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Estranged abuse victims have good reasons to choose separateness. But sometimes it doesn't feel so good. Learn more at HealthyPlace.

Holiday Guilt and Loneliness for Estranged Abuse Victims

The holiday season can bring feelings of community and love, but for many verbal abuse victims like myself, it's a reminder that there are family members who are no longer part of their life. Avoiding a verbally abusive situation benefits the individual but can also bring emotions of loneliness and exile with estrangement.

Distraction using games can play a vital role in self-harm recovery. Learn more about how games help stop self-harm at HealthyPlace.

Speaking Out About Self Injury

How Games Can Distract You from Self-Harm Urges

Staying in bed all day is a bad habit for some and it’s one that’s hard to break. Learn techniques to avoid staying in bed all day. More at HealthyPlace.

Breaking Bipolar

How to Not Stay in Bed All Day

More than Borderline

'More than Borderline': My Last Post

As crucial as it is, eating disorder treatment can also be traumatic. Learn why it's important to acknowledge the trauma of treatment as you recover, at HealthyPlace.

Surviving ED

Unpacking the Trauma of Treatment for Eating Disorders

Paranoid schizophrenia impacts my diet to the maximum extent. Learn what it is like to be paranoid and have to eat here, at HealthyPlace.

Creative Schizophrenia

How Paranoid Schizophrenia Impacts my Diet

Mental Illness Overview

Detailed information on taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antianxiety medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Mental Illness Overview

Effects of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy

Psychiatric hospitals are available but how do you know if you need one? Find out which psychiatric problems require this type of care.

Mental Illness Overview

Psychiatric Hospitals: How Do You Know If You Need One?

What causes mental illness? Is mental illness hereditary? Is mental illness genetic? Get answers plus the risk factors in mental illness. Read this.

Mental Illness Overview

What Causes Mental Illness? Genetics, Environment, Risk Factors

The idea of entering a mental hospital can be scary but, really, mental health hospitals are places where people can recover and feel better. More on HealthyPlace.com.

Mental Illness Overview

What’s It Like Inside a Mental Hospital?

What is mental health disability? Find out the definition and whether you quality for mental health disability benefits. All on HealthyPlace.com.

Mental Illness Overview

Mental Health Disability Definition: Are You Eligible?

he definition of mental health is different than mental illness. Get the mental health definition and see how it applies to you, on HealthyPlace.com.

Mental Illness Overview

Mental Health Definition: What Is Mental Health?

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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.

You can stay centered when external problems rock you to the core. Learn how to be centered when life is at its worst at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

How to Stay Centered When Life Feels Out of Control

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Self-advocating for your mental health is an important skill to learn. But sometimes, it can be intimidating to talk to your doctor. Learn to get past it at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

Self-Advocate for Your Mental Health: How to Talk to Doctors

Self-Advocate for Your Mental Health: How to Talk to Doctors From the HealthyPlace Mental Hea

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.

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 >