mentalhealth

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And how is your day so far?

#meme #adhdmeme #mentalhealth #neurodiversity

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Resilience and happiness are related — building strong teams incorporates both. If you are tasked with wellness and well-being programs at your business or organization, learn how a one hour reset session can contribute to better outcomes. For a free consultation to learn how these scientifically-proven methods can contribute to your success, click the link below:

https://calendly.com/mckra1g/meet-greet-immersion

#Happiness #MentalHealth #wellBeing #health #wellness #lifeCoach #Mindset

Headline: GET HAPPY
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During this one-hour session, you will learn science-based techniques and actions you can take RIGHT NOW to shift your mindset.

• Happiness Level Assessment
• Defining Your Happiness Set Point®
• Identifying the Happiness Continuum®
• Detailed Slide Deck & Collateral Materials
• Free Circuit Train Your Brain ebook

Pictured: at left a woman wearing a white lab coat holding up a molecule model. At right, a huge yellow smiley fact balloon. Next to it is a man holding a plastic brain with his right hand and pointing to it with his left index finger. He, too, is wearing a white lab coat.

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For the first time in months, I forced myself to get off the f—ing computer and go for a f—ing walk, where I met this little guy...

If at all possible, go outside sometime...

...your brain may stay in its spiral

...you may not notice any beauty

...but you may just encounter a random #cat in the middle of Amish farmland (who has no respect for it not being #Caturday) and be reminded for a moment that life...life is a thing

#MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #CatsOfMastodon

A grey cat I "met" whilst walking has his front paw on my chest and is looking up directly into my face as I caress the back of his neck. He has a look of contentment on his face and (while not evident in the photo) is purring deeply.

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We're Investigating Mental Health Care Access. Share Your Insights.
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ProPublica’s reporters want to talk to #MentalHealth providers, health #insurance insiders and #patients as we examine the U.S. mental health care system.

If that’s you, reach out.

#Health #News #Doctors #HealthCare #Hospitals #Nurses #Wellness

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/tell-us-about-mental-health-care-access?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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THEY’RE HERE! My self-care adult coloring books arrived just now. I haven’t uploaded them to my website store (yet), but if you would like one, send $9.99 USD & your address to me at $mckra1g (CashApp) or @mckra1g (Venmo). Free shipping in the U.S. (add $3.00 for intl addresses).

#art #books #SelfCare #creativity #FediGiftShop #mind #MentalHealth #writing #journal #SelfHelp

Me holding my coloring book, “Self-Care Scribbles.” Behind the book, the rest of the boxed shipment is visible.

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Physically healthy 28-year-old woman schedules euthanasia due to depression
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- 23 minutes ago | 19 points | 9 comments
- URL: https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/physically-healthy-28-year-old-419986
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39927759
- Summary: A 28-year-old Dutch woman, Zoraya ter Beek, who suffers from severe depression, autism, and borderline personality disorder despite being physically healthy, has scheduled euthanasia in May due to her deteriorating mental health. She has a 40-year-old boyfriend and two cats and previously aspired to become a psychiatrist. Her boyfriend and healthcare ethicist Stef Groenewoud believe she's become an increasingly common exception in the Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been legal since 2001, particularly among young people with psychiatric disorders. Zoraya plans to be cremated and wants no music during the procedure. She was inspired to speak publicly about her decision out of a desire to educate others. Corners: #mentalhealth #assistedsuicide #euthanasia #Netherlands #healthcare.

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Okay. My Mastodon feed is, on the whole, way nicer than my old Twitter feed, but the ratio of horrifying/depressing news to interesting/happy news is still way too high.

I’m looking for suggestions for generally happy/upbeat stuff and people to follow, to try and balance things out a bit. Because I want to stay informed of the lousy stuff happening in the world, but I don’t want to be utterly deluged by it.

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Time to re-up this from Awkward Yeti: (Nick Seluk)
https://linktr.ee/theawkwardyeti
#trauma #MentalHealth

Awkward Yet's cartoon: Heart is carring a big load of past trauma. Next frame, bad news, pandemic, and stress have been added to the load. Heart, carrying this big load, worriedly approaches a minor inconvenience, in the form of a small raised edge in the sidewalk, which of course, causes Heart to trip and fall, spilling the entire huge load all over the ground. Heart has burst into tears.

Brain (to whom the load Heart is carrying is invisible) approahces from behind and scolds Heart, "I think you're overreacting."

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Experts ignoring the elephant in the room, younger generations are sick and tired of CAPITALISM, it's not 'smartphones' or whatever bullshit excuse the Media comes up with, it's the very toxic society you've forced on us which is making us ill.

