Shannon

Mental Health and Personal Development Blogger | YouTuber | Cat mom 🐱

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

I'm starting a new series on my blog about therapy! I posted the first post today on how to find a therapist. Please check it out, and share if you like it!

https://t.co/LrPXcSy6ii

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

I am so relieved right now. I feel like I can finally breathe again. 😭 #PresidentElectBiden

[lili michelle لیلی @lilsmichelle]

i was taught more about how spaghetti strap tank tops were intolerable than racism

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@pigletish This is gorgeous!! 💕

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@ItsNicoleCarman I was obsessed with Neopets back in the day!!

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@ItsNicoleCarman Hope some of them help! I know how hard it is to start exercising regularly! 💕

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@HopeVirgo Lol #sister 😂

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@ItsNicoleCarman Having a work-out buddy or accountability partner is also a great way to commit to it, and it can make it way more fun. Hopefully one of these helped!

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@ItsNicoleCarman 3. Do something that's fun for you. Sign up for dance classes or do dance-based workouts at home (Zumba, etc.). Sign up for an exercise class. Do some chill yoga at home or in a studio. Go for a walk. Whatever you enjoy will be easier to stick with, so focus on that first.

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@HopeVirgo Is the top part "Love"? And I see a 2 at the bottom right corner.

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@SnehaS_Blog Thank you so much for your support! It's a huge deal to me, too. Especially since the industry I'm trying to get in is so competitive.

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

YOU GUYS. I got a phone interview for an exciting position as a scientific writer. It's next week, and I'm struggling a lot with imposter syndrome over it, but I'm so so happy and proud of myself.

I know it's such a small thing, but celebrating the small things is important. 😁

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@sydneysjourney Congratulations!! 💕

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

Don't feel bad for taking meds just because you WANT to feel better and have life be easier.

You're allowed to make things easier, regardless of how bad your situation is compared to others.

#SickNotWeak #MentalHealthAwareness #medication

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

As a person with relatively high-functioning depression and anxiety, I felt selfish for taking meds because my situation isn't as bad as others who need meds to function.

But my meds are helping me feel great, and this is the most consistently I've felt well in my whole life.

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@katiessanctuary I love this! I also know that, for me, each time I've gone into therapy I've worked on different things to improve my functioning in new ways. I would get past certain things, but uncover a new thing that I needed help figuring out as well.

[Shannon @shananigans_5]

@LifeWithLydia I just started taking meds for the first time, and it's honestly been life-changing for me already. I think it's so great that we have this kind of treatment available.

[Katie 🌱 @thiskatiecan]

Living with a high functioning mental illness is hard. More often than not our loved ones will have no idea we're struggling. We might play it down, shrug it off, laugh it away. We isolate ourselves. We feel we have to justify or explain our pain. We worry "they won't believe me"