An unusual coping strategy :: how philosophy helped me with depression
Elspeth falls again into depression after a tough winter. This time, her usual coping strategies don’t work. So she goes back to her favourite study as a teenager.
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My journey with depression and OCD
Over 1 year, Renée’s mom died, she came out as queer, lost her job, and started deconstructing her faith. She became overwhelmed with depression and obsessed with life events. It would take hearing a comedian for her to finally understand what was going on.
Anxiety, depression and unemployment :: how 2020 affected my mental health and what I did to overcome it
Manu shares their experience of being unemployed in COVID-19 and having to live with their parents, their dependence causing them to spiral down into anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.
Narrative Therapy :: we are more than a diagnosis
Sean uses narrative therapy to understand that his life is multi-storied and he is more than a diagnosis.
Defeating depression
A woman shares her experience with sexual abuse and how signs from the universe led her to therapy and healing.
How I found psychological safety
Elspeth’s dominant feeling when she hit rock bottom was she was not safe. Depression and self-harm soon followed. Until one day she realized she was the one responsible for making herself feel safe.
Diagnoses in the age of reason
P. Cervinus shares their perspective on a mental illness diagnosis; the peril of pathologization or the blind acceptance, and operating between the two poles.
