Sanity Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

I recently wrote a blog post about the struggles single mothers face, and I got some heartfelt responses through emails and comments. – SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association): Supports women workers in the informal economy through training and self-employment opportunities. What is available?

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Mad in America

JUNE 16, 2025

My therapeutic approach is grounded in trauma-informed, systems-aware, and grief-sensitive care. And some are only “functional” because one person is constantly shrinking, suppressing, or self-abandoning to keep the peace. Many of my clients come from marginalized communities — though not all.

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Mad in America

JUNE 12, 2025

Somatic therapies like somatic experiencing and sensorimotor psychotherapy utilize this understanding by promoting embodied awareness and movement-based interventions to restore autonomic flexibility. In this model, trauma-induced inertia is viewed as a functional state of metabolic conservation rather than dysfunction.

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Mad in America

JUNE 19, 2025

We wrote a blog about women’s leadership in the psychedelic space as an essential part of doing power differently. Psychedelic experiences, when properly supported, offer different possibilities: Rather than diagnosing deficits, psychedelic experiences often foster reconnection—to self, others, nature, and a sense of meaning.

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Mad in America

APRIL 17, 2025

Reclaiming their significance requires challenging these social norms to recognize dreams as vital tools for self-awareness, problem-solving, and personal growth. The paradigm began shifting when neuroscience finally recognized lucid dreaming (awareness of dreaming while asleep) through EEG studies.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

No-way-out by J “Mental distress is a portal to self-actualisation, providing a gateway into inner-consciousness…[it] is only labelled as an ‘illness’ because of how we have been conditioned to understand it within western culture.” Footnote This research was completed with the Alef Trust in 2024.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Still, you and your family should be aware of the possibility of side effects in the future and being made aware does not mean the doctor softly saying “Well, there are some known side effects, but how about we try this?” Many were not aware of these risks prior to starting them. Millions of others share this experience.

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Mad in America

APRIL 22, 2025

Understanding these hidden dynamics can facilitate reflection on psychiatric institutions and increase the awareness of the social and cultural factors embedded in mental health assessment. In this way, my work makes visible the often overlooked moral underpinnings of psychiatric assessment.

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Sanity Daily

APRIL 15, 2025

I know how hard it must be for you, or else you would not have ended up reading this blog. Due to the lack of awareness, we even lack the usage of proper language while talking to someone in such a condition. To be able to forgive your younger self 27.) Take care, be mindful and be aware. I agree it is tough.

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Mad in America

JULY 16, 2024

In essence he was conveying that commitment to “free association” during psychotherapy—or speaking as honestly and freely about inner thoughts and feelings as possible, genuine emotional truth telling —allows for visceral, socially unacceptable urges and emotions to enter our awareness that typically leave a person feeling out of control.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Waking dreamsallowus to dream while awake, significantly enhancing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, andthe ability to findmeaning in life experiences. D reaming isa vitalpart of our existence, essential to memory consolidation and emotional processing. On average, their mental outlook improved by 36%.I

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Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog post seeks to illuminate semiotics’ untapped power in social work and advocate for its integration as a novel approach to fostering more nuanced, empathetic, and compelling client relationships. These symbols serve as a form of self-expression and a shield against the social pressures of the school environment.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 28, 2024

It reeks of colonial saviourism, perpetuating the modern rhetoric that mental health was ignored in traditional societies and that only modern societies, with their enlightened ways of looking at the self and the world, give importance to it and therefore, should serve as the champions of expanding this cause worldwide.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We risk increasing this person’s depressed mood which in some cases can result in the person self-harming and then the EUPD diagnosis follows shortly after. In the meantime, I am a big believer on the mind-body relationship to healing, surrounding one-self with positivity and stories of hope and healing and avoiding any naysayers or doom.

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ADDitude

MARCH 27, 2025

My tendency to self-isolate. Take This Self-Test: Autism in Girls ] But thats just the tip of the iceberg. Youll Develop a New Interest: AuDHD Awareness and Advocacy One of the pleasant surprises of my post-diagnosis existence was the opportunity to hyperfixate on a good cause. The executive dysfunction that plagued me.

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Lawyers with Depression

MARCH 22, 2025

This is a guest blog from attorney, Amarbir Singh Shergill , a Private Legal Practitioner in the Honble Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, India since 2019. This realization itself triggers a spiral of doubt, low self-esteem, lack of confidence, and mental health challenges. He earned his B.A.LLB (Hons.) Fame attracts fame.

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Roland Bal - Resolving Trauma and PTSD

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Self-defeat is a common symptom of Complex Trauma or PTSD. Closely tied to this are the thought patterns of self-defeat, which may manifest as nothing is going to help or I am never going to get out of this. Unfortunately, these shutdown states and self-defeating thoughts are all too common with PTSD and Complex Trauma.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

I am typing this blog in the back of a taxi wending its way to the airport through the hilly landscape of Sardinia, my beautiful daughter sleeping in the seat beside me. Unlike after my first admission I internalised my new self-image as a bipolar psychiatric patient and it ended up literally disabling me.

