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Realizing how much shame I’ve been carrying everyday since leaving an emotionally/spiritually/verbally abusive relationship. Ready to let go of it all & be free from shame. 🌦️

Emotional care is a daily journey and mental health self-aid should be a key component of your treatment program, experts say, and I can attest to this fact by the huge role that I play in getting myself from Treatment-Resistant Depression of the severest level of Major Depressive Disorder inherited from both sides of my family along with their generational traumas, amongst other Complex Traumas/C-PTSD, to Partial Remission, which means that my acute emotional symptoms have abated/subsided and actually are truly gone (according to the experts description).
The only “residual” symptom I have left is a physical symptom- fatigue, which is nowhere near as bad as it used to be, but there are a couple “ADLs” (Activities of Daily Living) that I do need help with.

What I pulled together and updated to share with every single member of our Mighty community is what highly-educated, behavioral health professionals have provided us —specific, well-known, respected mental health and emotional wellbeing websites— quality of information, tools, resources, and support that we all need and have at our fingertips everyday.

If the website pages below do not show up as links, I would be happy to try to put the individual links in conversation threads below if anyone would like me to.

As they say, Knowledge is Power.
My hope is that you put the power into your own hands, and also let us know in the comments below if you have more to add to the below list or if you are familiar with some of these, if you have utilized them and what you think of them.

And, please share this post and the vast amount of knowledge, tools, resources, and support that is here free and accessible to Everyone.

Also, I implore loved ones, partners, friends, family, caregivers to step up more to help us have the environment in which this hard work we push through is not for nothing, but acknowledged, understood, and appreciated.

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HealthyPsych:

Psychology Tools Series | healthypsych.com

20+ practical psychology tools based in cognitive behavioral science and mindfulness-based theory.

Learning Center - Overview | healthypsych.com

Positive Psychology Theory & Tools | healthypsych.com

“Positive Psychology Theory emphasizes strengths, rather than deficits, focusing on ways to optimize well-being, rather than just remove pathology. This page showcases both theory and practical tools related related to things like increasing positive emotions, cultivating authentic relationships, and engaging in other pursuits that bring meaning to life.”
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Mindful: The Most Trusted Resource for Everything Critical that Mindfulness Can Help You With, And Also To Understand Meditation

Mindful - healthy mind, healthy life

(go to upper left menu for the search bar to find articles on specific topics)

Digital Mindfulness & Meditation Guides - from mindful.org

You searched for Letting go - Mindful

Calm Archives - Mindful

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verywellmind:

Verywell Mind - Know More. Live Brighter.

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Wondermind:

(Website created by Selena Gomez and her mom after Selena’s Bipolar diagnosis)

Mental Health Conditions - Wondermind

Mental Fitness - Wondermind

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Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives.

Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In

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Peaceful Mind, Peaceful Life:

“dedicated to improving mental health and wellness and furthering inner peace by creating community, educating, and inspiring individuals worldwide through mindfulness practices, online resources, and educational programs.”

Blog - Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life®

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The website all about utilizing the newest branch of Psychology- Positive Psychology:

Positive Psychology is so much more than the name says. It’s a dual approach to mental health- where we build strengths supports, and healthy lifestyles, as well as treating illness and distress.

This website is also designed to better help mental health professionals help us even more, but we can learn for ourselves too here.

You searched for resilience - positivepsychology.com

positivepsychology.com Blog - Helping You Help Others

What Is Mindfulness? Definition, Benefits & Psychology

Self-Therapy for Anxiety & Depression (Incl Questions + PDF)

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The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research (a non-profit organization) at this website here: About | cptsdfoundation.org

Tar Network | cptsdfoundation.org

Legal Resources for Trauma Survivors | cptsdfoundation.org

Help Me Find a Therapist | cptsdfoundation.org

“Bridging the healing gap”

“To end the cycle of complex relational trauma by providing the safety, life skills, relational education, and reparative experiences a survivor needs so they can create new habits and experience optimum health in every area of life.”

“A diverse, global community of survivors, supporters, helping professionals, and organizations leveraging the latest technologies to offer virtual daily interactive peer support programs and trauma-informed educational resources.”

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Daily OM

Self-Development & Healing All Articles - DailyOM

Inspiration Directory

“Our mission is to inspire and empower your journey to greater wellness, healing, and transformation through holistic courses and resources from leading experts around the world.”

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Healthy Place:

“Healthyplace.com is the largest consumer mental health site on the net. We provide authoritative information and support to people with mental health concerns, along with their family members and other loved ones.”

