2022-10-28 21:00
Ashley’s family sadly wishes to inform her readers that she passed away on October 9th. She could no longer bear the suffering she was experiencing and finally succumbed to her severe… Read More
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Challenging stigma by getting loud and proud about mental illness
2022-10-09 16:12
We all get spammy new followers, but what exactly is the point? In this post, I thought we could chat about that.
First, what do I mean by spammy followers? I’m talking about people… Read More
2022-10-05 15:00
Overcoming Stress-Induced Brain Fog by Jill Weber covers ten strategies to find focus and make your mind work better. It’s aimed at people who are experiencing brain fog due to chronic… Read More
2022-10-03 15:00
I was recently browsing the blog of Pete Earley, the author of the book Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness, and I came across a post on a recent Man… Read More
2022-10-02 15:00
A lot of us having social sharing buttons on our blogs, but how often do people actually use them? I have no idea, so I thought it would be interesting to chat about it.
I don’t oft… Read More
2022-09-28 15:00
You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health by Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s medical director, is the first book released by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The book… Read More
2022-09-27 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is thought-action fusion.
Thought-action fusion (TAF) happens when people believ… Read More
2022-09-26 15:00
People had a lot to say in response to my recent post Suicidality and Other People’s Perspective, so I thought it would be good to have another down and dirty chat about the reality of… Read More
2022-09-25 15:00
The WordPress Reader can be a fascinating place to poke around and look at other people’s blog-ish habits. One of the things that interests (and puzzles) me is the like-for-like phenom… Read More
2022-09-23 16:30
Image by Tumisu from PixabayI wanted to share with you a new podcast created by my friend Mike Edward called Living with Chronic Mental Illness. It’s about his own journey with chronic… Read More
2022-09-21 15:00
I was all kinds of excited when I was browsing Netgalley and came across Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience by Dr. Joe Schwarcz, the director at McGill University’s Office for Sc… Read More
2022-09-20 15:00
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2022-09-19 15:32
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2022-09-18 15:00
This is a mystery I’ve been wondering about for a while now, and I’ve never been able to come up with an answer. A few years back, WordPress introduced a feature in the browser v… Read More
2022-09-14 15:00
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv explores the different ways in which people try to make sense of mental illness, both on an individual and… Read More
2022-09-13 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is eustress vs. distress.
The concepts of eustress and distress were first descr… Read More
2022-09-12 15:00
Vic, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsEnergy budgeting and procrastination both involve putting tasks off until later, but one is healthy and the other isn’t. So what’s the differ… Read More
2022-09-11 15:00
I like learning new things; it helps to keep life interesting, and it’s good exercise for the brain. There are a lot of great free courses out there online, and I thought I would pull… Read More
2022-09-07 15:00
Everything You Need to Know About OCD by Dr. Lynne M. Drummond with Laura J. Edwards is, as the title suggests, a comprehensive book covering OCD and its treatment. The lead author clearly h… Read More
2022-09-06 15:00
Impostor syndrome, masking, social belonging, and inadequacy – that’s a lot of things crammed into one title! The comments on a post I did a while back (Do You Experience Imposto… Read More
2022-08-31 15:00
Stop Overthinking Your Relationship by Alicia Muñoz addresses ruminative thinking patterns that can damage relationships.
The author describes rumination as a pattern of passive ra… Read More
2022-08-29 15:00
I got thinking about this recently while reading The Happiness Trap. In it, Russ Harris pointed out that the comfort zone often isn’t actually comfortable. It may involve a heck of a l… Read More
2022-08-28 15:00
Over the last couple of months I’ve been learning to code, partly just for the sake of something to learn, but also partly for the sake of developing a child theme for my blog. In this… Read More
2022-08-24 15:00
The Panic Attack Relief Workbook by Mayra Diaz lays out a seven-week plan for people to be able to better manage panic. It incorporates cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and co… Read More
2022-08-23 16:15
Are We There Yet? is a memoir by my lovely blogging friend Elizabeth Jones about her recovery from depression. I like how she conceptualizes recovery: “Recovery is a lifelong journey… Read More
2022-08-22 15:00
I’m not sure what made this pop into my head, but I thought it would be interesting to discuss what we would like to happen when/after we die. It’s a slightly different question… Read More
2022-08-17 15:00
Overcoming Trauma and PTSD by Sheela Raja is a workbook that incorporates elements of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and dialectical behaviour… Read More
2022-08-16 15:00
Image by Andrew Martin from PixabayPeople are dumb; there’s nothing new about that. Public ignorance about depression in particular was on display recently in a news article I came acr… Read More
2022-08-14 15:00
This final instalment of the blogging toolbox series covers tips and tools for growing your blog, including search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. The other posts in the series are:… Read More
2022-08-10 15:00
Be Mighty by Jill A. Stoddard draws on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help women free themselves from the anxiety, worry, and stress that are holding them back.
