In This Post: Have you been wondering what to do when anxiety hits? This post is filled with simple anxiety relief techniques (from someone who feels anxious all the time) to help things feel a little less intense when anxiety hits. I can't remember a time when anxiety wasn't a major force in my ...
11 Hidden Benefits of Having Anxiety
One night last week, I got out of bed at 2 am to fold clothes and update my planner because anxiety was stealing sleep from me. I was so frustrated because I felt like anxiety was taking something I needed. For most of my anxiety-ridden life, I've wanted desperately to cure myself of my anxiety, to ...
The Impact My Dad’s Suicide Still Has on Me
7 years ago today, I came home from school to the most devastating news that my dad committed suicide (more on that moment here). Some days, I look back and have no idea how it's been 7 years and how I've manage to make it so far since then. Other days, it feels like it was yesterday and I still cry ...
Jonny Benjamin: on the bridge to erasing mental health stigma
One man saved his life, and now Jonny, who has schizoaffective disorder, is working to save lives too. On January 14th, 2008, Jonny Benjamin went to the Waterloo Bridge in London and walked towards the precipitous edge, ready to jump to his death. That all changed when a passerby saw Jonny, ...