Ultimate Gift Guide for Your Loved One with a Mental Illness
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Ultimate Gift Guide for Your Loved One with a Mental Illness

Gift giving can be a fun and exciting time. For many of us, it can be an awesome way for us to express love.

The best gifts are the ones that make others feel special and important. Those suffering from mental illness could use a little extra and as much love as they can get.

If someone you know is struggling with anxiety, depression, etc, here is the ultimate gift guide for your loved one with a mental illness.

Here's a spoiler-free review on Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone by someone who suffers from Pure-Obsessional OCD.
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Book Review: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

This is a spoiler-free review. Parts that may be deemed spoilers will be marked.

I honestly didn’t have that high of expectations when I first picked up Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone. I was watching a book review video on YouTube when my ears perked up at the sound of OCD. Without knowing anything else about the book, I went to the library and picked it up the same day.

Every Last Word is a YA novel about 16-year-old Samantha. She’s a swimmer, popular, and looks just like everybody else. But underneath it all, she suffers from Pure-Obsessional OCD. She second-guesses every move, thought, and word in her life. She goes to therapy every Wednesday, but the last thing she wants is a change in her life.

However, one day she meets a new friend, Caroline. Caroline introduces Sam to Poet’s Corner, a hidden room in her school underneath the theater. It’s run by a tight-knit group of outcasts. Sam is drawn to them instantly, especially to AJ who plays the guitar. Slowly, she beings to feel normal than she ever did when she was part of the popular crowd. She might even start to feel recovered…

My Top 10 Favorite Albums I Listen to On My Bad Days
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My Top 10 Favorite Albums I Listen to On My Bad Days

If you don’t know me, music is a huge passion of mine. I’m always listening to it, dancing to it, or making up my own. Plus, my boyfriend makes his own music, so I get to become accustomed to so many new styles and techniques in music.

I’ve talked quite a bit about music and particular songs that help my different mental illnesses on my blog. I wrote out my depression playlist, as well as my anxiety playlist. I’ve even written about 15 songs to listen to if you’re in a relationship with someone who has troubles with their mental health.

Today, I’ll be giving you my favorite albums that center around mental health. They’re not in any particular order, because how could I choose? I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have turned to these albums in my life.

I wanted to gain insight to how my boyfriend sees my mental illnesses. Here are 12 questions I asked my boyfriend about loving someone with a mental illness
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Relationship Q&A: Loving Someone with a Mental Illness

Even though I write a lot about relationships here on my blog, I am by no means a relationship expert. I’m constantly learning and growing. Plus, I usually only get to talk about things from my perspective.

By creating this post, I wanted to gain insight into how my boyfriend sees my mental illnesses. I figured it’ll not only help strengthen our relationship, but maybe if others are in his situation, it’ll help them cope as well. I’m so lucky to have a significant other that I can always talk openly about my mental health with.

Without further ado, here are 12 questions I asked my boyfriend about loving someone with a mental illness.

Relationship OCD is the kind of doubt that seeps in unexpectedly and chips away at the very core of love. Here are common obsessions and compulsions of ROCD
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Relationship OCD and the Fantasy of Finding “The One”

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.

Imagine your wedding day. Think about the thoughts you have right before you walk down the aisle. Think about your cold feet. Soak up all the doubts, reservations, and skepticisms circling in your brain, encompassing your entire being.

Now imagine having that feeling all day long, every single day. That’s Relationship OCD.

It’s the kind of doubt that seeps in unexpectedly and begins to chip away at the very core of love. Every concept of life. Every part of you. It’s one of the cruelest things life could ever throw at you.

Here are the common obsessions, compulsions, and treatment plans for Relationship OCD (ROCD):