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Under 18 and In An Abusive Situation? FAQ For Teens
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For Adults Experiencing Abuse: Your Questions, Answered
Head straight to the bottom of this page for hotline and text resources providing help for all kinds of situations. The national hotlines listed below are incredibly helpful. But you might want to scope out your options before asking for help. Being in an abusive situation feels oppressive and hopeless. However, if you’ve made it…
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13 High School Struggles and How To Handle Them
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When You Want To Hurt Yourself, Try One Of These 15 Swaps
The urge to self harm feels impossible to control. Instead of controlling it, lean into it — in a safe way. You don’t have to hurt yourself to feel a release. Feel better by swapping your usual self harming method with these 15 real alternatives to hurting yourself. 1. Scribble Draw, even if you’re not…
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Self Care Checklist For Manly Men
In the past few years, “self-care” has firmly cemented itself into our collective consciousness as something we should all prioritize. We understand that both our physical and mental health are important and that we are, to a great extent, responsible for taking care of them. However, it’s not always obvious what self-care is meant to…
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15 Things You Can Say To A Friend Who’s Struggling
Want to help a friend who’s struggling, but don’t know how? Your friend might be depressed, might have just lost a family member, might be going through a breakup, having a panic attack, etc. Sometimes you can’t relate, or it’s just so bad, you don’t know what to say. A good framework for replying to…
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Ways To Handle Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Unhelpful thinking styles are also known as ‘cognitive distortions’ in the psychology world. And our brains really want to distort reality. All a cognitive distortion really is, is a shortcut your brain decided was the best route – even though it takes you through a muddy swamp. The two most unhelpful thinking styles we want…
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Do This To Get Yourself Out Of The House
You could almost survive without ever leaving the house, nowadays. Amazon brings you toilet paper and tissues, free shipping abounds, and Postmates has your food covered (who likes doing dishes, anyways?). But there’s evidence in theory, and from people who do it, that getting out of the house almost always makes depression and anxiety feel…
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Use Emotional Contagion To Hack Your Mood
We all love Game Of Thrones (or maybe not anymore…). But if you watch it all the time, you might start picking up emotions, phrases or manners of speech from that fantasy world. I’ve personally started glowering and muttering “Dracarys” when I get really angry. That brings up an intriguing point: Trying to ‘catch’ your…
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Help A Friend Through A Breakup With These Techniques
