Video games have helped my depression and anxiety over the years. There are so many benefits of playing them on a regular basis for our mental health.
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Why Video Games are Good for Our Mental Health

People who play video games are often coined irresponsible, lazy, and childish. And, ya know, us gamers are most likely to be more violent than those who don’t play video games. But have y’all even checked the media lately?

Guns. Racism. Violence. Nearly every movie has some type of violence in it. Nearly every music video is sexualized. We can only be sheltered from the world so much.

I’m a firm believer of love not war, and I’ve been playing video games since before I could write simple sentences.

Some of my first memories were playing RollerCoaster Tycoon, Worms Armageddon, and Heroes of Might and Magic at my grandma’s house. It’s how I bonded with my family.

Flashforward all these years, and I still believe that playing video games is one of the best ways to entertain ourselves. Plus, there’s something ultra sexy about watching my boyfriend be competitive. Even though he is a little know-it-all.

If that’s not enough, video games have helped out my anxiety and depression tremendously over the years.

101 Everyday Anxiety Triggers
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101 Everyday Triggers of Anxiety

Although I’ve lived with mental illness my whole life, I am not a medical professional. If you need help finding a mental health care provider, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit BetterHelp to talk to a certified therapist online at an affordable price. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclaimer.

Anxiety is induced by triggers. 

From anxiety-induced tantrums as a child to being triggered by my boyfriend, there has never been a day of my life where I wasn’t faced with some type of anxiety. And you know what? Shit gets hard.

But I know I’m not alone.

Many of us are faced with triggers every single day of our lives. So what else do I do but compile a list of all my personal battles?

Most of these triggers I like to avoid like the plague. But some of these triggers are actually things I really enjoy, so it’s a constant battle for me. I know many people I’m close to also struggle with a lot of these triggers as well.

Here are 101 everyday triggers of anxiety:

I've learned that all overthinking does is kill our happiness. Here are 5 ways to stop overthinking and keep your happiness:
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5 Ways to Stop Overthinking Every Single Damn Thing

Although I’ve lived with mental illness my whole life, I am not a medical professional. If you need help finding a mental health care provider, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit BetterHelp to talk to a certified therapist online at an affordable price. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclaimer.

Overthinking kills our mind. We become mush because of it. It turns good things bad and bad things worse.

It’s made me second guess my relationships with the people I care about. It’s made me question the future I have with my favorite man in the world. Overthinking has even made me question my life.

A huge contributor to my constant overthinking is my struggle with anxiety. Half the time I think I’m just thinking until my boyfriend points out that I’m thinking way too much. He tells me all the time that it’s not good to overthink all the time.

Along my journey, I’ve learned that all overthinking does is kill our happiness. To combat this, here are 5 ways to help yourself keep your happiness:

8 Ways to Have Anxiety Free Night's Sleep
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9 Ways to Have Anxiety Free Night’s Sleep

Although I’ve lived with mental illness my whole life, I am not a medical professional. If you need help finding a mental health care provider, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit BetterHelp to talk to a certified therapist online at an affordable price. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclaimer here.

Anxiety is a constant underlying feeling that I have. Running an online blogging business is so stressful, and I’m always thinking about how much work I have to do the next day.

To make matters worse, my sleeping schedule isn’t even consistent. Most days, it takes forever to fall asleep. Other days, I wake up in the middle of the night in a panic.

It’s such a vicious cycle, because anxiety doesn’t let you sleep and not being able to sleep only causes more anxiety. Between my anxiety and depression, I hardly ever get a good night’s sleep.

Good thing I have a list about the things you can do before bed that just might make it a little easier to fall asleep and stay asleep.

4 Side Effects of Anxiety We Like to Keep Secret
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4 Side Effects of Anxiety We Like to Keep Secret

Although I’ve lived with mental illness my whole life, I am not a medical professional. If you need help finding a mental health care provider, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit BetterHelp to talk to a certified therapist online at an affordable price. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclaimer.

Oh, anxiety. Such a dreadful, inconvenient thing.

When I think about having to deal with anxiety the rest of my life, it can seem like a very daunting task. Especially because there are so many symptoms that are attached to it.

The common symptoms are feeling nervous or powerless. You can have an increased heart rate, and you’re most likely worrying irrationally.

But, you know what? There are a lot of symptoms of anxiety that people don’t really like to talk about. Maybe it’s because we think people wouldn’t understand, or maybe there’s a stigma attached to it. Or maybe, just maybe, some of these symptoms can feel downright embarrassing.

So here I am. I’m here to take some of the pressure out of mental health. We need to talk about it, because it’s the only way we can start to heal.

Time for me to get deep. TMI here I come.

My Struggle with Hyperhidrosis
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My Struggle with Hyperhidrosis

Although I’ve lived with mental illness my whole life, I am not a medical professional. If you need help finding a mental health care provider, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit BetterHelp to talk to a certified therapist online at an affordable price. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclaimer.

Hyperhidrosis is just a fancy word for excessive sweating. The most common places that people experience it are on the head, underarms, hands, feet, and even the groin. I’m most affected on my hands, feet, and underarms.

What people don’t often realize that hyperhidrosis is more than looking like you just ran a marathon. It is a highly embarrassing and tiring disorder that makes people very self-conscious in social situations. Many people, like myself, live with it and struggle with maintaining it every day.

My struggle with hyperhidrosis started when I was 14 during one of the first weeks of my freshman year of high school. I’ll never forget the moment when my life would be consumed by overpowering thoughts of trying not to let people see my sweat.

I was in gym class, and we were about to start a team building activity where you have to hold the hands of the two people next to you. It was then when my gym teacher said those life-changing words: “Hopefully none of you have to hold hands with anybody with sweating hands.”

That was when I noticed my hands starting to sweat. And that’s when the bullying started to happen.