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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.

Meagan November 25, 2017

Playing video games makes me forget my problems associated with my mental health. I found these 4 ways The Sims helps my mental health.

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4 Ways The Sims Helps My Mental Health Tremendously

For some reason, there is still a huge misconception that video games are bad for you.

They make you violent. You’re irresponsible and lazy if you play them.

For me, that is the complete opposite.

Meagan July 20, 2017

Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot is a moving story about Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It's heartbreaking, yet hopeful.

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Book Review: Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot

CONTENT WARNING: This post mentions eating disorders, self-harm, and suicide.

This is a spoiler-free review.

For my second book review on my blog, I wanted to read Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot. I read so many mixed reviews about, but I wanted to give it a shot. I wanted to form my own opinion based on the content and the portrayal of mental illness.

Sad Perfect is a moving story about Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It’s informative, yet relatable. It’s heartbreaking, yet hopeful.

I do want to make a trigger warning before continuing with my review. I imagine this book can be incredibly triggering for those struggling with an eating disorder, especially ARFID. There were very descriptive passages of self-harm that triggered me greatly. I had to ground myself before reading on.

So to start my review, I say read this book at your own discretion. If you want to gain insight on less known mental illnesses, please read on.

Meagan June 5, 2017

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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.

Meagan April 27, 2017

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.

Meagan April 24, 2017