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bridging the gap in the mental health space-Free And Accessible to Everyone
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
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"An Exploration: Dream Therapy & You."
I woke up this morning after having had a very interesting dream. I've always thought that Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung's work on Dream Theory was rubbish, given that most of my dreams are silly, but this last one was profound in its realism, and makes me think that they were not just onto something, they were geniuses.
So it's only dreams related to real life (present or past) that matter - not just any random dream. (Flying on the back of a magical hippo in your underpants doesn't count, there's nothing to learn there!). It's got to relate to an incident that you have experienced or are experiencing. A recreation of the event.
A random example: You're at home, in the company of someone you know well. You get into an argument, and it gets vicious, possibly violent. For whatever reason, let's assume that person is no longer in your real life (moved on, deceased, whatever reason applies), so you can't ask them about the incident in reality, therefore pay attention to the dream. It will reveal an extension of their personality, and you may learn a few things about them that you hadn't realised before. It will likely be unpleasant, though very cathartic - because it will give you some understanding and insight on the issue.
Freud and Jung were not the first to come up with Dream Theory, they just made it a proper science. A key example of this was in Ancient Greece: they did their own version of Dream Theory in a place called Epidaurus. There was a temple to the god Asclepius (god of medicine), son of the god Apollo (god of healing in general.) People who required healing went there and slept upon the ground of the temple overnight. Asclepius would 'inspire' them through revelatory dreams, then the priests would help interpret them in the morning. (Oh, and harmless snakes were in the temple as well, because they were symbolic of Asclepius and believed to help promote the dreams. They freely moved around as you slept, including over you.)
Back to the dream. In it, you likely experience it from the perspective of 'first person' (as yourself, seeing through your own eyes) and/or 'third person' (from a distance, watching yourself. 'Second person' is never you.) Either way, you get to experience the incident safely. No matter what happens in the dream, it's not happening in reality, because you are asleep. Because of this, you can witness the incident without being 100% involved in it. If you get injured in the dream, no pain will be felt, for instance. You will likely feel the emotions, but nothing physical. No broken bones, no nothing. You are safe.
When you wake up, you will likely still feel emotions related to the dream: anger, sadness, fear, whatever. During this time, write down as much of the dream as you can remember, while it still lingers. Most dreams we don't remember for more than a few seconds/minutes, but ones like these tend to linger for a little while, because we had so much psychological investment in them. Make sure you write down the parts that are revelatory - that you didn't notice in reality.
Next step. When your emotions are gone and your head is clear (say, the next day or so), go back to your notes and reflect upon them.
🔸️ Some questions to reflect upon:
📍 What did the dream reveal that you didn't experience during the real incident?
📍 What did the dream tell you about how you coped with the incident?
📍 What did the dream tell you about how the other person coped with the incident?
📍 What feelings did the dream evoke while you were asleep?
📍 What feelings did the dream evoke while you were awake? (After the dream happens, there's always a secondary emotion(s) you feel while awake as your brain tries to sort out what to make of it.)
📍 If you witness that you are the one at 'fault' in the dream, can you acknowledge this to yourself? Can you try to understand why it happened, and seek to forgive yourself?
📍 It you witness that it was not you at 'fault', can forgive the other person? (It's okay if you can't, but try to see their motivation: did they react the way they did because of anger? Fear? Guilt/shame? What else?)
📍 It's possible that you are both equally at 'fault'. If that is the case, then perhaps you are looking at a core difference between you, irreconcilable or otherwise. Seeing this, can you forgive your part in it? Can you move on from the situation, with your new knowledge?
📍 Are there any changes you would make to your real life? (This is working under the assumption that you cannot reach the other person, so any changes must be about yourself, not them.)
📍 If you feel you need to change something about yourself personally in reality, do you have any supports who can help you? (Family? Friends? A therapist? A psychiatrist?)
After going through all of that, it's important to acknowledge the hard work you've put into the reflection. (It's not an easy thing to do, and may churn up possible guilt/shame, especially if you feel you are the one at 'fault'.) It is something that will require some self-care. But it is also something worth treating with respect: Celebrate it, if you can, you've earned it.
#Dream #Dreaming #PTSD #Trauma #Therapy #MentalHealth #Journaling #analysis #freud #jung #Grief #Shame #Selfcare #Recovery
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