mentalhealth

supporting an anorexic friend

Hey everyone,I hope I'm in the right place. a friend of mine told me he was diagnosed with anorexia and has started therapy. Mental health issues is nothing new because pretty much everyone (including me) in our group of friends have dealt our dealing with something so I know how to behave and comfort my friends, but an eating...

7 skills to help reframe negative thoughts when social media makes you feel lousy (mashable.com)

TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook have been under fire for endangering the mental health of some young users. Credit: Vicky Leta / Mashable...

Emotional Breakdown

I'm in the middle of an emotional breakdown. I haven't been properly medicated or had effective therapy in almost a year because of not having insurance. I had gotten a job last September and moved to a different state, so lost my state sponsored insurance, and wasn't there long enough to get insurance. It took me until last...

What is your attachment style? (lemmy.world)

Your early relationship with your caregivers sets the stage for how you will build relationships as an adult. Your attachment style shows how you relate to other people....

100 journaling prompts, from silly to deep (drive.google.com)

Boundary-setting sentences (lemmy.world)

Does Rejection Hurt? An fMRI Study of Social Exclusion (drive.google.com)

SUMMARY...

A game for when you are having a bad day. (youfeellikeshit.com)

This is a feeling wheel! This is used to help you find the best description for what you're going through and over time improve your ability to identify your feelings. (lemmy.world)

Advice for not properly diagnosis whatever it might be?

Good day/evening to all...

I fell in love with someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. Ultimately it led to our breakup. I wrote a poem as my goodbye to her. (lemmy.world)

My nickname for her daughter was Chicken Little.

Coping with childhood neglect and isolation

I am one of six children. Our childhoods were characterised by neglect and isolation. My mother has cronic fatigue syndrome, yet she took it upon herself to "homeschool" all of us. This led to extreme isolation, as my parents were on the fringes of society, and we children occupied a space on the fringe-of-the-fringes. There was...

Finding a non-cbt therapist

Anyone have any advice on this? I hate the way CBT makes me feel but I can't seem to find a therapist that doesn't do it. The few I've tried that did "therapy tailored to your needs" just did CBT lite. Psychology today has been my main way of finding providers, are there other sites? Is there something I should be looking for...