Mental Health Club

This community promotes mental health awareness/facts and serves as a safe space for people who need help. 💖

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September is suicide prevention month. Please stay safe and remember you’re loved. The world would be very different without you. Stay strong. Suicide is serious and no matter how much we think we do, we don’t pay attention to teens and adults who suffer

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during a delirium episode because the results could be misleading. Dementia is the progressive decline of memory and other thinking skills due to the gradual dysfunction and loss of brain cells. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease.

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Dementia and delirium may be particularly difficult to distinguish, and a person may have both. In fact, delirium frequently occurs in people with dementia. But having episodes of delirium does not always mean a person has dementia. So a dementia assessment should not be done

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more than positive ones.
• It tells you that if you were just this or just that, if you could try a little harder, then things would be better.

How can you counteract this natural tendency toward the negative? One answer is : self-compassion. This takes intention and effort.

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The average adult brain creates approximately 70,000 thoughts each day. If you could pay attention to all of them, what would they say? Chances are your brain doesn't tell you how fantastic you look in those jeans, how brilliant your presentation was or what an amazing parent you

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are, that's not how your brain is designed. The brain is designed to seek out threat, keep you safe from danger and protect you. As a result, your brain focuses on the negative:

• It seeks out what's wrong instead of what's right.
• It holds on to negative events and feelings

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doors repeatedly to make sure they're locked
• Checking the stove repeatedly to make sure it's off
• Counting in certain patterns
• Silently repeating a prayer, word or phrase
• Arranging your canned goods to face the same way

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Compulsions (in OCD) typically have themes, such as:

• Washing and cleaning
• Checking
• Counting
• Orderliness
• Following a strict routine
• Demanding reassurance

Examples of compulsion signs and symptoms include:

• Hand-washing until your skin becomes raw
• Checking

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extent.
- May I accept myself, just as I am.
- May I feel peace and contentment.

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Set aside 5 to 10 minutes each day to practice. Start your day by choosing a verbal affirmation that is meaningful to you. Here are some examples:

- May I be happy.
- May I be healthy.
- May I be kind to myself.
- May I experience love and joy.
- May I live life to the fullest

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offer only a temporary relief from anxiety. You may make up rules or rituals to follow that help control your anxiety when you're having obsessive thoughts. These compulsions are excessive and often are not realistically related to the problem they're intended to fix.

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OCD compulsions are repetitive behaviors that you feel driven to perform. These repetitive behaviors or mental acts are meant to reduce anxiety related to your obsessions or prevent something bad from happening. However, engaging in the compulsions brings no pleasure and may

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Obsessions ( in OCD) often have themes to them, such as:

• Fear of contamination or dirt
• Doubting and having difficulty tolerating uncertainty
• Needing things orderly and symmetrical
• Aggressive or horrific thoughts about losing control and harming yourself or others

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when objects aren't orderly or facing a certain way
• Images of driving your car into a crowd of people
• Thoughts about shouting obscenities or acting inappropriately in public
• Unpleasant sexual images
• Avoidance of situations that can trigger obsessions, such as

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Trying to be perfect can get in the way of healthy changes you're trying to make. Learn how to focus on progress — not perfection — can put you on a path to success.

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These obsessions typically intrude when you're trying to think of or do other things.

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OCD obsessions are repeated, persistent, unwanted thoughts, urges or images that are intrusive & cause distress or anxiety. You might try to ignore them or get rid of them by performing a compulsive behavior or ritual.