Self Help | HealthyPlace

Mental Health Support, Resources & Information | HealthyPlace

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The esteemed Deepak Chopra, M.D. is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation:

Personal Growth – Chopra

All Articles | Chopra

Deepak Chopra™️ - Official Website

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A Conscious Rethink:

A Conscious Rethink: For Your Journey Through Life

explores the topics of interpersonal relationships, mental health, behavior, personality, and life advice. #MentalHealth #Caregiving #BipolarDepression #BipolarDisorder #Depression #Anxiety #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #PTSD #Trauma #ChronicIllness #ADHD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #MajorDepressiveDisorder #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #Disability #SocialAnxietyDisorder #ChronicFatigue #Selfharm #Selfcare #SocialAnxiety #Relationships

I know I'm just in a tail end of my split or "spiral" like I call it. Usually it's just personal relationships I self sabotage and I usually catch myself 2/3 the way done doing the damage to be like" ... uh how did you think that was gonna go well? " and then the damage is done and the shame and guilt and self loathing kicks in. Yada Yada. Ifkyk. But, this time it was an accessory role I have at work. I have spiraled into self sabotaging the role I have been good at for 3 years because of the last few months and thoughts of the things to come. But, I also am now a parent who can't fantasize about things like I once did so I'm having a hard time learning to cope with the weight of not feeling like there was an option. It's probably the most painfully isolating feeling I've felt in idk how long. I'm just not sure how to get back out of the rain cloud I'm in.

Anyone else experience things like this? Or have methods to get back to yourself? Especially when you don't really know who yourself is anyways. #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder

I leave for con on August 29th. It's a non-stop flight to Memphis. I'm so excited. I'm gonna have a wheelchair this year so I don't have to deal with hip or back pain. And I've switched to vaping exclusively so I won't be yucky to kiss. I am really excited to see my girlfriend. And we're gonna spend the whole week after con together. We're gonna cook together, go to a special bakery, and go to an antique mall. We might go see the new Deadpool movie together. And there are special things she wants to do. It's gonna be awesome. I promise to take lots of pictures to share.

#CheerMeOn #Relationships

Today has been 1 screwed up day to say the least. ( yes I’m still smiling though) I’m stalled at my project due to the weather but I am getting a estimate just to have my screened porch replaced. I have caulked my chimney but can’t get around to painting yet until these showers stop. Now the fun news… My younger brother was in Florida a few weeks ago and couldn’t find the time to call or even visit. Him and his wife live in Arkansas. He was 2 hours away and couldn’t find the time I guess. I found this out by my oldest sister. My brother and younger sister are twins by the way. They all live in Arkansas now. I spoke with my youngest son who was going to come over tomorrow morning to help with this project and I told him we’d reschedule when this weather system changed. He then asked to speak to my wife ( his mother) and he had come across a friggen Facebook post from my brother who was asking for prayers for my mother who was in critical condition at the local hospital with double Pneumonia and low Oxygen Sats. ( Pneumonia is usually responsible for the majority of nursing home deaths) Even though my mother and I have a strained relationship, you shouldn’t have to hear about it from someone else’s Facebook post! My younger sister is a LPN, my younger brother is a COP. You’d think one of them would at least had the respect to call ! So now dealing with my wife’s cousin, now my mother, and my wife’s mother, and throw in multiple projects that need completion can be somewhat overwhelming. So if you think your family is dysfunctional, look at mine lol. Regardless, I will do what advice I gave Jessy. Prioritize! Keep a smile on my face, and think positive thoughts. I’m positive my family is truly dysfunctional though. I hope everyone’s day is better then mine though. Stay positive all…David

So I just got diagnosed with squamous cell cancer . I've had abdominal pain for years now, but my GI doc just kept shining me on. I wasn't going to tell my wife until I'd talked to all my various specialists, but she knew there was something wrong and asked me. I'm worried about her and all my family when I tell them. My wife and I had a huge fight after the hospital lab work yesterday. She made me use my walker instead of my wheelchair with a broken hip. Because she hasn't cleaned out the car in 6 months and my walker was already in there. Long hospital hallways and a hard walk to and from the car wore me down. I yelled at her for not having any empathy, which has been a problem for our entire relationship. She hasn't bothered to learn about all my diagnoses in 21 years. She has refused to buy me food that I can eat, which has been a huge contribution to having cancer again. I'm going to have to work this out in therapy so I don't blame her to her face. She doesn't deserve that guilt. She was severely abused as a child and has never really worked through it all. It resulted in lack of empathy and great difficulty putting herself in others shoes. I have asked her to do couples therapy again. Keeping on, keeping on.

I'm expecting a delivery from Amazon today. 2 bottles of green River soda. I'm gonna make floats for me and my ex girlfriend. When I was little my grandpa used to make green River floats for me and my sisters. It's a soda from Chicago. She's never had it before so I'm gonna introduce her to something yummy. I really hope she likes it. I'm very excited to make a nice treat for her.

#Relationships