Tag Archives: wellness
A Personal Story About Medication and Mental Health
I have been on and off anti-depressants since I was 13. In high school, I got tired of having to take a medication everyday and I wasn’t mature enough to understand the need for it. I thought I was okay enough without it and weaned myself off my medication. I’ve been on 4 different kinds […]
When Getting Healthy Doesn’t Look Like How Experts Say You “Should” Do It
Let’s say you have a mental illness and you are bound and determined to get well and healthy. GO YOU! YES! I’m on this path with you. It’s hard I know. In this internet age, we all take to the closest search engine and try to find the easiest, best, most medically approved, most recommended […]
The Importance of Honoring The Self and Taking Time for Wellness
Here is what I’ve realized lately: Wellness and self care are such important topics to me, not only because of my mental illnesses, but because I never had a good example of them while growing up. Growing up, I was never shown how to truly take time for self, how to truly work on your […]
