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How do you know if you’re borderline depressed or if you’re over exaggerating ?

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15+ Things We Wish People Understood About Anxiety

Anxiety is a pain in the butt, and its worse when friends and family don’t understand. Those with anxiety want to be functional, understood and loved. If you are wondering what it feels like have anxiety, you can read: Anxiety – A True Story. 

The following is a list of things we wish people understood:

We can’t control when anxiety pops up – there isn’t a magical remote control that stops anxiety.

We can easily get startled – don’t get get mad if you walk past by and we flinch. Anxiety makes us hypervigilant.

Panic attacks are terrifying – we truly believe we are dying. Instead of telling us to stop exaggerating, help us.

Having anxiety doesn’t make us weak – in fact facing our demons daily makes us……………

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[psych2go]

6 Reasons Why Smart People Cant Find Happiness

Happiness is the feeling of contentment and satisfaction that is craved by many but only achieved by some. Happiness is relative and subjective. But for many successful individuals, the presence of a great family life and a flourishing career is often not enough. On some occasions these do not prevent an smart individual from feeling a sense of loneliness, often sadness and melancholy.

Here are six psychological reasons why smart people have a harder time finding happiness.

1. Intelligent people over-analyze

Many individuals with high levels of intelligence often over think and analyze everything that occurs in their life and surroundings. While their ability to analyze things is a great asset, the constant analysis of everything often lead to frustrations especially when coming up with an undesired conclusion.

Being able to see through people’s intentions is a burden that most people don’t get to carry. Oftentimes, knowing how ugly the real world is like is……

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8 Everyday Habits That Are Making You Anxious

Anxiety disorders affect nearly 20% of adults in North America. That’s about 40 million people! Many researchers estimate that this number is actually closer to 30% since there are many people who suffer undiagnosed anxiety symptoms or aren’t even aware they have anxiety at all.

Sometimes, it feels like anxiety has become a part of modern-day life, and it’s something many of us just have to deal with. In a way, it’s true. The stress of school and the workplace leaves 41% of employees and over half of all college/university students suffering from high levels of anxiety.

Sometimes it just feels good to go home, and indulge in some well-deserved vices. We’ve all had the all-so-satisfying feeling of planting our butts in our couches and binge-watching our favorite Netflix shows while eating pizza. But as tempting and amazing as that sounds, is it really the best thing for us? As it turns out, some of our guilty pleasures may be agitating our anxiety instead of reducing it.

Here are 8 everyday habits that may be stressing you out more than you know.

1. Being a Couch Potato

Yes, your daily activeness has a direct effect on your mood. Regular exercise is important in maintaining your mental health because it reduces stress! According to the ADAA, even just 10 minutes of exercise a day – though 30 minutes of daily exercise is recommended – can improve alertness and concentration. Exercise produces endorphins, which reduce stress. When you spend all day huddled up in bed or on your sofa, you…..

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[fattychanss]

Christine Sydelko said this on twitter but I had to share it here. Fatphobic people don’t care about fat people’s health.

[lovelysuggestions]

can we all come together and agree that the saying “no one can truly love you until you love yourself” is trash. loving yourself takes time, and it isn’t always easy. Know that there are people out there who love you, even when you struggle to.

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photos of frank ocean by michael mayren

[mypsychology]

For more posts like these, go to @mypsychology​

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[quotemadness]

When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.

Elizabeth Gilbert (via quotemadness)

[hatin]

“I want you to like me when i’m fucked up because that’s when you see the real me

B.D  (via hatin)

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[introvertpalaceus]

For anyone who literally wants to take the moon home this winter. 

You can check it out: HERE

This is the full moon version. 

[fet-kitten]

want 1.

[kotomessecretblog]

I wanna give my love the moon and the stars

[futuristicallysparklysong]

I have a small one! It’s cool

[thelonelystonernyc-deactivated2]

I’m buying one

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[sleepin]

Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.

Rupi Kaur (via avouer)

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