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What Goes Up Must Come Down
by Jamie G. CW: Mental illness It's a moment-to-moment experience. It’s as if a light gets turned off and that light represented everything good in the world. Everything that felt worth fighting for is suddenly out of reach, beyond your capacity, and not worth the effort. Friends? Don't bother. Family? Just a blood obligation. Dreams? For youthful souls who haven't felt the sobering clutch of reality take hold. [...]
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by Jamie G. CW: Mental Illness Maladaptive behaviours. Mal, being the french word for bad, and adaptive being the evolutionary term for morphing to your situation in order to survive. So maladaptive behaviours are the destructive ways some people cope with life's trials and tribulations in hopes of making it from one day to the next. Maladaptive behaviours become a pattern, an unconscious response to the pain we [...]
What’s Happening in the Youth Mental Healthcare System? The Stepped Care Approach
by Jill S. The past couple of years have painted a strained picture of our healthcare system. You’re probably tired of hearing how burdened our services are. Our emergency rooms are crowded, our hospitals are understaffed, and healthcare workers are burnt out. Emerging practice and research is exploring ways to provide better care using many of the same resources we already have — just by using them in [...]
Stress Awareness: What is it and what can you do?
by Kaitlyn S. National Stress Awareness Day is the first Wednesday of November. November comes with colder weather, exams for students, and the start of the holiday season. As a recently graduated university student and someone who’s worked in retail for many years, I know how stressful this month can be. National Stress Awareness Day comes as a reminder to all of us to put our mental health [...]
