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Less than ten years ago, talking about mental health was still extremely taboo. Thankfully, things have improved drastically. However, there are still some things we don’t like to talk about. Society accepts a romanticized and idealized version of mental illness. But anxiety is about so much more than just feeling nervous sometimes. There are so many uncomfortable anxiety symptoms that no one wants to talk about. But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t talk about them and bring awareness to […]

This post was originally published on Display Rules as part of their Our Stories project. I’m so thankful to Jenn and the Display Rules team for encouraging me to write about my experience and for gifting me this gorgeous tee from their collection. If you’d like to learn more about their incredible work or shop their other mental health inspired designs, click here. My High Functioning Anxiety Story The Early Years Hi, my name is Julianne, and I had my […]

Deciding that you want to get help can be difficult. But the process of actually attending therapy and getting that help you need should be easy… Right? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Discovering the method of therapy that works best for you is normally filled with lots of trial, error, and frustration. I’ve been in and out of multiple therapist’s offices in the past few years, searching for the right fit. I was in the market for a new […]

You don’t have to wait until things are falling apart to call me”, I can remember my therapist saying. I was in my second semester of university, feeling completely overwhelmed by school, anxiety, and growing up. Maybe if I had gone back to therapy when my problems were still small, I could have kept them from snowballing into something much larger. You see, your doctor is there when you have a heart attack. But you would also go to them […]