Mental Health

Ed. note: This blog post has been adapted from a BuzzFeed post. The original post was posted on July 29, 2015. Read the original post. Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness, worry, or fear that helps you cope with an event or situation. It's a completely normal response to stress. But when it...

What's the best holiday gift I have ever received? Not having to do the whole holiday thing. Really, I'm not a Scrooge. I love picking out the right gift for a person and watching them open it. Receiving gifts is fun, too. Oh, and let's not forget all the homemade goodies. And decorating your home...

Ed. note: This blog post is cross-posted from the MentalHealth.gov blog. The original post date was September 10, 2014. Read the original post. I'm a survivor of suicide. For me, that means that I've attempted to end my life by suicide and survived the death of my aunt who ended her life with a gun...

People often reflect on their college years with great nostalgia and fond memories. Having finished my first year this past spring, I am able to better understand that college is certainly a unique and precious time in an individual's life. Last summer, before my first year of college, I tried my...

Ed. note: This blog is cross-posted from the Mentalhealth.gov blog. The original post date was April 1, 2014. Across the country, there is a growing movement to create "trauma-informed" services, organizations and communities. This movement reflects an understanding that psychological trauma and...