The author obs… Read More
2022-08-09 15:00
My blogging friend Ang of Lose Weight with Ang (who’s previously guest posted for MH@H on orthorexia), has developed a new course called Weight Loss for Binge Eaters, and I wanted to s… Read More
2022-08-08 15:11
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Temperature
At what temperature do you think it’s just totally inhumane not to have air conditioning?
25º C (77º F): 11%30&or&hell…Read More
2022-08-07 15:00
This instalment of the blogging toolbox series covers the content we publish on our blogs, including copyright issues and writing tools. The other posts in the series are:
Blogging Toolbo… Read More
2022-08-03 15:00
The Mindfulness Workbook for Self-Love by Joel Black, LCSW, helps readers to use mindfulness to be more self-compassionate and promote greater well-being. The first part of the book looks at… Read More
2022-08-02 15:00
NIMBYism, the idea that certain development projects are okay, but Not In My BackYard, is discrimination with a prettier hat on. NIMBYs don’t come right out and say the actual reasons… Read More
2022-08-01 15:00
Image by Andreas Breitling from PixabayIt’s time for another round of not-serious survey questions! This batch is on summery topics. I’ll post the results next week.
You c… Read More
2022-07-31 15:00
There’s no rule that you have to use images with your blog, but they can certainly help to make it visually appealing for readers. This post covers some useful things to know when usin… Read More
2022-07-27 15:00
Sh*t I Say to Myself by Katie Krimer aims to help readers change their negative self-talk. The author is a therapist, and also describes herself as “a recovered negative thinker and se… Read More
2022-07-26 15:00
Positivity can be a good thing, but toxic positivity not so much. So, what’s the difference? I’d say that positivity is about finding the good that exists despite the bad, while… Read More
2022-07-25 15:00
988 LifelineI recently came across a CBC News article titled Mental Health Experts Say Canada Needs a 3-digit Suicide Crisis Hotline. The US just implemented its own 988 lifeline on July 16… Read More
2022-07-24 15:00
For all its quirks and bugs, WordPress is a great place to find and build a blogging community. There’s a lot to learn along the way, and perhaps this post will address some things you… Read More
2022-07-19 15:00
Image by prettysleepy1 from PixabayDepression can affect mood in a number of ways, including causing irritability. This is sometimes a feature of my own depression, and it can get pretty ugl… Read More
2022-07-18 15:00
Image by Stefan Schweihofer from PixabayGlobal warming is definitely a thing, and with a heat wave happening in the UK, I thought I’d do a quick post about ways to cope with extreme he… Read More
2022-07-17 15:00
In my post a little while back about blogging goals, a few people mentioned hoping to make money off of their blog. There are plenty of articles out there that will make you think that you c… Read More
2022-07-12 15:00
I consider myself a mental health advocate, but what does that actually mean? It probably means different things to different people, but let’s chat about it.
What a mental health a… Read More
2022-07-11 15:00
Image by Andreas Breitling from PixabayHere are the results of last week’s survey that I’m sure you’ve been waiting for with bated breath. It was an assortment of questions… Read More
2022-07-10 15:00
The blogosphere changes over time, and so do the individual blogs that populate it. In this week’s blogging chat, I thought it would be interesting to look at how our own blogs have ev… Read More
2022-07-07 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is atypical depression.
