Surviving SAD in a Frozen Tundra
I always thought I was just depressed, but last summer, my depression went away. I was so thrilled and excited that I had magically gotten better. False alarm, once October hit, I was depressed again....
View ArticleTop Choices for Teen Self Help Easy Reads
Throughout high school and as I entered college, I found some really good books that were both super helpful as well as quick reads. Here are my top choices for teen self help books that are easy...
View ArticleMention It To Morgs: Coping With Anxiety
Hi, everyone! Anxiety in Teens is starting a new section, every Monday, called Mention it to Morgs. Mention it to Morgs will be a question and answer section, where I will post the questions that I...
View ArticleMention It To Morgs: Telling Your Parents
Hi, everyone! Anxiety in Teens is starting a new section, every Monday, called Mention it to Morgs. Mention it to Morgs will be a question and answer section, where I will post the questions that I...
View ArticleMention It To Morgs: Helping A Friend With Depression
Hi, everyone! Anxiety in Teens is starting a new section, every Monday, called Mention it to Morgs. Mention it to Morgs will be a question and answer section, where I will post the questions that I...
View ArticleEating Disorders in Teens – Q&A with Morgan
Hi, everyone! Anxiety in Teens is starting a new section, every Monday, called Mention it to Morgs. Mention it to Morgs will be a question and answer section, where I will post the questions that I...
View ArticleHow To Stop Social Anxiety At School
Hi, everyone! Anxiety in Teens is starting a new section, every Monday, called Mention it to Morgs. Mention it to Morgs will be a question and answer section, where I will post the questions that I...
View ArticleWork Hard, Nap Hard: A Guide to Balancing Work and College Life
College. stress. These words seem to go hand in hand these days. For those of us who have jobs on top of being full time students, handling stress can become something like a third job. We go to class...
View ArticleJust for Today Poem
Just for Today Just for today I will hold my head high, and forget my problems. I can smile and make everyone else’s day better, even if behind that smile I crỵ. Just for today I will walk away from a...
View Article3 Ways You Are Stronger Than You Think
By: Eve Johnson, Anxiety In Teens Contributor Someone today will need to hear this. Is that you? Overcoming challenging emotional feelings and persistent negative thoughts is hard. But it’s not...
View ArticleSocial Media, Others’ Perceptions of Mental Illness, and Coming Clean
I’ll be the first to admit it. My Instagram persona is not me. This persona is a bad ass chick who is always looking tough, dressed awesome, and at fabulous places. You’ll never catch her in a...
View Article21st Birthday and Peer Pressure: My Story
My birthday is coming up soon. When I first realized it was so close I was shocked at how fast the past year went by and I started to think about what I was doing this time last year. After thinking...
View ArticleThe Culture of My Anxiety: An Indian Girl’s Story
I am sitting in my third grade classroom on a rainy day, as my favorite teacher is reading to the class. Everything is great. I have a wonderful family and wonderful friends. I am contentedly listening...
View ArticleDirty Laundry and the 5 Toxins Holding You Back
Dirty Laundry. Get rid of it. Entering adulthood, some things just drag! Like finding a good job, finishing school, finding a decent partner, planning your life…… finding your happiness. It wasn’t...
View ArticleManaging the Midterm Nerves
With the school year approaching the holidays in a few months the student body will begin their journey to midterms. Now we all know what midterms are if you are above the age of fourteen, and we all...
View ArticleAnxiety, Drugs and High School
High school can be a hard time for many teens. It’s that juncture in between childhood and adulthood where we are figuring out who we are. Between making friends, doing well in school, thinking about...
View Article4 Secrets to Boost Your Self Esteem
I hate to admit it, but I do spend a lot of time on the internet. The internet is a great tool for research and connecting with friends and family, but it also has a down side: dragging down your...
View ArticleFood for Mental Health: Do’s and Don’ts of Diet
Just as the beginnings of sleep are about to hit you, your stomach begins to grumble. You think to yourself that you’ll just run downstairs and grab an extra slice of your mom’s apple pie. Or maybe you...
View Article3 Basics for Seasonal Depression
Seasonal affective disorder or S.A.D. is a depression that begins and ends at a certain time every year. The most common is it beginning and fall and lasting through winter. This disorder is actually...
View ArticleThe Anxious Girlfriend
On one particularly rainy day in May, I found myself behind a dinky wooden table covered in a sea of embroidered patches and metal pins in the shapes of treble clefs and quarter notes. I stood next to...
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