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 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:

I struggle with major depression and severe social anxiety, so feelings of loneliness are always there. Here are 7 weird ways I try to fight loneliness.
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7 Weird Ways to Fight Loneliness

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.

Besides my doggie woggies, I used to wake up in an empty house at least 5 days a week. I’m self-employed, so feelings of loneliness were almost always there.

Plus, these feelings were almost always intensified because I struggle with major depression and severe social anxiety. 

Every day, I try my hardest to not let these lonely thoughts and emotions take over me by keeping myself busy and distracting myself. 

Here are 7 weird ways I help fight my loneliness:

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.

Top 10 Musicians Who Sing About Mental Health
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Top 10 Musicians Who Sing About 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.

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. Music is my therapy.

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 top 10 musicians who create music about mental health. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have turned to these musicians in my life.