“Atypical features” is a specifier that desc… Read More
2022-07-06 15:00
I read the first edition of The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris a number of years ago and really liked it, so I was excited to read the new second edition. The book is based on acceptance comm… Read More
2022-07-05 15:00
Impostor syndrome interests me, in large part because I don’t have it and I have a hard time wrapping my head around it. The doubting one’s abilities part I can definitely unders… Read More
2022-07-04 15:00
Image by Andreas Breitling from PixabayThe last survey I did here on the blog was on mental illness and hygiene, which isn’t a very upbeat topic. This time around, I’ve got a fun… Read More
2022-07-03 15:00
I think most of us like to bitch and complain about WordPress sometimes, because hey, why not? There seems to be a regular lineup of things to complain about. So for this week’s bloggi… Read More
2022-06-30 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT-E.
I first heard of CBT-E… Read More
2022-06-29 15:00
What Makes You Stronger by Louise L. Hayes, Joseph V. Ciarrochi, and Ann Bailey uses an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) approach to support greater psychological flexibility. The aut… Read More
2022-06-28 15:00
Intelligence (the kind that’s measured on an IQ test) is one kind of human ability. Its importance sometimes gets overinflated, but other times, it seems to get framed as a negative th… Read More
2022-06-27 15:00
When it comes to expectations, my preference is to aim low and then be happy when I meet or exceed them. I know that approach doesn’t work for everyone, so I wanted to explore when it… Read More
2022-06-26 15:00
This is kind of old news by now, as it was in early April that WordPress.com announced it was changing up the plan options, and it was in late May that they added the Starter plan option. Ho… Read More
2022-06-23 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is moral typecasting.
Moral typecasting is a concept first described in a 2009 p… Read More
2022-06-22 15:00
How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety by psychologist Ellen Hendriksen offers cognitive behavioural therapy-based strategies to help readers overcome soci… Read More
2022-06-21 15:00
Photo by Polina Zimmerman on Pexels.comThanks to everyone who filled out the survey last week on mental illness and hygiene. Now it’s time for the results!
In order to protect priva… Read More
2022-06-20 15:00
Image by Colin Behrens from PixabayWords interest me, which I suppose makes sense given that I do a lot of reading and writing. I’m particularly interested in the power that some words… Read More
2022-06-19 15:00
If you’ve been blogging for a few years, you’ve probably noticed that traffic to your blog will sometimes drop off for no apparent reason. It can be easy to personalize these ebb… Read More
2022-06-16 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is concept creep.
The term concept creep was first described by psychologist Nic… Read More
2022-06-15 15:00
The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction, 2nd ed., by Rebecca E. Williams and Julie S. Kraft uses mindfulness strategies to help readers explore the losses and avoidance of feelings that have… Read More
2022-06-14 15:00
Photo by Polina Zimmerman on Pexels.comMental illness can be a barrier to hygiene, and I’m curious how much of a barrier it is for people, so I came up with a survey.
I want people… Read More
2022-06-13 15:00
Image by 3D Animation Production Company from PixabayAnhedonia, which refers to decreased ability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable things, is a core symptom of depression; in f… Read More
2022-06-12 15:00
Most of us have assorted beefs with WordPress, but do we know who we’re actually annoyed at? Not necessarily. WordPress is complicated, with a lot of different things going on. The mor… Read More
2022-06-09 15:00
Image by Grégory ROOSE from PixabayIn this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is cognitive mapping, the creation of men… Read More
2022-06-08 15:00
Your Brain, Explained by Marc Dingman explores the weird and interesting ways in which our brains work. The author aims to find a happy medium between complex neuroscience and brain talk dum… Read More
2022-06-07 15:00
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I first learned about the wheel of wellness recently from Laura at Keeping It Creative. It’s a concept that the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (… Read More
2022-06-06 15:00
I find it interesting that people seem to love to hate on Big Pharma, but attitudes towards the natural products industry seem to be much more positive. I’m not trying to suggest t… Read More
2022-06-05 15:00
For this week’s blogging chat, I thought it would be interesting to talk about people’s blogging goals. That’s not to say that you need to have goals; there’s… Read More
2022-06-02 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week, we’re going to look at the psychology behind selfies.
Smartphones and social media… Read More
2022-06-01 15:14
What Happened to Make You Anxious? by Jaime Castillo aims to help readers uncover and process the unresolved past little-t traumas that are fuelling their anxiety. It incorporates concep… Read More
2022-05-31 15:00
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Self-sabotage seems like it should be a pretty unnatural thing to do, but that’s just not the case, so I thought it would be interesting to chat about it. And sinc… Read More
2022-05-30 15:07
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Guns kill people, and sometimes they kill a bunch of people in one go, as happened in the recent grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, and the scho… Read More
2022-05-29 15:00
There’s a lot that one can learn about blogging, and one of the things I like about it is that there’s always more to learn. But do you actually need to fuss over learning the te… Read More
2022-05-26 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is rejection sensitive dysphoria.
