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Mental Health Notes

Archive for the ‘Anxiety Disorders’ Category

April 28th, 2008

“To The Well-Organized Mind, Death Is But The Next Great Adventure.”

Nice thought, Albus, but, yeah screw that! my mind’s not all that organized just yet.
Currently, I am 26 years old and most everyone in my family has lived beyond the age of 90.
I always thought I’d have to be tricked into the grave, too.
However, according to the Blue Zones Vitality Compass quiz, my mental health […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 26th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Gathers No Moss

Let’s glance back at some of the topics I covered this week here at Mental Health Notes. I shared pictures during Sunday’s Brain Break, mused on the mental health repercussions for the FLDS religious sect children, explained why being kind to the earth (and not just on Earth Day!) was good for our minds, offered […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 19th, 2008

Enter The Kids Health Notes Aquafina Prize Pack Giveaway!

We all deal with stress, anxiety, and depression in different ways. Some of us lace up our sneakers and take off on a vigorous walk or run around town. Some of us lace up our boxing gloves and beat the snot out of unsuspecting punching bags.
Though, some of us like to take a more relaxing […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

April 19th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Upgrade Your Brain

I’m really enjoying the new layout of Saturday Sanity. I think it’s doing a much better job of providing more Saturday Sanity-worthy links, don’t you?
Anyway…

First, let’s take a look back at some of the things that have gone on here at Mental Health Notes this week. We kicked off the stress-busting Goin’ to the Chapel […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

April 12th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Your Brain’s Weekly Smorgasbord Of Sanitylicious

I’m trying a bit of a different style for Saturday Sanity. Let me know what you think!

First up, let me refresh your memory regarding some of the more interesting things that went on at Mental Health Notes this week: The Lolcats paid us a visit, Boston Legal made me proud, the folks opposing the postpartum […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments

April 8th, 2008

Boston Legal Takes On Mental Illness Once Again

Tonight’s episode of Boston Legal was an emotional one for me. Sure, Alan Shore’s closing arguments get me fired up and ready to start changing the world every Tuesday night, but tonight’s episode was particularly engaging.
And, it was Shirley’s closing argument - not Alan’s - that did it for me. The frank, bottom line closing […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 4th, 2008

Of Disloyal House Elves And Guilt-Stricken Humans

In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, house elves “are small humanoid creatures who inhabit large houses belonging to wealthy Wizarding families” (HP Lexicon). House elves are the servants of these Wizarding families and are, for the most part, very loyal to their Wizarding families.
Some house elves even punish themselves when they feel they’ve been disloyal […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

April 3rd, 2008

2 Sure Fire Ways To Deal With Phobias

Anyone who knows me well (and even several people who don’t know me so well) know that I suffer from severe arachnophobia. (Well, I don’t really suffer, per se, until I’m faced with one of those eight-legged bastards. As long as the area I’m in is free of spiders, I’m pretty much free of suffering.)
I […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments

March 26th, 2008

Compulsive Hoarding: Do You Fit The Profile?

My father is a pack rat. It seems like he saves everything - empty coffee cans, old computer monitors, broken stereo speakers - you name it, and Dad might have one or three out in his storage building. He’s even been known to pocket a few twisty tie things from break loaves in his day.
I […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

March 16th, 2008

Because Sometimes We Need A Break From Our Brains

Or, perhaps, our brains need a break. However you want to see it.
I’ve decided that, from now on, Mental Health Notes will take a break from all things mental health-related on Sundays. Yeah, I know - Mental Health Notes is a mental health blog. I’m a rebel, what can I say.
Constantly talking - and reading […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 7 comments

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