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How Mental Illness Affects Families

A Word This article on how mental illness affects families is in support of any member of my family who has been negatively affected by my behavior. My behavior at its worst frequently includes verbal attacks, emotional abuse, bullying, and harassment to name a few....

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How to Achieve and Maintain Emotional Sobriety

https://youtu.be/ztSv2wYIv14 My Personal Epiphany After having months of crisis after crisis this year, I began learning how to achieve and maintain emotional sobriety. For me, emotional sobriety is showing up for myself emotionally each day. I do this through...

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What to Do When Family Members Don’t Like You

When Family Members Don’t Like You Some Background when family members don't like you Recently, I have had some painful experiences with family members who don’t like me or support me. I found this particularly difficult because I’m spoiled on a daily basis, with...

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Guest Article: Facing My Shadow

This article is the personal narrative of  “The Mike Veny Show” co-host and journalist, Leanna Johnson, who deals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It may be triggering to anyone who has dealt with trauma, abuse, or assault. She is not a mental health...

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The Art of Learning to Sit with Your Feelings

The Art of Learning to Sit with Your Feelings

All human beings experience emotions. They are a critical component of our lives and crucial to our survival. We are designed to feel a broad range of emotions, some of which might be comfortable, and others may be uncomfortable. There are no two ways about it: we all...

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Mental Health in Residential Housing: Tips for Staff

Let’s face it; our society has many challenges. Mental health issues rank among the major stumbling blocks that are fearlessly threatening our existence. Most people would agree that a person living with a mental illness needs treatment. One place that has seen a rise...

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The Top 5 School Mental Health Speakers

https://youtu.be/3uRkVQQLXYE Mike Veny is a mental health motivational speaker for middle school and high school students.Learn more about his programs here. How would the world be without the young people? Would striving for a better future be worthwhile? Would we,...

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Lifelines Suicide Prevention Program with Maureen Underwood

We all know that being young comes with a lot of difficulties. It’s an emotional, turbulent time full of break-ups, preparation for the future, and trying to find out who you are in the world. Unfortunately, all too often, the difficulties of this formative period can...

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