Mental HealthWhat If the Damage Was Done Before You Even Knew What to Call It?Pen PixelJuly 6, 2025July 6, 2025 by Pen PixelJuly 6, 2025July 6, 2025013 Let me guess. You’re still angry and don’t even know why. You’re tired of snapping at people who didn’t deserve it, then hating yourself for...
Mental Health10 Specific Conditions That Can’t Let Your Brain Shut Up.Pen PixelJuly 5, 2025July 6, 2025 by Pen PixelJuly 5, 2025July 6, 202506 You ever been trapped inside your own head? I mean trapped, for real. Like, doors-locked, windows-shut, no-air-left kind of trapped. It’s the kind of mental...
Mental HealthThe Painfully Honest Version of SAD.Pen PixelJuly 5, 2025July 6, 2025 by Pen PixelJuly 5, 2025July 6, 2025010 You ever wake up one morning and feel like your soul forgot to show up? You’re staring at the wall, breathing but not really alive....
Mental HealthThe Highs and Lows of Bipolar Disorder.Pen PixelJuly 4, 2025July 4, 2025 by Pen PixelJuly 4, 2025July 4, 202506 You might sit and think you’re just “too much.” Too loud. Too quiet. Too happy. Too angry. One minute you’re dancing barefoot at 3am. The...
Mental Health8 Super Common Mental Health Disorders.Pen PixelJuly 2, 2025July 2, 2025 by Pen PixelJuly 2, 2025July 2, 202504 Read this with your chest, don’t blink. I didn’t “wake up feeling anxious.” I woke up inside it. Like I never left. Like I slept...
Mental HealthSleep and RecoveryWhat Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?Pen PixelJuly 1, 2025July 1, 2025 by Pen PixelJuly 1, 2025July 1, 202505 There’s a kind of fear that doesn’t make sense. It’s not the “I heard a sound in the dark” kind. It’s the “why does my...
Mental HealthSleep and RecoveryYou Can’t “Calm Down” If Your Body Is Still At War.Pen PixelJune 30, 2025June 30, 2025 by Pen PixelJune 30, 2025June 30, 202504 I wish I could explain how many times I’ve told myself to just “relax”… And my body looked me dead in the face and said, ...
Mental HealthStress ManagementThe Silent Saboteur That’s Eating You Alive – AKA Stress.Pen PixelJune 30, 2025June 30, 2025 by Pen PixelJune 30, 2025June 30, 202503 Stress is weird. I used to think I was just tired. Turns out, my soul was exhausted and my brain was running on fumes. But...
Mental HealthThis Is Why I Stopped Telling People I Was Struggling.Pen PixelJune 28, 2025June 28, 2025 by Pen PixelJune 28, 2025June 28, 202507 Some days I’m more scared of people’s reactions than I am of my own pain. Not the pain of the actual mental breakdown. The pain...
Mental HealthWhy You’re Not Crazy, You’re Just Carrying Everything At Once.Pen PixelJune 26, 2025June 26, 2025 by Pen PixelJune 26, 2025June 26, 202505 Some days, my body feels like a crime scene. And no, no stab wounds. No bruises. Just… too much everything. And I’ve learned that when my...