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One Woman’s Brave Email is Helping to Break the Mental Health Stigma
Web developer Madalyn Parker has recently gone viral for sending her boss an email. This email is helping break the stigma on mental health. Parker wrote explaining that she needed to take a couple days off to focus on her mental health. Something that many are too scared to do for fear of judgment or losing their job. Click below to read what her boss had to say.
How to support a depressed partner while maintaining your own mental health
Having a partner with depression can take a toll on a person. When you are caring for someone you love, your wants and needs are supplanted by theirs and many times you end up losing yourself. Pooma Bell gives some us some tips on how to support a partner with mental health while maintaining your own mental. Her first tip, look after yourself. Read more of Bell’s tips below.
Anger was my main symptom of Postpartum Anxiety — here’s how I found happiness again
Postpartum depression still very stigmatized but we have all heard about it. But did you know about Postpartum Anxiety (PPA)? For third time mom Megan O’Neill, PPA looked like anger and emotion that came flying out at any given time. For other mothers, it’s obsessive thoughts that something’s going to happen to your baby. For others, it may feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, and you can’t stop worrying if it’s ever going to be OK. Click below to learn how she was able to overcome this.