You may have heard of rejection sensit… Read More
2022-05-25 15:00
The Black Woman’s Guide to Overcoming Domestic Violence by Shayonne J. Moore-Lobran and Robyn L. Gobin offers support for women who are or have been in abusive relationships while… Read More
2022-05-24 15:00
I’m not in therapy, but I do have a therapy journal filled with my favourite therapy concepts and tools (the notebook it lives in is from the lovely Candace at Revenge of Eve)… Read More
2022-05-23 15:00
Sometimes, hospitalization for mental illness happens involuntarily and isn’t under our control. Other times, though, an inpatient stay is something we have to ponder and weigh… Read More
2022-05-22 15:00
Comments can be a great thing about blogging, but they can also be a source of stress. In this week’s blogging chat, I wanted to talk about whether people ever choose to turn off c… Read More
2022-05-19 15:00
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I don’t typically review fiction, but this review is of All the Lights Above Us, the first novel by my blogging friend M.B. Henry. It’s historical fiction and depicts h… Read More
2022-05-18 15:00
You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type by psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen was interesting (of the raised eyebrow variety). I was vaguely aware… Read More
2022-05-17 15:00
Google offers this definition for affectionate: “readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness.” Some people are more affectionate than others, and not everyone shows… Read More
2022-05-16 15:00
This post explores some of the issues that came up in Todd Rose’s book Collective Illusions, which I reviewed a few months ago. Collective illusions are the social norms and ex… Read More
2022-05-15 15:00
I think it’s part of the blogging package deal that sometimes insecurities will creep up. With stats being so in your face, it’s hard not to get caught up in them sometim… Read More
2022-05-12 15:00
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week’s term is schema therapy.
My friends Wandering Sprout and SH both do schema the… Read More
2022-05-11 15:00
Secret Keeper: The Joys and Struggles of Being a Therapist by Marcia Kostoff gives readers an inside look at what it’s like to be a therapist. The author is a Licensed Professi… Read More
2022-05-10 15:00
Delusions are a type of abnormal thought content that involve false beliefs that are firmly held despite evidence to the contrary. They are idiosyncratic and can’t be accounted… Read More
2022-05-09 15:00
Boredom—it’s something we probably all experience at some time or another, but some people are more prone to it than others. Let’s start off our boredom discussion… Read More
2022-05-08 15:00
If you write blog posts, you probably have some desire for people to read them. On WordPress, it’s not too hard for people to find you if you use tags and interact with other b… Read More
2022-05-05 15:00
Journalling is a fantastic tool for working through thoughts and feelings. It’s great to get the raw stuff out, but it’s not always pretty. So how does it feel when you g… Read More
2022-05-04 15:00
Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety by Sally M. Winston and Martin N. Seif uses a cognitive behaviour therapy approach to help readers deal with chronic indecisiveness, avoidance, and ca… Read More
2022-05-03 15:00
If you’re anything like me, when someone close to you does something that feels hurtful, there’s a strong urge (sometimes a very strong urge) to react in a way that&rsquo… Read More
2022-05-02 15:00
This was originally going to be a book review of The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. However, at 800 pages, it’s a serious commitment, and I only made it partway… Read More
2022-05-01 16:00
A few bloggers I know write on Medium.com, while others (like me), have tried and then stepped away from Medium. So let’s chat about why people may or may not want to write there.
F… Read More
2022-04-29 15:00
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I need to pull my thoughts together in preparation for my first appointment with my new psychiatrist today, and I thought I might as well do it her… Read More
2022-04-28 15:00
Inside Of Me by Wendy Shipman is a novella about dealing with depression. It’s a 2020 Christian Indie Award winner in the Personal Growth category. I recently reviewed Wendy&rs… Read More
2022-04-27 15:00
How to Find Your Voice in the Middle of the Noise: Healing from Childhood Trauma is the first self-help book from Sajida Haddad of My Rollercoaster Journey; she has also published a… Read More
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