Aarthy Iyengar
Don’t Cry Like A Girl
By Aarthy Iyengar “I’m definitely glad I got that off my chest, as anybody is when you feel like you’re keeping something from someone....
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Aarthy Iyengar
- Aug 29, 2020
- 3 min
The Miracle of Music Therapy
The exciting world of music therapy!
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Zainab Husain
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
Sleep and OCD
By Zainab Husain Have you ever spent all of your night tossing and turning on your bed? Knowing this lack of sleep will affect your day...
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Elliot Mears
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
Ugly Self Care
By Elliot Mears When we think of self care - we often think of pretty baths and decadent hot chocolate; when we do this we neglect the...
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Elliot Mears
- Jul 11, 2020
- 4 min
I Don’t Owe You An Inspiring Ending - Toxic Positivity and Mental Health Dialogues
By Elliot Mears
You don’t have to ‘overcome’ your mental illness in order to talk about it... you do not owe anyone an inspirational ending.
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Noor Darwish
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
The Danger of Dismissing Mental Health
By Noor Darwish
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Elliot Mears
- Jun 14, 2020
- 5 min
Left Behind: Missing Voices From Mental Health Awareness Narratives
By Elliot Mears May was Mental Health Awareness Month and as on World Mental Health Day and other similar dates, social media was awash...
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Noor Darwish
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Portrayal of OCD in Hollywood
By Noor Darwish Having OCD can oftentimes feel very lonely, especially when people downplay the illness. Many times a person confides in...
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Elliot Mears
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
The dos and don’ts of supporting someone with a mental illness
By Elliot Mears If someone you love has a mental health problem, it can be really hard to know how to support them and how best to...
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Elliot Mears
- Apr 19, 2020
- 2 min
Living With a Capital L
By Elliot Mears When I first started to struggle with my mental health, I thought that was it, my life would be all struggle, all...
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Noor Darwish
- Apr 12, 2020
- 2 min
OCD and Bipolar
by Noor Darwish Living with any kind of mental illness can often be very stressful. This is expected in people with OCD as dealing with...
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Roger Chen
- Feb 23, 2020
- 3 min
Eating Disorders
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), eating disorders are defined as ‘illnesses in which [patients] experience severe...
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Roger Chen
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
Co-existing Disorders
There are many disorders that potentially co-exist with OCD. Since OCD includes anxiety and a compulsive disorders, people with OCD also...
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Roger Chen
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
Relationship OCD
There are many ups and downs of relationships, although when one brings up the subject of them, it is often something that people invest...
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Roger Chen
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min
Celebrities with OCD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder affects roughly 2% of the world’s population. For those who have the condition, it might feel isolating....
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Roger Chen
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
A Long-Lasting Compulsion
For around a year up to the Summer of 2019, I was experiencing an extremely horrid compulsion. I felt physically uncomfortable with doing...
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Roger Chen
- Jan 30, 2020
- 2 min
Painting over the OCD
Our world is complex. Every single minute of our lives is filled with things that are mental, physical, emotional. It is often difficult...
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