depression
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The Event That Led to My Psych Hospital Admission
This is a picture of me in August 2010. We were visiting my partners grandparents in Maine. It was the best trip. He left me a month later. It was 2010. My partner of 3 years with no warning told me he just “needed a break” and we would get back together in the future.… Continue reading
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Five Self-Care Ideas for Parents of Teens
This is my blog for Families for Depression Awareness (FFDA). Families for Depression Awareness helps families recognize and cope with depression and bipolar disorder to get people well and prevent suicides. Thank you for reading! – Kayla Continue reading
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I Thought PTSD Only Happened to Military Veterans.
I was sat in my new therapist’s office in 2019 when she first told me she believed that I had gone through a traumatic childhood and adolescence and suffered from complex posttraumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD). I struggled and resisted with someone telling me that my childhood was traumatic and developed PTSD. I had and have… Continue reading
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5 Ways To Ease Depression Symptoms Right Now
Written by: Kayla Mason, freelance writer, kaylamason.blog It’s no secret that during the emergence of the Covid-19 virus, anxiety and depression rates have skyrocketed. Rates of anxiety and depression among U.S. adults were about 4 times higher between April 2020 and August 2021 than they were in 2019 (Deangelis). In 2020 and 2021, I talked… Continue reading
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i’ve always been someone who hangs onto perishable people, far past our expiration date.
The little girl that still lives inside of me, who is a part of me, is always in the background of my mind, reminding me that people cannot be trusted, and people will eventually leave. This little girl is restless and relentless, she paces through my mind, tripping over every legitimate thought that flows on… Continue reading
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Surfing the Wave
You don’t choose to be depressed. In the time of ‘be positive!’, it can be difficult to validate our own feelings about our mental state. In reality, it’s okay to feel however you feel. If you are feeling sad, happy, lonely, horny, or rageful, those feelings are coming from somewhere; they are valid. What we… Continue reading
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How Mindfulness Can Help Trauma Survivors
Being a trauma survivor myself, mindfulness has always been integrated into my treatment. Recently I was enrolled into a mindfulness based CBT group where I’ve met like minded people who are struggling with trauma and struggling staying present. So, what is trauma and why is mindfulness so important in regards to it? According to the… Continue reading
About Me
Kayla is attending Southern New Hampshire University and will graduate in 2024 with her Master’s in Communication, with a concentration in new media and marketing.
Kayla has also taken on a copywriter role at Families for Depression Awareness, located in Massachusetts. The non-profit focuses on spreading mental health awareness to families of those who struggle with mental illnesses, such as depression and bipolar disorder.
This blog was prepared by Kayla Mason in her personal capacity. The opinions expressed in these articles are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of any organizations Kayla associates with.