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In this article, Love explains his experience with having a panic attack and experiencing the pressure of stigma that prevented him from reaching out. This resource, a Google Chrome extension created by Danielle Leong, provides trigger warnings for shows and movies on Netflix; a blue icon appears so that users with PTSD are aware of a possibly triggering scene ahead. Learn more through this article: melissacronin.com/feerless/
If you are concerned about your friend's mental health, try this resource with helpful tips about how to start the conversation:
seizetheawkward.org The differences between stress and anxiety can be hard to fully understand, and both can be hard to deal with. Below is a list of resources that may help you understand what stress and anxiety are, how they are different, and some useful strategies for coping with them.
This article gives a summary of some of the main differences between stress and anxiety: These two articles give a contrast between how people describe what stress feels like, and what anxiety and depression feel like:
This article explains what you can do to be supportive of someone you know who has anxiety: These resources can help reduce stress and anxiety through mindfulness: This first link goes to the Great Good in Action website, which provides a variety of mindfulness and meditation exercises: Finally this last link goes to both the audio files and the written transcripts of guided imagery resources (look under "emotional wellness"): I just discovered this organization based in Florida. There are some helpful resources on their site.
Their motto is "HOPE IS REAL. HELP IS REAL. YOUR STORY IS IMPORTANT." Check them out. https://twloha.com/ This blog post from the awesome folks over at The Body is Not an Apology, posted this today and it couldn't be more right on for the perfectionist, self-hating part of you. It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes by Mary Oliver from her poem, Wild Geese,
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