Four Signs It’s Time to Seek Mental Health Help

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• Four Signs It’s Time to Seek Mental Health Help
• Four Signs That Now is The Time for Mental Health Help
• Four Reasons Why Getting Mental Health Help Could Be a Good Idea
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Video: How Bipolar Disorder Changed Me
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

Four Signs It’s Time to Seek Mental Health Help

It can be difficult to know when it’s time to seek mental health help. It also can be hard take the leap and actually seek help. Here are four signs that it’s time and four reasons why it might be a good idea.

Four Signs That Now is The Time for Mental Health Help

• Your life (home, work, relationships, and more) is becoming more disrupted because of your mental health symptoms.
• Your coping skills aren’t as effective as they used to be.
• Sleeping has become problematic; you’re sleeping too much or not enough.
• You want to get better and could use extra support.

Four Reasons Why Getting Mental Health Help Could Be a Good Idea

1. You’ll work on decreasing each of your symptoms as well as increasing the quality of your life.
2. You will develop new, effective coping skills and a toolbox of helpful strategies.
3. Your mental and physical health can begin to work together again, so that things like sleeping and eating become regular.
4. You’ll have a partner on your journey to wellness who will listen and support you as you heal.

Listen to yourself and honor your desire—and ability—to thrive.

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• Mental Health Therapy Benefits
• Types of Mental Health Treatment
• Types of Behavioral and Mental Health Services You May Need
• I Need Mental Help: Where to Find Mental Health Help

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: How did you know you needed mental health help? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Bipolar Disorder and Perfectionism: Am I a Perfectionist?
• Remove Success and Failure from Your Mental Health Vocabulary
• Allergies, Asthma, Eczema and Anxiety
• Surviving Travel During Binge Eating Disorder Recovery
• My Anxiety Is More Debilitating Than Schizoaffective Disorder
• Mental Health Disability for Dissociative Identity Disorder
• How to Deal with Addiction Cravings to Avoid Relapse
• Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT to Treat Anxiety
• What to Do When Anxiety Behaves Like a Mood Disorder
• Others Have It Worse Than You and Bipolar Doesn’t Care
• Numbing Out: What If I Said You Weren’t Addicted to Food?

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

3 Hard Truths About Bipolar Disorder

It is not easy to accept the realities of bipolar disorder. Today, I’m sharing three hard truths that have been difficult for me to take as a person with bipolar 2 disorder.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Three Lessons Vital to Rape Survivors
2. ‘Get Over It’ Is Unhelpful Advice for Mental Illness Sufferers
3. Binge Eating Disorder and Coping With Anxiety

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"You don´t understand depression until you can´t stand your own presence in an empty room."

Read more depression quotes.

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