Dec 12

1: What is Emotional Self-Reliance?

Posted by Emotional Self-Reliance in Mental Illness, Wellness Tools, WRAP, health, brain injury, memory loss, employment, rehabilitation, learned helplessness, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Side effects, medication, psychiatry, psychiatrist, determination, stubborn, psychosis, depression, suicide, anxiety, housing, work

If your psychiatrist told you "They haven't invented the medication that will help you yet," what would you do? Join Sarah's exploration of "Wellness Tools" as she works to recover a life lost to symptoms of severe mental illness and a memory lost to psychiatric electroconvulsive therapy "shock" treatments.

Dec 12

2: Making Small Successes into Big Achievements

Posted by Emotional Self-Reliance in Mental Illness, Wellness Tools, WRAP, health, brain injury, memory loss, employment, rehabilitation, learned helplessness, psychiatry, determination, anxiety, work, identity

How is learning to fold an ornate origami swan like learning to live with symptoms of mental illness? How can we turn scattered shreds of our life’s paper, into our life's unique origami masterpiece? Embrace your colors and have fun, one tiny fold at a time! Origami swan tutorial.

Dec 19

4: 32 Ways to Prevent Your Own Suicide

Posted by Emotional Self-Reliance in Mental Illness, Wellness Tools, health, learned helplessness, Side effects, medication, psychiatry, determination, psychosis, depression, suicide, work

What do lifeguards and camels have to do with Sarah's 32 Wellness Tools to prevent suicide? Listen and learn from Sarah's experiences 12 years of suicidal thoughts and self-preservation.

One tool? Play The Piano Guys' Song, "It's Gonna Be Okay" on a Loop!

Emotional Self-Reliance

1: What is Emotional Self-Reliance?

2: Making Small Successes into Big Achievements

4: 32 Ways to Prevent Your Own Suicide

Emotional Self-Reliance

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