15 Inspirational Quotes to Help Improve Your Mental Health
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15 Inspirational Quotes to Help Improve Your Mental Health

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.

I think I’ve always had a deep connection to quotes. A lot of perspective comes from them, and I’ve read several quotes that instantly made me think differently.

You have to be open to them, but once you do, I honestly feel like reading the perfect quote can change you has a person. 

Here’s a short list of 15 quotes that might help improve your present state of mental health:

4 Ways to Safely Recover from a Panic Attack
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4 Ways to Safely Recover from a Panic Attack

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.

Panic attacks can knock the wind out of you. They are such physically and mentally draining experiences that are so difficult to explain to someone who’s never experienced them.

I’ve had way too many panic attacks in my life to count, especially in the past two years. I find so much advice on the internet on how to prevent a panic attack or how to deal with one as it’s happening. But I hardly ever see anything about how to recover in the moments after you have one.

So I thought I’d sit down and talk about what I do after I experience these horrible acts of anxiety. Maybe some of these will help you cope:

4 Ways I Help My Mental Health Every Morning
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4 Practical Ways I Help My Mental Health Every Morning

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.

My mental illnesses work like clockwork. I am always woken up in a panic, and it takes about 30 minutes to 1 hour to get out of bed.

I struggle with really bad depression symptoms until about 11 in the morning. Then they come back and attack me again from about 8:00 pm to when I go to bed. That’s about the time when the panic arises when I’m trying to fall asleep for the night.

But knowing this helps me know that it’ll get better. I know my body has a schedule, and it likes to stick to it. Yes, some days are harder than others, but I know I’ll be okay. I know I can survive.

Even though I’m in tune with my body’s schedule, I still like to take care of my mental health. Here are 4 ways I focus on self-care each and every morning.

10 Things to Buy at Dollar Tree to Help Your Anxiety
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10 Things to Buy at Dollar Tree to Help Your 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.

I discovered my love for Dollar Tree about 7 months ago. And now I go probably at least twice a month.

If ya don’t know, everything at Dollar Tree is just one dollar. They sell pretty much everything you could think of, so you can buy a lot and not spend a lot at all. This also means that you can try to help remedy your anxiety for very cheap.

Here are 10 things you can buy at Dollar Tree to help your anxiety:

The Absolute Best Pandora Stations for Calming Anxiety
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The Absolute Best Pandora Stations for Calming 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.

I am super incredibly hyper-aware of everything when I have anxiety. The smallest noise sounds like an explosive going off within my eardrums. This leads to anger, a sense of no control, and, eventually, panic attacks. Which is never a good thing.

I’m always trying to find new ways to help my anxiety. Usually, music is the first thing I turn to. When my anxiety is acting up, I’ll blast my Pandora stations, or better yet, I’ll put earbuds in to completely drown out what’s going on around me.

Even though different things help calm different people down, it always seems like listening to music is near the top of everyone’s list.

Here are my favorite Pandora radio stations that help calm my anxiety.

In life, depression is the villain. Disney movies are the heroes. They're so mesmerizing and enchanting. Watching them is a cure to my depression symptoms.
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5 Reasons Why Disney Movies Help Fight My Depression

I wrote a post a while ago about how horror movies help fight my depression. But now’s it’s time to talk about my first love.

I love Disney. Disney movies. Disney songs. Let’s be honest…Disney themed anything.

People claim that Disney movies are unrealistic. That there’s no happily ever after in real life.

Um, have you actually watched Disney movies? 

Kerchak dies in Tarzan. Mufasa dies in The Lion King. John Smith goes back to England in Pocahontas.

To those people, I say suck it.

Disney movies help fight my depression. Here are five reasons why: