Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “stigma”
The other day someone came up to me and said, “Thank you for being so brave and talking about seeing a therapist. There is such a negative stigma around therapy, and I am happy you are driving the conversation in a positive way.” I have to be honest, my first thought was, “Is this bravery?” My second thought was, “Is …
There is one question that so many people struggle to answer: What do you love the most about yourself? Both men and women struggle with self-care. People of all ages struggle with accepting their body – loving exactly WHO they are in their body as it exists at this moment. 45 million Americans go on a diet every single year …
Writing this blog post, I am sitting on the waterfront of Alexandria, VA, watching the life of Washington, DC right across the water and I thought about all the life happening all around us that we constantly watch pass us by. And then I felt sadness for all of those who couldn’t see the beauty of today, because they had …
On August 29th, 1N5’s Executive Director, Nancy Eigel-Miller, spoke to two Women’s Studies classes at St. Ursula Academy. Approximately 50 students learned about mental health signs and symptoms, the latest data about mental health, and trends as well as mindfulness and self-care practices. The class included a mindfulness practice and a discuss about how to incorporate more self care techniques …
On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 1N5 provided and facilitated training to the Spencer Educational Center staff on Second Step, which is a research-based, teacher-informed, and classroom-tested program that promotes the social-emotional development, safety, and well-being of children from Early Learning through Grade 8. Second Step Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) gives students the tools to excel in and out of the classroom. …
Hey Warriors! Does anyone else feel like they went to bed at the end of exam week and woke up on move-in day? That’s where I’m at! I move back to campus this weekend, leaving me less than two days to settle in before classes start on Monday. I can already feel the stress of the coming semester creeping in, …
Ashley Nelles, the warrior behind the Instagram account @mentallywhole, will be taking over our Insta Stories today to share her mental health journey! Happy Friday! “I don’t remember a time when I didn’t struggle with my mental health. As a child, it was separation and anxiety. I began therapy in elementary school and again in middle school. I started antidepressants …
Meghan shares her story of living with anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, and how she has experienced self-harm and suicidal ideation. Meghan explains how college life and being away from home triggered a relapse but seeing a counselor at school helped her work through it.
I have been going through a lot of changes lately, including a career change and moving into a new apartment. While moving, I stumbled across a letter I wrote to myself my freshman year of college. During orientation, we were told to write these letters to our future selves with our hopes and dreams and then my college would hold …
Hey all! My name is Caitlin, and I am a grateful, recovering alcoholic. My one year sobriety date was June 25, 2019. Along with the addiction I have been battling, I have also dealt with mental health disorders as long as I can remember, going back into my teen years. Severe depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, as well as …
