Quarantine is Making My Life Easier!
Staying at home can make one feel frustrated, helpless. For people with physical disability and mental illness, it is an everyday experience.
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Pill Shaming: Furthering Mental Health Stigma
Pill Shaming: Furthering Mental Health Stigma In January of last year, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. This is the story of my experience of pill shaming The story of my diagnosis was not the most complicated. It didn’t take years like it does for most other people. I was at work one fine
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Surviving: A Personal Experience of Moving Past An Attempt
D talks to Ahla Matra about what it means when one doesn’t get support and what changes when you do receive it.
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How to Say No and Set Boundaries
Do you also find it difficult to say no? Paras Sharma talks about how can you set boundaries and learn to put yourself first.
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Can a Broken Heart Affect Your Mental Health?
What happens to your mental health when you get your heart broken and everything sucks? Is there something you can do to protect yourself?
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Being Queer and Quarantined
Several queer people are quarantining with their families of origin and experiencing higher levels of harassment, invisibility and dysphoria.
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Soooooo Let’s Talk About Anxiety!
Having anxiety is difficult. In this episode, Paras Sharma talks about dealing with anxiety and how one can manage their mental health.
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Coping with Separation from Loved Ones: Love In The Time of Corona
Being away from loved ones is difficult, even at the best of times. COVID-19 has caused an unforeseen and unprecedented change in our lives.
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Make Some Space for Self-Compassion in Your Life!
What is self-compassion? Is it the same as being selfish? What’s all of this got to do with mental health?
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It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism
How does capitalism impact the way we interact with mental health? Find out in this episode of The Alternative Story podcast.
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