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ANGER

Do's and Don't of Dealing with Anger

 
 
BIPOLAR

Bipolar - General Information

Taking Care of Yourself if you have Bipolar

 
 
BIPOLAR DISORDER
         - PERSONAL STORIES

Accepting the Diagnosis of Bipolar

All My Most Endearing Qualities Were Actually Symptoms

Electroboy

Good Luck in Your Walk With Bipolar

Happiness is Within

I Think I've Always Been Bipolar

I Wish All of you Peace and Healing

John's Story from the UK

My Self Love/Hate Relationship

Oryx Cohen

Rapid Cycling

Turning into the Sun: Patty Duke's Story

Young With Kids and Bipolar

 
 
COPING SKILLS

12 Steps to Mental Health Recovery

15 Styles of Distorted Thinking

101 Ways to Cope With Stress

Are You a Negative Thinker?

Are You Living in the Present Moment?

Backwards Goal Setting

The Benefits of Exercise to Your Mental Health

Breathing Easy

Changing Your Negative Outlook

Coping Skills

Daily Plan

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Feeling Tension?

Fear of Success

Get to Know Your Mind Body

Grounding Techniques

Guilt and Shame

Guilt and Shame (what is the difference?)

Handling Guilt

How to Cope With an Unpleasant Feeling

Learning to Really Relax

Mindfulness: 10 Quotes for a Mindful Day

Mindfulness: How to Practice Minfulness of Sounds

Mindfulness: A Quick and Easy Exercise for Using Mindfulness for PTSD, Anxiety and Depression

Mindfulness: Mindfulness Improves the Quality of Life

Mindfulness: Using Mindfulness to Cope with Conflict

Mood Disorders and Sleep

Negative Self-Talk Feeds Negative Emotions

Radical Acceptance

Rumination

Setting Goals

Shocking Discovery: Everything is Wrong!

The Sigh Breath

Toxic People

Ways to Reduce Anxiety

Writing Freely

 
 
DEPRESSION

Depression

How to Help Yourself if you are Depressed

Men and Depression

Nurturing Oneself During an Experience of Depression

 
 
DEPRESSION
     - PERSONAL STORIES

Delta Burke

Dorothy Hamill

Greinke wins the American League Cy Young Award

Phyllis' Story

Stuart's Story

 
 
EMPLOYMENT

Disclosing Your Disability to an Employer

Traveling Tips for the Winding Road of a Job Search

 
 
FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

Daddy's Disorder

Dating Someone with Bipolar Disorder

For Family and Friends

Guidelines for Couples Communication

How to Cope with Mental Illness in a Family Member

How to Solve relationship Problems

Impact of Mental Illness on Families

Including Your Family in Your Recovery

Marriage and Bipolar

The Struggle of a Significant Other

This is my Mum and I am her Daughter

 
 
GRIEF

Coping With Grief and Loss

Poorly Resolved Grief and Loss

 
 
MOTIVATIONAL
     PHRASES
     STORIES
     POETRY

10 Rules for Being Human

Affirmations

Motivational Phrases

Poetry/Haikus

Recovery Posters/Pictures

 
 
PTSD

10 Principles of Recovery from PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Symptoms of PTSD

Treatment of PTSD

 
 
RESOURCES AND GENERAL INFORMATION

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

NAMI Connection

 
 
SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER

Schizoaffective Disorder

Schizoaffective Disorder - Mayo Clinic

What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

 
 
SCHIZOPHRENIA

Aspects of Coping for People With Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia (NAMI)

 
 
SCHIZOPHRENIA
     - PERSONAL STORIES

I thought I could fly out the window!

Schizophrenia: A Success Story

See the person behind the illness...ME!!!

 
 
STIGMA

Internalized Stigma Hurts Morale

Moe Armstrong

Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness

Self-Stigmatisation, Avoidance and Withdrawal

Stigma and Discrimination

What the Stigma of Mental Illness Looks Like...

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for the sole purpose of putting those with mental illnesses in touch with
materials which will help them in their recovery.
 
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