Tag: emotional support
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Change the Narrative • Save a Life
One of the most difficult (and depressing) things I faced as someone struggling with clinical depression was the stigma surrounding reaching out for help when help was most needed. It boggles my mind how often people question whether a diagnosis of clinical depression is legitimate and whether or not medication is necessary. It blows my…
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If Only…
While walking through the highs and lows of processing difficult trauma, I hit a stage of grief that many call bargaining. But since I know I can’t rewrite the past, I don’t like to call it that. Bargaining suggests that I have some leveraging power to change my situation through negotiation. In the aftermath of…
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Friend or Frenemy? – People Who Can Make or Break a Strong Support System
I have had a person cuss me out upon first meeting me…and then become my best friend. I have had many disagreements with close friends (some passive-aggressive and some outright ugly fights)…and yet, the friendships mended and remained strong. And I have met some real duds in my life. These are the people who pretended…
Wisdom from the Trenches 