Every year more than 800,000 people die by suicide, which corresponds to 1 death every 40 seconds, according to the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). In an effort to help raise awareness in hopes of lowering these numbers, the IASP initiated World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, 2003. Today, we do our part in contributing by…
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When you finally gain a sense of self, you lose your fear of failure. Fear of failure stems from the place inside of us that is terrified of messing up. But if all people make mistakes, why can’t you? When we learn to accept ourselves and develop a healthy sense of self we are no…
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It’s hard to explain: a mental illness is something that you’ll only understand when you’ve experienced it for yourself. However, U.K.-based artist Toby Allen is trying to make it just a little easier on everyone (including himself) to understand what mental illnesses like anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder are like by illustrating them as monsters.…
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From all of us at HEALTHYSENSEOFSELF to all of you enjoying the day off or working away, we wish you a happy and enjoyable Labor Day!
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Between cell phones, laptops, tablets and now even smart watches, we literally carry technology with us at all times, and it’s starting to cause some serious problems. In 2008, the American Journal of Psychiatry posted an editorial suggested that Internet addiction be included in the next Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), “the so-called Bible of the…
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