People will always fake being okay when on the inside they are dying. Remember to be kind to others because everyone has a bad day, and sometimes, they don't mean to be rude to you or hurt your feelings. Confession #2 I share with you why it's easier to fake like everything's okay rather than openly talking or sharing how you truly feel. Sometimes, it's hard for other people to truly understand what's it's like to walk in your shoes. So, it's easy for those who struggle to not openly talk about it mostly because you don't want to answer all the uncomfortable questions that they might get asked.   

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I think one of the bravest thing you can do is openly share about your mental health illness when I know that #1 it can be so scary to do and #2 you might be scared at how people are going to react to what you have to say. So, I’m so grateful that for my first podcast interview, I got to interview an amazing woman like Abby. Abby’s a wife, beachbody coach, and food relationship coach who shares her stories about struggling with mental health and helps other build a healthier relationship with food, exercise, and themselves. In today’s episode she opens up with me about her struggles with anxiety, depression, and eating disorder. She talks about finding her passion in coaching and working with others also how she’s grown over the years and found coping mechanisms that has helped her since first dealing with her first anxiety attack. Being able to connect with someone else who knows what your going through can be empowering. So, thank you again to Abby and enjoy!

Connect with Abby on Instagram - @abbswithabby_new

Abby’s podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2S0CRzkecgDFn07V2WvmS7?si=ab16fc814d644aa1

Abby’s blog - https://unhurry.in/category/columns/food-my-friend/

You can also access her podcast and blog on her Instagram home page! Remember to go over there, give her a follow, and show her some love.

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Living with schizophrenia can be hard because many with this mental health disorder can experience combinations of hallucinations, delusions, extremely disordered thinking, and behavior that impairs daily functioning and that can be disabling for them. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost tough with reality, which can be distressing for them and for their family and friends. People with this disorder are just like everyone and shouldn’t be seen any other way. So, today we are going to learn more about this illness and how it affects the person who has it.

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Have you ever have an intense fear of abandonment or instability and have difficulty tolerating being alone? You might be suffering from a mental health illness known as borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others, causing problems functioning in everyday life. It includes self-image issues, difficulty managing emotions and behavior, and a pattern of unstable relationships. If you have borderline personality disorder, don’t get discouraged. Many people with this disorder get better over time with treatment and can learn to live satisfying lives. So, come along with me as we learn everything, we need to know about borderline personality disorder.

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Check out episode eight about asking for help - https://anchor.fm/depressionwhatsyourdeal/episodes/Asking-for-help-isnt-a-weakness-e19333f

Welcome to confessions of depression, I want to share with you a little bit of the behind the scenes of what it’s like to having depression. All the thoughts and feelings that come up even when life throws things at you that makes you change your daily life. Right now, I’ve been dealing with shoulder pain, that has changed my daily life from how I sleep, to what I can do, and to the changes I’ve had to make at work. So, this is like a depression diary to just be able to share with you what it’s like dealing with depression. Today’s confession is all about how I’ve been feeling since I injured my shoulder and how I kind message from a childhood friend has helped me realize to always see the positive even in the ugly.

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When dealing with a mental health illness sometimes self-care can be a challenge because we find it hard to be motivated to do so and we find it even harder to reconnect with ourselves. But it shouldn’t be this way, we should be able to find ways to reconnect with ourselves and in the beautiful irony is that self-care is the very thing that would begin to heal our mental health. Most people in general struggling when it comes to implementing self-care. In our day and age of all the phone scrolling we do and the constant need for that stimulation, self-care can get pushed back on our to-do lists. Dealing with a mental health illness at times can be hard, difficult, self-hurting, and downright confusing. So, today I want to share with you six self-care tips to help you reconnect back with yourself.

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Do you feel like recently you’ve had intense shifts in your mood, energy levels, thinking patterns or behavior? How long do you feel like their lasting, is it for hours, days, weeks, or even months and you also feeling like it’s starting to interrupt your ability to carry out day-to-day tasks? You might be suffering from having or dealing with bipolar disorder also known as manic depression. Bipolar disorder (manic depression) is a chronic mood disorder that’s causes intense shifts in mood, energy levels and behavior. Manic and hypomanic episodes are the main sign of the condition, and most people with bipolar disorder also have depressive episodes. So, let’s dive deeper into this lifelong mood disorder and learn more about what it is and how it can affect the ones who are struggling with this disorder every day.

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Developing open communication about your mental health is going to be the key ingredient in your mental health recovery. Being able to communicate how you feel can help others to understand you better and we all want to be understood. However, mental distress can affect communication, so there are times when it can be much harder to find the words even for articulate people. Forming those health relationships with friends and family are going to be part of your recovery process because when you feel like your understood then you don’t ever have to feel like you’re fighting this battle alone. No one want’s to ever feel misunderstood, therefore we need to start having more open conversations about our mental health journeys, struggles, and fears. The more we share, the more comfortable others will feel, and the easier it will be to understand. If they don’t know what’s going on with you then how do, we expect them to ever understand the struggles we feel every day.    

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What happens when your depression lasts two years or more and you start to feel sad or are in a dark mood most of your day? You might not realize that what you’re suffering from is persistent depression, but how do you know that this the type of depression you’re suffering from. So, let’s discuss how you could be suffering from this type of depression. When there are so many different types, it can be hard to pinpoint which one you might be suffering from. So, in today’s episode we are going to go into every detail about what persistent depression is and how it can affect someone’s life. So, let’s start learning together about this type of depression that you might be suffering from and don’t even realize it.

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