✦ MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH — Resources & Support Below ✦
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MAY — MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
You are not alone. Mental health is relationship health.
Loneliness makes a divided country feel even more hostile, but everyday connection pushes back. Here are seven research-backed ways to start healing polarization in your community.
Most of us have been guilty of retail therapy at some point. But when impulsive spending becomes common, emotional and financial well-being can suffer. Here's what to do about it.
Infertility can slowly shift from something happening to you into something that changes how you see yourself.
To understand people better, you try to see things from their viewpoint for a moment. This perspective-taking ability is automatic, and you may incorrectly assume that everybody does it.
Empathy can be expressed in many ways. But when autistic expression of care comes in an unexpected form, it may be overlooked or mistaken for indifference.
Her greatest fantasy looked nothing like the life she wanted. Here's what the split between arousal and desire actually means, and why it isn't something to fear.
In today's world, a parasocial relationship is a one-sided, psychological bond that a lonely and isolated person may form with a media persona, celebrity, or public figure.
Personal Perspective: When a parent dies, people know what to do. When an adult sibling dies, most of the sympathy goes to the widow or widower and the children.
What does it really mean to forgive but not forget? A closer look at forgiveness, trust, and why remembering a hurt may not be such a bad thing.
Freshman year sets the foundation for college. Make the most of it by getting involved, prioritizing academics, building relationships, staying healthy, and taking risks.
John Gottman's research-based guide to the habits that keep a marriage steady: friendship, conflict, and shared meaning.
Psych Central explains how anxious attachment can show up as fear of abandonment, reassurance-seeking, and strain in adult relationships.
APA's topic page on check-ins, constructive conflict, and the habits that keep a romantic relationship in working order.
NAMI's guide for family members on supporting someone in recovery without dropping your own health.
Relationship anxiety can manifest as constant worry about your partner's feelings, fear of abandonment, or difficulty trusting. Here's how to manage it.
Sue Johnson's emotionally focused conversations for couples who want to feel secure with each other.
NAMI on boundaries, rest, and asking for help when you are the one looking after a loved one.
APA's Speaking of Psychology episode on couple therapy, everyday stress, and when partners get stuck.
Psych Central looks at how low self-esteem, attachment patterns, and hard experiences can pull someone into a codependent relationship.
NAMI HelpLine answers how to listen, set limits, and stay connected when mental illness strains the relationship.
Nedra Glover Tawwab's practical guide to saying no, protecting your energy, and staying close without losing yourself.
A practical Psych Central guide to noticing strong feelings and responding in a way that protects the relationship.
John and Julie Gottman talk with APA about bids for connection and how couples fight without wrecking the bond.
NAMI's overview of depression, including how family and friends can support someone without telling them to try harder.
Psych Central lists signs of putting someone else's needs ahead of your own, and what a healthier boundary can look like.
The Gottman Institute on four conflict patterns that predict trouble, and the antidotes couples can practice.