Mental Health Archives - Healing HERstory https://healingherstory.com/category/mental-health/ for Women Who Dare to Heal Sun, 24 Jul 2022 11:44:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/healingherstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Healing-Herstory-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mental Health Archives - Healing HERstory https://healingherstory.com/category/mental-health/ 32 32 179438865 Forgiveness is NOT Your Responsibility https://healingherstory.com/trauma/forgiveness-is-not-your-responsibility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forgiveness-is-not-your-responsibility Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:23:20 +0000 https://healingherstory.com/?p=47338 I’ve thought about forgiveness a lot over the years. I was raised Catholic, and the confessional was a big part of my life, especially around the age of twelve, when weekly trips to the darkened cubicle at the back of the church formed a part of my regular routine. This ritual also wove it’s way […]

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]]> 47338 It’s Okay to Ditch the Self Care Today https://healingherstory.com/mental-health/its-okay-to-ditch-the-self-care-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-okay-to-ditch-the-self-care-today Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:50:42 +0000 https://healingherstory.com/?p=47265 I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to fold the fitted sheet that is my life. If you’ve ever tried to fold a fitted sheet, you know exactly what I mean. I’ve been thinking about identity and self care. Self care is such an overused phrase right now. Everywhere you look women are talking about […]

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]]> 47265 PTSD and Anxiety in a Masked Society https://healingherstory.com/mental-health/ptsd-and-anxiety-in-a-masked-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ptsd-and-anxiety-in-a-masked-society Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:36:03 +0000 http://healingherstory.com/?p=441 Yesterday I popped into the store after I dropped my son off at work. Who am I kidding? There’s no “popping in” to the store anymore. Halfway to the door I realised I didn’t have a mask, I turned around and headed back to the car. In the cubbie, I keep a packet of “just […]

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]]> 441 Living With Exhaustion https://healingherstory.com/my-journey/living-with-exhaustion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-with-exhaustion Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:12:21 +0000 http://healingherstory.com/?p=345 There are days when things are just more difficult. Days when I am bone tired. The kind of tired that is not accounted for by lack of sleep or busyness. It’s the kind of exhaustion you can only really understand if you live with a chronic illness. I take care of myself well, and I […]

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]]> 345 COVID-19 is a Global Trauma Event https://healingherstory.com/mental-health/covid-19-is-a-global-trauma-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-is-a-global-trauma-event Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:49:13 +0000 http://healingherstory.com/?p=309 How to mitigate the toll on our mental health There are so many different levels of trauma response being enacted right now. Yes, this is a global trauma event. In fact, it is a series of trauma events making up the “big event”. There’s a double domino effect taking place. Increasing and stricter measures being […]

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