, he cannot stop the change. Life doesn’t stop. Time doesn’t stop. As much as we wish everything can stay the same, it will change. Personal Just the other day, my mom commented that she liked this new Jennifer 2.0. So, I had …

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The Support Audit: Who Is in Your Corner?

I have been playing an online game for a couple of years now and I am amazed by the different people I get to talk to every day. Different lives and different stories. I have heard of people in war zones suffering from family trauma, illnesses, and more. But the same thing keeps coming up, when someone is needing help, they reach out to the team on the game for support. Some don’t have family or friends nearby. So, the game became their support. Do you know who is in your support corner? There are many out there that do …

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The strength in “I can’t do this alone”

I was talking with my Mom recently about family members and how prideful they are. Prideful in not asking for help or acknowledging they need help. For centuries, mental health had developed a strong negative stigma that too many still refuse to talk about it. And the first step in any recovery will always be the acknowledgement that help is needed. When someone lives in a life for so long it is not healthy, it is very difficult to see the need for help. Life becomes safe from an unknown world. It is not that we don’t want to make …

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How does it really affect me?

Stress, it is a silent killer. How the world is right now, it is hard pressed to find anyone that doesn’t have some kind of stress. No matter what stress you have going on in your life, without management, it can kill. It will take strength and determination, but accomplishable. How do you allow stress to affect you? Mentally Stress can impact your mental state very easily. Being faced with negative changes, will make a person start down a depression path. When I was faced with changes at work that reduced my work significantly, it was easy for me to …

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In less than 1 minute you may save a life

It feels like as we get older, life just gets faster. As kids, we are mostly worried about playing games and having fun. But as we grow up, responsibilities get added on and suddenly there is not enough time in the day.  Every day we have to take care of our families, go to work, go to school, take care of the kids, and somewhere in there we try to take care of ourselves. But, out of all that, there are still people who get lost in the shuffle. They are the ones with smiles, hiding their reality away. Without …

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Not the same, just different people

I have not met one person that is not dealing with some kind of stress in their life. They maybe having a good day today, but yesterday was a hard one. A good friend of mine is dealing with an ailing parent and all of the stress that comes with it. I know she is tired and frustrated. So, when I have my bad days, I feel bad for asking for comfort. Why am I feeling so bad when my friend has it worse? Not Similar You cannot compare your life to anyone else’s. You may have similarities in the …

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How are you really doing?

I must tell you something. I never realized fully how this simple act changed everything for me. Down in the darkness, unable to focus, and feeling all alone. One simple act brought me back. It took someone reaching out and asking, “how are you?” But then it was another person. And then another. They reached out to me and brought me back to the brighter days. That’s it. A simple act of caring about someone enough to ask, “how are you?” The Dark It is very easy to get trapped into a pit of despair. Not being able to find …

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Understanding it is not just you

I find myself dwelling on everything that stresses me out that I forget one other aspect. I am not the only one that is impacted. Daily I deal with insecurities, depression, and anxiety. And I know that I am not the only one that fights mental health battles. But I forget that those around me and interact with me are also impacted by my mental health. It is not just me that feel the effects of my mental health battles. Family My family are the closest people around me every day. My temperament on any given day effects how the …

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When plugging into an outlet can help

Ever have one of those days that you wish you could forget? Maybe it wasn’t a bad day or a very stressful day, but just one that used all of your energy? Of course you have. We all have. But what do you do at the end of that stressful day? What is your outlet to plug into and relax? Do you have a hobby or maybe go to the gym? All of that energy you used during the day, how are you refilling your cup? Outlets are very important resources to help get us through the craziness we face. …

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You just never know who needs help

I wanted to share an experience with you that affected me very deeply. I have been writing this blog now for three years. Every week I hope that what I write about is helping someone. Even if it is just for you to know that you are not alone in this world. The world of mental health is much larger, and it doesn’t help that it still fights against a stigma that started hundreds of years ago. Occasionally, I might hear from someone that what I have written about has touched them, but the other day, all of this work …