#MentalHealth #Capitalism #UKPOL #Ukpolitics

The number of people who are economically inactive due to health reasons
has risen from about 2 million before the pandemic to 2.8 million today,
while more than 10% of people in their 20s and early 30s say they are
disabled because of mental health.
Experts blame the surge in mental health conditions on a range of factors,
including the trauma of the pandemic, the rise in social media use among
young children and underfunded mental health provision. Ministers
however believe doctors are part of the problem because of their tendency to
list minor conditions as serious illness.

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Full of Journaling Prompts and Self-Care Exercises along w/illustrated affirmations awaiting your talented flourish, this coloring book is designed to help you lower your stress, focus your intentions and expand your well-being!

Please email info@mollycantrellkraig.co for bulk orders over 50 copies for special rates.

https://mollycantrellkraig.co/product/self-care-scribbles-coloring-book/

#stressRelief #HR #coloringBooks #books #art #journaling #happiness #affirmations #LifeCoach #focus #FediGiftShop #writing #MentalHealth #manifestation

Front cover of my coloring book for adults. Three amorphous blobs in yellow, teal and red are arranged in a diagonal pattern. Upon them is an illustration of a line art "Be Kind To Your Mind" brain with hearts, connected to a scribble. The title reads: Self-Care Scribbles, by Molly Cantrell-Kraig. A companion coloring book to Circuit Train Your Brain • Daily Habits That Build Resilience. To the lower left is a cream-colored cup full of colored pencils. The cup reads "self care" in a handwriting font and one of my small square logos.

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I can confidently diagnose #betterhelp as sociopaths.

Promised therapy customers privacy...then gave their mental health info to advertisers.

Victims get less than ten bucks each.

Company made billion+ in revenue last year alone.

In a just society with good privacy laws, they'd face existential civil & criminal consequences.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/betterhelp-therapy-class-action-settlement-refund/507-b4ef5e0f-c722-4562-95e9-c3cdd7738d1a

#therapy #psychology #privacy #psychotherapy #mentalhealth #telehealth #medicine #HIPAA #surveillancecapitalism #advertising #facebook #meta

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Nice review of the evidence for banning phones in schools. This reviews huge studies across numerous countries. The big takeaway: there’s no effect on children’s outcomes. According to the latest evidence, cell phone bans don’t work.

https://theconversation.com/we-looked-at-all-the-recent-evidence-on-mobile-phone-bans-in-schools-this-is-what-we-found-224848

#Psychology #SocialMedia #smartphones #phoneBans #childmentalhealth #mentalhealth

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COMIC: Mental

In fact, “not being ok” is encouraged here

#corporatelife #mentalhealth #Comics #WebComic #alarminglybad

Alarmingly Bad comic where a corporate meeting is telling it’s lackeys that mental health is important

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The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents’ #MentalHealth.

Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.

#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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When #Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead
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Despite past misconduct, some former therapists have continued their careers as life coaches.

Now, after a high-profile conviction in #Utah, legislators are asking whether it’s time for more oversight.

#Health #HealthCare #MentalHealth #News #LifeCoach #Therapy

https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-therapists-life-coaches-regulation

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Telling people to fuck off when needed is kindness to *oneself* (just so yanno).

They aren’t on the Fediverse, but you can learn more about the Female Collective here:

https://wearefemalecollective.com/

#feminism #patriarchy #Pride #BlackMastodon #kindness #MentalHealth #LGBTQ #trans #women #life #enby #gender #nonbinary #queer

A pink “sandwich board” sign in the sidewalk with all caps letters that read:

You can be a kind person with a good heart and still tell people to fuck off when needed.

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#USA #Swimming #therapy #dog retires, named honorary member of the team
 The #swimmers requested #TherapyDogs to minimize their #anxiety at the #Olympics.  “So many people find animals as a calming essence,” said Emily Klueh, manager of #MentalHealth & #emotional #wellness for USA Swimming. “athletes are looking for … environments where they can get away from the hype, [where] they can calm their nervous systems down.”

#DogsOfMastodon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/06/20/olympic-trials-swimming-dog-therapy-izzo/

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Replacing some or all of your #lawn with native plants and food is one way to support each other and the environment – but it truly does so much more than that.

Here are some significant research-backed and expert-approved benefits you’ll experience when you make the switch.

#nolawn #nolawns #rewilding #gardening #biodiversity #cities #urbannature #insects #ecology #landscaping #ediblelandscaping #mentalhealth #bees

https://www.rewildingmag.com/6-reasons-to-downsize-your-lawn/

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I'm Charli! I'm a bisexual trans girl on a quest to improve my mental health, find more of my authentic self, make new community connections, and maybe get a bit closer to happiness as I go.

