Tag: Mental Health
Posted on October 11, 2022
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I have lived in Osage County, Missouri my whole life, my family has done so for generations. Many, if not most, of the people who live here would tell you that they feel like they can be themselves, live the life they want, that… Continue Reading “A Safe Place to Call Home: The Childhood Trauma of Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Small-Town America”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, LGBTQ+Tags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Growing Up LGBTQ+, LGBT, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Childhood Trauma, LGBTQ+ Safe Space, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Mental Health for LGBTQIA+, Mid-America LGBTQ+, Midwest LGBTQ+, Missouri LGBTQ+, National Coming Out Day
Posted on September 7, 2022
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For many teens and adults who are facing sadness or are feeling down about a recent event or disappointing experience, or who may not be feeling as optimistic about life as they used to, or who are perhaps feeling heartache over an ended relationship… Continue Reading “Seeking Help for Depression”
Category: All, Behavioral HealthTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Depression, Getting Help, Major Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Condition, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Support, Mental Illness, Moderate to Severe Depression, National Recovery Month, National Suicide Prevention Month, Recovery, Recovery Support, Seeking Help, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention
Posted on September 1, 2022
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For more than a decade I found myself at work witnessing, hearing about, or personally experiencing behavioral health challenges that were not effectively handled or addressed by management staff or by the employer as a whole. Not because no one cared, but because people… Continue Reading “Workplace Mental Health”
Category: All, Behavioral HealthTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health in Employment, Behavioral Health in the Workplace, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health in Employment, Mental Health in the Workplace, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Month, Workplace Behavioral Health, Workplace Mental Health
Posted on September 1, 2022
by Kēphen
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September is National Recovery Month, and while I have not been directly impacted by what is referred to as a substance use disorder, many people that I know personally have or still are struggling. Mental health conditions and substance use disorders may not be… Continue Reading “The Words We Choose to Use in Behavioral Health”
Category: All, Behavioral HealthTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Language, Person-First Language, Substance Use, Substance Use Awareness, Substance Use Disorders, Substance Use Language
Posted on August 20, 2022
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It was the spring of 2021 when I was first introduced to Oliver Daldry‘s music via a U.K. 2015 film titled Departure. At the time, I had quit my job a couple months prior and I was in a low point mentally, struggling with… Continue Reading “Music & Mental Health: A Path to Recovery”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Bookcase, Catch the Wind, Departure, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Music Therapy, Oliver Daldry, Sound of Recovery, Stress, Suicide
Posted on July 15, 2022
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The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act was signed into law on October 17, 2020 and as of July 16, 2022, will go into effect. This means that starting on that date anyone in the U.S. experiencing a behavioral health crisis can call or send… Continue Reading “The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act: 988 Takes Effect July 16, 2022”
Posted on September 10, 2021
by Kēphen
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day! Some of us have had suicidal thoughts in the past. Some of us are currently having suicidal thoughts. Some of us have put those thoughts into actions and have had abandoned attempts. Some of us have fully attempted… Continue Reading “World Suicide Prevention Day”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, AFSP, AFSP Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Recovery, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, World Suicide Prevention Day
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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I would like to share some personal things about myself that I have been experiencing as of late, just in case others can relate. First though, I want to provide some context for why I decided to share my recent experiences. In June, I… Continue Reading “We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Alone, Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Compassion, Courage, Depression, Empathy, Fitness, Hope, Hopelessness, Life, Life After Trauma, Major Depression, Mental Breakdown, Mental Health, Mental Health Condition, Mental Health Issues, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigma, Military Suicide Awareness, Mindfulness, Mood Disorder, Online Bullying, Pandemic and Mental Health, Psychiatric Episode, Recovery, Self-awareness, Substance Use Disorders, Suicide Prevention, Unemployment
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
Category: All, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Antisocial, Apathy, Attention, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Delusion, Ego, Empathy, Facebook, Honesty, Human Interaction, Humble, Humility, Instagram, Introspective, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Narcissism, Narcissist, Narcissistic, Numb, Psychopathy, Reality Check, Sam Harris, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Sensation Overload, Sensory Overload, Social Burnout, Social Media, Twitter, Unemployment, Video Games
Posted on May 6, 2021
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These past several years I have really been noticing a significant rise in bravado, grandiosity, self-aggrandizing, and a false sense of social importance, particularly among young American men. This pretentious view that one is special and important, and that the choices they make have… Continue Reading “The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Adulthood, American Youth, Behavioral Health, Bravado, Delusion, Grandiosity, Humble, Humility, Hype, Hype Beast, Hype Culture, Legend, Lessons on Living, Mental Health, Pretentious, Reality Check, Self-aggrandizing, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Self-Importance, Self-worth, Temperance, Youth
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The Ardent Axiom 
Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
Posted on August 16, 2021 by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
Category: All, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Antisocial, Apathy, Attention, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Delusion, Ego, Empathy, Facebook, Honesty, Human Interaction, Humble, Humility, Instagram, Introspective, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Narcissism, Narcissist, Narcissistic, Numb, Psychopathy, Reality Check, Sam Harris, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Sensation Overload, Sensory Overload, Social Burnout, Social Media, Twitter, Unemployment, Video Games