By Raffael Boccamazzo, PsyD, LMHCA You waited for your favorite con all year. You followed it on Twitter and Facebook. You had three screens ready to rapidly refresh and get your tickets as soon as they went on sale. Four months later, you had a blast all weekend. Friends! Panels! Celebrities! Cosplay! eSports! Food! Parties! […]
When you have an anxiety disorder, there are a lot of big steps you can take to work through it, including professional help and steady self care. But smaller things are important, too. For example, your daily work habits can also go a long way toward helping you cope with anxiety — or they can […]
Memories and shame can be great fuel for our inner critics, and trying to crush them doesn’t tend to help. This comic from illustrator Jake Romano offers an alternative approach. Good memories are powerful, and they can be great armor against the negative thoughts that drag us down. In fact, a 2016 study from University […]
When you’re feeling good, the basics of self care are easy. Get out of bed. Shower. Put on clothes. Stay hydrated. Talk to another human being. Most of these things are probably part of your daily routine. But when you’re struggling with serious mental health issues, they become a lot more challenging. Paradoxically, that’s also […]
You know that critical voice we all have, the one that will do anything to convince you it’s absolutely necessary? Joy Taney does, and she shares her experience of it in this wonderful comic. Want to see more? You can find Joy’s work, including potentially NSFW body art, on Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter.
Looking for a summer project? Maybe you could build something, like a gaming table, a new PC, or a robotic buddy. While you’re at it, you can also build up your resilience with Multiply Your Happy, a month-long game from Mind Springs Health. Resilience is kind of a mental health superpower. It the trait that […]
Self-care can be exhausting work, doing the hard things required to take care of yourself even when you don’t have the time, energy or inclination. It’s not all lavender-scented candles, big fluffy blankets and cuddles with kittens. That said, there’s nothing wrong with self-care that is comforting, affirmational or cute. In fact, a Japanese study […]
This comic by artist Michael K has an important message for everyone struggling with their own transition: you deserve acceptance from yourself and others no matter where you are in your journey and no matter how you plan to move forward. You can find more of Michael’s work on Tumblr, where he has an ongoing […]
In our latest at Geek & Sundry, Lida Turner, MD, makes an argument for the very thing some of us struggle with nightly: hitting the sack in a timely fashion. Full nights with good sleep hygiene aren’t always practical, but they’re worth prioritizing. Let Lida explain the details: Not getting good sleep for a night […]
Self-care isn’t all bath bombs and retail therapy. When you’re coping with severe mental health issues, even the activities that are often considered the basics of everyday life can be a challenge. Hard as it is, managing them can be of fundamental importance to your wellbeing. So it’s worth celebrating the times you rise to […]
