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Here's What I Do When Anxiety Accompanies Me on My Travels

Do you know the feeling when you successfully book your flight tickets and accommodation for a vacation? No, not the feeling of excitement. An uncertain feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you something might go wrong on the trip-- anxiety.

I feel like a bad person when I set boundaries to protect my mental health. Am I really a bad person though? Look into this with me at HealthyPlace.

Surviving Mental Health Stigma

Am I a Bad Person for Setting Boundaries?

Bipolar disorder symptom distraction is a critical coping skill. Learn how to distract yourself from bipolar symptoms for improved mental health.

Breaking Bipolar

Distraction from Bipolar Symptoms Works

In this post, I muse on whether or not it would be better for me to move somewhere closer to family or friends.

Anxiety-Schmanxiety

Deciding Where I Want To Live Is Stressing Me Out

Having a hobby my anxiety in a few different ways. Channeling my thoughts and energy in a new direction gets me out of my head and gives me a renewed sense of accomplishment. Learn more at HealthyPlace.

Anxiety-Schmanxiety

How Having a Hobby Helps My Anxiety

Surviving Mental Health Stigma

Depression is Not One-Size Fits All

Mental Illness Overview

Concerns were raised about the reproductive safety of paroxetine (Paxil). Learn about Paxil in pregnancy at HealthyPlace.

Mental Illness Overview

Paxil (Paroxetine) Unsafe During Pregnancy

Pregnancy does not protect the mother against depression and certain antidepressants during pregnancy may prove helpful.

Mental Illness Overview

Effects of Antidepressants in Pregnancy

Mental Illness Overview

Difference between Mental Illness and Mental Disorder

Article on antidepressant withdrawl symptoms in babies whose mothers took SSRI antidepressant medications during pregnancy. Read more.

Mental Illness Overview

Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome and SSRIs

Mental Illness Overview

List of Mental Illnesses

Calling a mental health hotline can seem scary, but knowing what happens when you call a mental health crisis hotline can make the process easier. Learn more.

Mental Illness Overview

What Happens When Calling a Mental Health Hotline?

Recent Mental Health Articles

Teen Sex

Your Budding Daughter: Some Practical Suggestions for Parents

What? Already? Puberty in Girls, Step By Step

Body Image

Being Overweight Affects Your Sex Drive

Being overweight hampers your sex life Add a bad time in bed to the list of ways

I eat lots of food, drink more than I should and the weight is hurting my sex life. I don't even find myself attractive and I'm afraid to have relationships with women. Time for rehab.

Body Image

Lots of Food. No Sex. Time for Rehab

I'M AN ADDICT.

What we pay attention to matters. We're hardwired with a negativity bias, but we don't have to stay in negativity. Learn what to pay attention to at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

Choosing What We Pay Attention to Affects Our Mental Health

What we pay attention to matters. We're hardwired with a negativity bias, but we don't have to stay in negativity. Learn what to pay attention to at HealthyPlace.

All mental health disorders and difficulties have some things in common that can make daily living hard. Learn what to do about it at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

Mental Health Challenges Are Overwhelming: How to Center

All mental health disorders and difficulties have some things in common that can make daily living hard. Learn what to do about it at HealthyPlace.

Check out these tips for self-compassion, especially if you're living with a mental illness. It's not healthy to be too hard on yourself. Get self-compassion tips at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

Don’t Let Mental Illness Bully You! Tips for Self-Compassion

Don’t Let Mental Illness Bully You!

Wondering: Do I have?

Experiencing symptoms of mental illness but are unsure of what they mean? Get trusted information, take a psychological test to help determine possible causes and treatments.

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Wondering: Do I have?

Experiencing symptoms of mental illness but are unsure of what they mean? Get trusted information, take a psychological test to help determine possible causes and treatments.

More conditions >