Depression - Anxiety Mental Health - Personal Struggles Stigma of Mental Health

ANXIETY

BY: LIZ HARDIE Wake up, feel empty, just hoping your anxiety gives you a break You slept 12 hours but it only feels like one No matter what you do the feeling you can’t shake Your heart pounds and you feel like you can’t breathe Thoughts consume your mind and again you are lost Lost for hours it seems, gaining your composure seems impossible You wish you could exit this black hole, you would at…

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Abuse - Assault Depression - Anxiety Self-Care Strength

RECOVER FROM ABUSE

By: Liz Hardie Mental abuse can be highly damaging to someone, although difficult you can survive and recover from abuse The time it takes a person to recover could take months or years, it will not happen overnight The mental pain and anguish I was personally put through is hard for me to wrap my head around Thinking I was loved, in reality I was being manipulated and controlled, nothing I said or did was…

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Depression - Anxiety Strength

THE CHILD’S ENVIRONMENT

BY: LIZ HARDIE The child’s environment is important, they have anxiety and fears just like their parents They feel your pain and your happiness, to them you are transparent No matter how much you try to hid, they see right through it You can say you are fine, but if allowed they’d call bullshit Children feed off their parent’s emotions every single day, some days confused Other days so happy and over the moon with…

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See How Powerful I Am On My Own

By: LIZ HARDIE I have always doubted my strength, never knowing truly how powerful I am Finding someone to love me has always been important to me, since I was a teen To find the love that my parents have had for so many years So many times I feel like I may be close, their true colors are shown and I see how powerful I am on my own Never realizing that I needed…

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Toxic Work Environments

By: LIZ HARDIE Toxic work environments can be detrimental to your health, both physical and mental Many times you may think you are the problem, but in this type of environment it is probably not you The problem is in the many issues that lie inside the workplace, including owners, management, coworkers Issues like micromanagement, gossip, lack of communication and lack of accountability to name a few Do you enjoy your job, the work that…

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