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Forgiveness Is Good For Your Health
Tanya Edwards
Jun 19, 2016
Mind
Everyone Might Secretly Be An Introvert
Ally Hickson
Jun 19, 2016
Mind
How To Deal With Father’s Day If You’re Grieving
Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Jun 19, 2016
Mind
Paris Jackson Reveals The Powerful Meaning Behind Her Tattoos
As previously noted, Paris Jackson has more tattoos than the number of years she's been alive. Each has a clear significance behind it — particu
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Sara Coughlin
Mind
One Surprising Way Antidepressants Help People With Depression
Antidepressants are some of the most commonly-prescribed drugs on the market, but you might be surprised that no one seems to know exactly how they do the
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
How Psychedelic Drugs Might Help Treat Mental Illness
It's hard to think about magic mushrooms without being reminded of that time in college when your friend spent, like, an hour staring at the sidewalk
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Sarah Jacoby
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This Fake Magazine About Anxiety Is Hilarious — & Makes An Import...
By now, it's well-known that you can count on Twitter to be the place for interesting conversations about about mental health. And a new project to no
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Sara Coughlin
Mind
Women Are Almost Twice As Likely As Men To Have Anxiety
There's no doubt that anxiety disorders — from panic attacks to social phobias — can be crippling. And according to a massive new study, i
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
The Powerful Lesson I Learned From
Kimmy Schmidt
A few weeks ago, I found myself in my standard weekend position — at home, exhausted and laid out on my couch, enjoying another episode of Unbreakabl
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Elizabeth Yuko
Mind
The Dangers Of Romanticizing The Symptoms Of Depression
We've made tremendous strides in the way our culture views and treats depression. But as Jacqueline Novak, host of How To Weep In Public, points out,
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
The Mental-Health Toll Of Weight-Loss Surgery
Mollie Hawkins spent an entire year before her gastric-bypass surgery jumping through the hoops of her insurance company's approval process, eating th
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
Girl With Prosthetic Leg Cries Tears Of Joy When She Receives A D...
Emma Bennett, a 10-year-old girl living in Cypress, TX, has a prosthetic leg — not a feature usually represented in children's toys, on TV, or m
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Hayley MacMillen
Mind
Therapy Has A Race Problem
Across the country, access to mental health care is sadly not guaranteed: Roughly 20% of adults with a mental illness don't get the treatment they nee
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Sara Coughlin
Mind
What It’s Like To Have Depression When You’re An Optimist
This week on How To Weep In Public, host Jacqueline Novak kicks it up a notch and interviews a real star: her dad. The two discuss how depression has influ
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
Kristen Bell Gets Real About Depression
Kristen Bell is rapidly becoming a very visible spokesperson for mental health awareness. First, she gave this extremely candid interview about her struggl
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Michael Hafford
Mind
Why Living Far From Your Job Is Actually Good For You
This article was originally published on May 21, 2015. For many of us, commuting is a daily aggravation. But, new research suggests that there's more
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
How To Stop Yourself From Working On Vacation
Vacations are the best the part of summer. Traveling to a tropical locale and indulging in beaches and drinks with umbrellas can amp up the weariest worker
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Evette Dionne
Mind
This Woman’s Takedown Of Viral Mental Health Meme Is Epic
Unfortunately, it's all too common for people with depression to be told to exercise more, get more sunlight, or find some other solution aside from m
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Suzannah Weiss
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Nearly Half Of Antidepressant Prescriptions Aren’t For Depr...
At this point, about one in 10 Americans is taking an antidepressant, according to CDC estimates. But a new study shows that nearly half of those prescript
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
How My Dog Saved My Life
It’s National Pet Month, another made-up rando holiday. But because I’m a crazy dog lady, I need to tell you about Beanie, and how she’s
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Amina Akhtar
Mind
Drag Star Hamm Samwich On Finding Your Perfect Diagnosis
Figuring out your mental-health quirks is often unnecessarily boiled down to a hunt for a diagnosis that fits. While those fancy clinical words are a chanc
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
Are Smart People Really Unhappy?
Are you unhappy? We’re going to take a stab in the dark and guess, probably. After all, no matter what you’ve achieved, our culture is constant
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Amina Akhtar
Mind
How Jennie Runk’s Cat Helps Her Deal With Social Anxiety
Jennie Runk certainly isn't afraid to put body positivity in the spotlight. In fact, she recently Instagrammed her unapologetically squishy belly. But
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
Julie Klausner Explains What It’s Like To Be On The “...
Anyone with depression will tell you that the disorder can “clog” or “fog” your mind. But as comedian Julie Klausner explains in th
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
This Powerful Hashtag Is Challenging Mental Health Stigma
A powerful hashtag is trending on Twitter today, one that's out to prove the importance of mental health care: #WhyYouNeedTherapyInOneWord. Sure, at f
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Sara Coughlin
Mind
Study Shows Magic Mushrooms Might Treat Depression
Here's something you probably never thought of as a potential medication: magic mushrooms. That's right — a study just found that the drug
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Suzannah Weiss
Mind
How Lena Dunham Falls Asleep When She’s Anxious
Whether we're staying up way longer than we'd like or waking up in the middle of the night, most of us have a hard time getting the sleep we need
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Sarah Jacoby
Mind
Science Finds That Netflix Is Literally Our Bae
A new study proves what all devoted binge-watchers know: It is easy to get reeled into a show on Netflix and, in the process, neglect everything in your li
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Evette Dionne
Mind
8 Hacks That Make Meditation Actually Doable
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Elettra Wiedemann
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How Walgreens Is Improving Access To Mental Health Care
One of the hardest parts of dealing with a mental health issue is actually getting the help you need. And Walgreens, one of the country's largest drug
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Sarah Jacoby
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