Social Media is a Highlight Reel, But Please Don't Compare Yourself
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Sometimes the reason I only share the good stuff is a lot more benign. And some of it is middle-of-the-range-benign with little ways to control it.
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Please Stop Sending Solutions Saying That I Can JUST Stop Having Depression
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It’s often a video where someone explains how being more positive can “cure” (yes cure is a keyword in this case) depression and anxiety, or one proclaiming that really Soy, Dairy, over-the-counter Tylenol, Gluten is the main problem. The solution is always so simple. Don’t you want to “live without Depression”?
Read MoreAm I sure I have ADHD? How I remembered I was neurodivergent and learned Self-Compassion Again.
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That’s it. No more just maybe figuring it out when it comes to living with myself. I can’t. And it’s ok BECAUSE I know I’m neurodivergent. I have ADHD. I honestly, truly, pretended so good that I don’t in front of others that I forgot for a moment. Or 2 Years. Or I just wanted to forget so that it would be easier. But it made is so, so, so much harder. Mxiety has ADHD and that’s how it is.
Read MoreWhat The World Needs for Mental Health Advocacy Has Changed: A 6 Years Retrospective
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This World Mental Health Day marks the 6 year anniversary of starting Mxiety as a blog with live streams dedicated to advocating for openness in mental health. Inevitably, this means nostalgia, introspection, and thoughts about the future have made home in my mind for the time being. Here they are laid out to make sense from
Read MoreAuthenticity Means Something Different to Everyone
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I feel like Authenticity is the new buzzword experts love to sell as the social media growth hack with little specifics as to what it means. Here’s my take…
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