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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the United States’ largest grassroots mental health organization. NAMI is dedicated to building better lives for millions of American’s affected by mental illness through education, advocacy, listening, and awareness. Continue reading National Alliance on Mental Illness
The star of the hit show “Supernatural”, Jared Padalecki, recently opened up about his personal struggle with depression with the launch of his Represent.com t-shirt. Continue reading Always Keep Fighting
Anxiety is a huge mental stessor. When we feel anxious, our body’s “fight or flight” response kicks in. Fight or flight prepares us to struggle or escape. This response starts in your brain and branches into your nerves and bloodstream, which causes our heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing to speed up. You can experience this response any time- whether it’s during a test you feel nervous about, when something frustrates you, or when you just feel stressed in general.
You may think that the message you’re trying to get across to your friends and family through verbal words are understood perfectly, but this is almost always not the case.
A lot of the things we try to communicate get lost in translation from the time the idea crosses your thoughts to the time they are actually acted out.
It can be challenging to decide what is okay to post on your personal page and what is not okay to post. It is important to remember that anyone can see the things you and your teens talk about or the pictures that are uploaded. Keeping a clean social media site can be a great way for your teens to market themselves! Here are a few examples of what to post and what NOT to post. Talking to your teens about guidelines for posting can help a lot!
What To Post:
What Not To Post:
Can you think of anything else you see on social media that would be a bad idea for your teens to post? Let us know in the comments!
Your child may feel comfortable talking with you or their friends, you know their history, and you trust and care about each other, so why go to a therapist?
What can a therapist do that a friend or family member can’t? Continue reading Why talking to friends/family is different from talking to a therapist
Time to Change is a social movement across England to try and change the way the nation thinks and acts about mental health.
It is easy for adolescents to think that celebrities live perfect lives that we can’t even imagine. However, many celebrities face mental illness. Here are some examples of inspiring celebrities who have struggled through mental illnesses. If your adolescent looks up to any celebrities, it may be a good conversation starter!
Does your teenager or young adult’s significant other seem disrespectful or demeaning? It can be hard to start a conversation about relationships with someone of any age. One way to approach it is to talk to them about what a healthy or good relationship looks like.
