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Five (5) Easy Ways To Keep Your Sanity During A Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)


The pandemonium surrounding a pandemic causes more than just disruptions in everyday life. With so many changes, so many things unknown and out of your control, sometimes it can feel like you are loosing it. Even in the midst of all the chaos, there are things that you can do to help keep your sanity. Taking simple basic steps such as keeping a schedule and employing good self-care can help to manage the stress and make the process more manageable. We don’t know at this time how long the COVID-19 outbreak will last, but with the continued spread of the Coronavirus, it is important to set in place tools and systems to help maintain everyday life as much as possible in case this pandemic lasts longer than what people think or expect. It would be great if it could end as quickly as it seems to have started. Creating a system to maintain stability and of course your sanity can make getting through the process less painful.

Five (5) Resources To Get Free Therapy


Many people with mental health issues don’t get the help they need because of finances. There are many resources that can help people get free or affordable therapy to address many issues. Many of these resources are underutilized because people are not aware of them. In order to manage any mental health condition, it is important that proper and consistent treat is available. By utilizing the resources available to them people can address issues when they are first presented, which can be the difference between someone experiencing / managing depression and having suicidal thoughts or event attempting suicide.

Five (5) Resources For Accessing Mental Health Information

Sometimes it’s hard to know where to go to access information. Many people being diagnosed with mental health issues have no clue where to access information. Unfortunately because so many keep it such a secret, even the people in their circle are often not much help because they don’t know that the person is facing the same issue as them. It is important that when a person receives a mental health diagnosis they know where to go to learn about their diagnosis, find treatment, get support or any other resources they may need.
1. NIMH National Institute of Mental Health nimh.nih.gov
2. NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness nami.org
3. Mental health Associations
4. 211, 211.org
5. School guidance office

Five (5) Misconceptions About Mental Illness

People who suffer with mental illness are just like everyone else you know. In fact they ARE the people you know in your everyday life, but some in our society want you to believe differently. These are 5 things that some people believe about mental illness that are false.

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Stop Giving Your Jerky Friend A Pass: Five (5) Things That Are Not A Mental Illness

In recent years, many people have adopted, accepted or acquiesced to the use of various mental illnesses to define or describe unacceptable behaviors. It’s fine that you don’t want to call your friend a jerk, but why should people with mental illness bear the burden of being associated with them.

Certain illnesses such as bipolar disorder, mental retardation have been so unfairly used in place of words like stupid, idiot. People describe behaviors as psychotic instead of rude, erratic, aggressive or plain old jerky. We don’t associate negative behaviors with physical ailments, and the same should apply to mental ailments. You don’t say someone is a heart attack when they say something ridiculous, so why would anyone think it’s acceptable to say that they are mentally retarded. If you won’t say your jerky friend is a tumor, why would be suitable to say freely that he’s bipolar.

People who suffer from mental illnesses have enough of their own troubles to deal with. They don’t to be lumped in with the rude, the ignorant or the uncaring jerks of the world. So next time you need to define a behavior, please use your words correctly. Call someone a stupid idiot or a rude jerk if they deserve it, but don’t offend people with mental illnesses by putting them in the same category.

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