Tue.Mar 22, 2022

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Taking Pressure Off My Coping Techniques

My Brains Not Broken

Over the years, I’ve added many coping techniques and strategies to my mental health toolkit. While these techniques have provided a lot of support on my mental health journey, they’ve also created some problems. I realized I was putting too much pressure on my coping techniques, and that’s what I want to share today. My best example of this problem is my current relationship with meditation.

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Counseling and Change

Gary Direnfeld

There’s the joke regarding a man praying every Sunday for God to make him a millionaire. Each and every Sunday, the same prayer. After years of such prayer, this one time, there is a bolt of lightning. He then hears the voice of God, “I would love to answer your prayer and make you a millionaire.” God continues, “Meet me halfway.

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The Scariest Parts of Bipolar Disorder

Nnatasha Tracy

The scariest parts of bipolar disorder depend on who you ask, I guess, but I can think of quite a few scary things; after all, serious chronic illnesses like bipolar disorder tend to be scary on their very face. From having to deal with bipolar disorder for the rest of your life to possibly losing your life to bipolar disorder, there's a lot of which to be scared.

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A fifth of children in care self-harmed during pandemic, research finds

The Guardian

About one quarter said that they no longer had access to any mental health support One in five children in care in England were self-harming and likely to have mental ill health during the Covid-19 pandemic, research published on Wednesday reveals. The study by the University of Bristol is the first to analyse the mental health of children and young people in local authority care during the pandemic.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Mental Health Check-in

Abuse Survivor

I was triggered into a depressive episode after having a severe infection. The feelings and signs were all there but I felt helpless to change things. Even as I practiced the coping skills that I had learned I felt myself sink longer and lower into the depression. I can handle 5-7 things going on but when there are 10-15 things stressing me I break down.

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Children and Grief: A Developmental Perspective

University of Connecticut

Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, MEd. Wednesday, April 20, 2022. 10 am – 12 pm. 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Even before COVID children were grieving losses that were not largely recognized or understood. COVID has magnified the grief experience of children on multiple levels.

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