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Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Social Services 120

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

MARCH 2, 2025

In 2025, as mental health awareness continues to grow, counseling is playing a more prominent role in education. This blog explores the top 10 benefits of counseling for students, highlighting how it enhances mental well-being, academic success, and overall personal growth. Why is counseling important?

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child offers this definition of EF skills: “Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. A good starting point is the term “executive function.”

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ADDitude

JUNE 5, 2025

What often gets forgotten or overlooked, though, is building awareness of their strengths. Awareness of gaps is important, but it shouldnt be the whole picture. Point out their strengths every chance you get. Children with ADHD have their challenges pointed out to them every day by everyone in authority.

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Sanity Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

5/5 - (1 vote) Beating self-doubt as a woman is as important as you breathe without even thinking about it. Self-doubt and procrastination are not only time thieves but energy killers too. In this blog, I am to going talk about the ways I overcame self-doubt as a woman and stopped for nothing. Be kind to self 21.)

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It constitutes a conceptual resource—a tool that offers another kind of understanding that is not confined to the malfunction-perspective often emphasized within the biomedical paradigm, which has the danger of functioning as a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is why it is sometimes important to also listen to what they are pointing towards.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Institutionalization refers to the establishment of large, bland, uniform, impersonal, hierarchical, bureaucratic, and coercive entities that increasingly rule our lives. Maybe one of us will have a chance one day to talk with Mark Vonnegut, and ask him about the source of that Krishnamurti quote.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The first prerequisite is to feel good about yourself, activating a process of awareness that allows you to acquire andstrengthen your self-esteem, break down stigma and open up to dialogue, even witha critical spirit. My role as ESP, therefore, leads me towards external contexts and towards self-recognition!

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Telling people theyre destined for the worst possible outcome can create a self-fulfilling “nocebo” effect, reinforcing the very dependence they seek to escape. Respect for autonomy and self-determination in the context of informed consent is at the heart of the patients rights movement. Trust people to find their own way.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Rationally, a person can be aware of this. Basically, what is seen as pathology in classical mental health system is a complex web of surviving strategies and responses learned in early childhood and/or aversive circumstances, which then later in life, might cause suffering.

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Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

This is a crucial time of transition for psychiatry, and current developments are occurring beneath the public’s awareness. Although a growing number of people are aware of problems with psychiatric treatment, what remains taboo is challenging fundamental assumptions that equate mental health concerns with biomedical disorders.

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The London Psychiatry Centre

JUNE 2, 2025

Furthermore, journaling activates the prefrontal cortex (the part of your brain that deals with emotional regulation, decision making and self-awareness), helping you gain perspective and reducing your stress response. It can boost mood through increased dopamine release, especially when journalling goals, wins or reflections.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Sleep and mental health Self-awareness 59

Mad in America

JANUARY 31, 2024

I might harness my occupational therapist’s skills to develop a self-reflection tool and make it available to independent users. Clarifications I am aware that the Social-Emotional Distress field has not been formally defined as such. My contribution to this space is yet to be explored. Time will tell.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 1, 2024

In this blog, he addresses the scientific literature on antidepressant efficacy and FDA approval. The subjects themselves and the psychiatrist raters of improvement may be aware of the condition (placebo or drug) which may falsely increase the “power” of the drug over placebo. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.

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Mad in America

MAY 30, 2024

But I give you access to my professional perspectives and reflections, in the hope and belief that you will be able to use them for increased self-awareness and personal growth. I don’t change the way you think. I am not seeking a cure for cognitive or emotional disorders.

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Sleep and mental health Healthcare Construction Self-awareness 135

Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this article, I will outline simple yet powerful strategies to help you manage intense emotions, improve self-awareness, and develop healthier coping mechanisms. Enhance Self-Awareness The journey toward better emotional regulation begins with self-awareness.

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Sanity Daily

JANUARY 30, 2025

My blog Sanity Daily was attacked and targeted by some digital marketer whom I trusted to the core. She not only left my blog to doom but also made sure I didn’t spread the word about her unprofessionalism, so she reached out to our few common contacts and manipulated them. Fight all the fears and conquer them, one at a time.

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Center for Integrative Psychiatry

APRIL 14, 2025

Over time, that perspective turns into self-awareness, and that self-awareness changes. Disclaimer: This blog provides general information about therapy and should not be taken as financial, legal, or medical advice. But Does Therapy Really Work? It depends on what you expect. So yes, its a good idea.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Why, she can send an email home to John boy’s parents—make them aware of his deficits. And Miss Brown will not be made aware of this until the day of. And in today’s schools, there is no shortage of John boys or Mikeys. So what is our teacher, Miss Brown, to do? This is no good either. This constitutes science? This is medicine?

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The Art of Healing Trauma

OCTOBER 8, 2018

For people who have a tendency towards self-blame, blaming themselves – having a blame the victim mentality directed at themselves – is subtle. This blog post – Sexual Coercion Is Sexual Abuse Lilly Hope Lucario points out that there are many different kinds of “Yeses.” Self-hatred Yes.

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