There is a forgotten group of people suffering from mental disorders and mental illnesses. These are the immigrants, the emigrants, and the migrants, who reside in an area where there are no mental health professionals that are fluent in their mother tongue.
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Do You Trust Your Body? On Trauma Trainings And Needing Therapy
How often do we trust that our bodies will steer us in the right direction? We shame our bodies, we harm our bodies, we tell our bodies what we aren't capable of before trying. But in us lies all the direction we need.
Read MoreMindless Spending: How I Break My Number One Rule Of Self-Awareness
in self-talk
I'll observe my anxiety while crossing the street, and I'll check in when I overhear a rape joke or find myself stuck in downward spirals. But I will not tell myself to stop spending.
Read MoreYour Room Is So Clean. How Do You Lose Everything?
in self-talk
For me, "home" has often been synonymous with commotion. In looking back, pockets of quiet time still seem oddly disruptive, like the time I moved into relative wilderness for undergrad.
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