Nurturing a Friendship This series on How to Encourage a Depressed Friend continues with tip #3 – Spend One-on-One Time Together. Tip #2 gave suggestions for how to be available Read More …
Encourage Friends: Tip # 3 – One-on-One Time
Tag: mental illness
I Am #MoreThan Mental Illness. I Am Me!
Who Am I? I am a wife, mom, and grandma. I’m a writer and musician. I am a peer specialist in the behavioral health field. I am many things. But, Read More …
How do I encourage a friend with mental illness?
One of the biggest challenges for people who live with mental illness, or disabilities of any kind, is finding the support they need. Why? If we don’t have firsthand experience, Read More …
What is Cyclothymia? A Difficult Diagnosis
Essays on Mental Illness. Cyclothymia. I’d never heard of that condition until I read the testimony from today’s guest blogger. Judith Vander Wege tells her story of living with cyclothymia, Read More …
Depression & Anxiety – Acceptance & Success
I’ve been told more than once that I don’t look or act like someone with a mental illness. What does that person look like or act like, anyway? Mental illness Read More …
‘Tis the Season for SAD
Finding Joy in the Holidays It’s not fair. This is supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year,” according to a classic holiday tune. Yet, here I am, Read More …