I live in Oregon's Portland metro. I love punk rock and 80s new wave music. I'm almost knowledgeable enough with Linux to be annoying. And I can hyperfixate over old shorthand textbooks like you wouldn't believe.

I struggle with anxiety, depression, sensory processing, depersonalization, and the typical difficulties of navigating life while being neurodivegent. I believe talking about mental health shouldn't be stigmatized.

🔞 My posts may discuss NSFW topics. DNI if under 18. 🔞

#trans #bisexual #omnisexual #lgbtq #lgbt #mentalhealth #sexpositive #depression #anxiety #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #portland #beaverton #hillsboro #pdx #linux #punk #badreligion #punkrock #newwave #coffee #tea #horror #horrormovies #gaming #nailpolish #meditation #f1 #simracing #popart #shorthand

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1/2 Literal Crazy Shit

You ever wonder if Mastodon is even real? Like, maybe it's just a way for my brain to conceptualize hundreds of voices in a meaningful and organized way (laughs to self, spitting coffee everywhere because of "organized")?

I mean, I am pretty sure it's real, but also back when I was was on birdsite, I had a major psychotic experience that was not of short duration. Much of the experience was lived through a sort of virtual reality, with birdsite as the operating system. Even when I was not actively on social media, the people around me were still part of it, like working "offline" or something.

I experienced some probably not real things, with possibly not real people, doing and saying probably not real things. I say "probably" because i have no way of lnowing. But also I don't know what was what, because I hid it from everybody thinking they would think I am crazy. Yeah, I was literally crazy, thinking other people were crazy, and worried people would think I'm crazy.

#Schizoaffective #Schizophrenia #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Psychosis #Bipolar

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Getting swag and stuff ready for my Happy For No Reason® presentation next week (July 16th) at the Crest Hill Branch of the White Oak Library District. The topic is “Happiness At A Cellular Level.” I’ll be sharing science-based tips and techniques designed to boost your happiness. It’s free to attend, but registration is required. Info at the link:

https://whiteoak.librarycalendar.com/event/happiness-cellular-level-2524

#happiness #speaker #HFNR #library #chicago #mindset #mentalHealth #author #stress #wellness #SelfCare #SelfHelp

Overhead shot of my dining room table. Coloring books, markers, scissors and mini-tubs of Play-Doh are scattered about.

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Talk of mental health/suicide

Time to share all the stitchy stuff here...again.

This pattern is called Death by Cross Stitch, it is by Long Dog Samplers. Stitched on white 16ct aida fabric, using approx 370 metres of black DMC thread, 6 needles used. Final stitched area is - 55cm wide and 69cm high.
It took me 2 years to complete this, with lots of breaks.

This was a labour of love, a challenge and a reward to myself. Part of my #MentalHealth journey.

A few years ago, I was in a really bad place, had made an attempt to take my own life. Then I fought for help, was told I didn't meet criteria for mental health support from the NHS. I managed to get counselling through the local carers centre which did help. After an argument with my GP, who screamed at me "What do you want me to do?", and my response of "your job, refer me to psychology", I got an appointment with a trainee psychologist for CBT. Now anyone who is autistic knows that CBT is an absolute load of shite - or it is for me anyway, my brain is suddenly going to be fixed with 6 sessions telling me to change how I think. Anyways, I told that trainee that as a reward for keeping myself alive, I was going to start "Death by Cross Stitch"....I think at that point, she realised that my sense of humour is a bit warped.

Counselling helped more than CBT. Cross stitch is what keeps me alive more than anything. I've been accused of being obsessed with stitching...and yes, I am, because it calms me and stops me disappearing on a downward spiral. Its a form of mindfulness for me, nothing else exists when I stitch and my brain calms down - which is really handy when ADHD is yelling at me to move, but my broken body is begging for me to sit down.

Studies have been done that show how beneficial crafting can be for mental health, and I fully agree with them. Death by Cross Stitch kept me living, and signing my death certificate (the final page in the pattern bundle) was a happy moment.

So yeah, thats the story behind why I tortured myself with Death by Cross Stitch. Pandemic will be my next Long Dog Sampler...once I start another dozen projects that is.

I'll keep stitching to keep myself alive.

#CrossStitch #MentalHealth #Autism #ADHD #Disabled

A large cross stitch project.
Black stitching on white fabric. There is a solid black line border. The pattern is a sampler so includes the alphabet, animals, random geometric patterns.

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Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes #Insurance
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Those who need #therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have #health insurance.

Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable.

#News #HealthCare #MentalHealth #Government #Business #Law #Doctors #Hospital #Patients

https://projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-the-network/

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New #Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for #MentalHealth Care Coverage
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The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.

#News #Health #Insurance #Regulation #Government #Therapy

https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-administration-strengthens-mental-health-care-protections

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