#Mental health research

[panicattackresearch]

Can you help us with panic research?

We are researchers at the University of Oxford seeking UK-based participants who experience either:

- Panic attacks

- OCD

- or no current mental health difficulties

The study consists of a 15-minute phone call (or email if phone feels too difficult) and a 20-minute online questionnaire.

Through this research we hope to develop a better understanding of the relationship between fear of losing control and anxiety.

If you're interested, please contact Joel Lewin at joel.lewin@hmc.ox.ac.uk

You can also find more information on our website: www.bit.ly/losingcontrolinfo

[notastupidurl]

Promoting this again! We have surpassed our goal (thank you all so much!) and now we're trying to get at least 20 more participants. Every participant will be entered in a raffle to win one of 10 $50 Amazon gift cards!

https://alvernia.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2m19korI5kKlTU2

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Blurb from the original post:

Hi everyone!

My name is Rachel (she/they), I'm a master's student in the third year of my clinical counseling program at Alvernia University, as well as a queer masters-level therapist at the Counseling Collective in PA. My professor, Dr. Anthony Vajda, and I are conducting a a study titled "Weight Bias and its Occlusion of Gender Identity Development in Transgender Individuals" and we’re looking for folks to participate!

If you are currently 18 years old or older, identify as transgender or under the transgender umbrella, and are willing to share your opinions about weight stigma and transgender-related topics, you qualify!

If you agree to participate, you will take the survey, which takes 10-15 minutes to complete. All information collected from this survey is anonymous and will be treated as strictly confidential. Your name will not appear on this survey. All participants will be entered into a raffle to win one of many $50 Amazon gift cards!

Your participation would be greatly appreciated and crucial, as it would provide invaluable insights into transgender identity development, weight bias and stigma, and their impact on mental health.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

[comic-chick]

I got into a paid study by the University of Michigan on Bipolar Psychosis! I'm so excited!!

[artisticdivasworld]

The Science Behind Mental Health and Mental Health Treatments

Mental health is a complex subject that involves our emotions, behaviors, and thought processes. Scientists have made great progress in understanding how the brain works and develops insights into mental health issues and treatments. Here is an overview of some of the key scientific findings: The Brain’s Role The brain is the control center for our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Mental…

[writingaboutmentalhealth]

My thesis in a nutshell

Hey everyone! I'm currently embarking on an exciting academic journey in which I am exploring the interplay between mental health and language for my master’s thesis! 🗣💬

🔍 My research

I am going to delve into the topic with the working title "Writing About Mental Health – Linguistic Patterns and Markers in Online Texts." I'm exploring how young adults battling eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bipolar identity disorder express themselves through language online and how they might use language differently to people not suffering from mental health problems. Which is why I am here – on tumblr – looking for data for my thesis 💡

This is where you guys come into play! Are you a young adult between 13 and 25? Is your first language English? Do you battle a mental illness such as an eating disorder, BPD or OCD? You'd be the perfect match for my research!

🕵‍♂ What's driving my research?

My research is very much motivated by my experiences working with troubled teenagers and witnessing first-hand the challenges they face. In addition to that I am really concerned about the alarming rise in mental health issues as well as the pervasive stigma surrounding mental illness in general, which often prevents open discussions and access to vital support. Last but not least, my own journey struggling with my mental health is also one of the driving forces behind doing this research.

🤔 Research Questions:

How do linguistic markers in online communication differ among those affected by EDs, OCD, or BPD?

2. Are there any intriguing markers shared or unique within each illness group?

3. What other markers emerge that deserve further exploration?

📌 Key markers I'm exploring include:

• Use of personal pronouns

• Tense choices

• Explicit, implicit, or figurative language

📊 Here's how I'm tackling it:

My methodology's a mixed methods approach, with a focus on quantitative analysis while using qualitative examples for context.

I've got a control corpus of 100 diverse Tumblr bloggers and am currently collecting data for three illness-related corpora – which is why I am starting this blog and need your help!

Each illness gets its own chapter, starting with an overview followed by a deep dive into the linguistic markers.

🔬 Data Analysis:

Comparing mental illness corpora to the control group to spot significant differences—pairing descriptive stats with a chi square test.

Poring over illness group comparisons for similarities, differences, and shared traits—backed by both stats and qualitative examples.

Weaving in the knowledge past research to check if my data aligns or adds new insights.

And watch out for unexpected discoveries—I'll explore those gems, using them to fuel future research and acknowledging any study limitations.

🙌 I'm thrilled to have this opportunity and would love to hear your thoughts. Let's keep the conversation going! Feel free to drop me a message if you're curious or want to chat more about my thesis. I’m looking forward to any and all feedback or let me know if you’d like to be part of my study 🤗

[paularoseauthor]

Trying to Understand My Mental Health

I aim to understand better some of the complex mental health problems and issues.

We must listen to lived experiences to understand the subjective experiences of mental health. Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash I have a Master of Arts in Counselling and am studying for a health, wellness and personal development diploma. What I was taught in university relied heavily upon research over 100 years ago. Learning from past wisdom is good; however, many changes have occurred.…

[health78694]

What Impact Does Social Media Have on our Mental Well-Being?

- July 04, 2023

Title: The Effect of Web-based Entertainment on Mental Prosperity: Exploring the Advanced Scene

Presentation:

Online entertainment has turned into a necessary piece of our regular routines, molding the manner in which we impart, accumulate data, and cooperate with others. Be that as it may, as its impact keeps on developing, concerns emerge with respect to the effect of web-based entertainment on mental prosperity. In this article, we investigate the complicated connection between virtual entertainment and emotional well-being, looking at both the positive and pessimistic impacts it can have on people.

Beneficial outcomes of Virtual Entertainment:

Web-based entertainment stages offer different advantages that can decidedly influence mental prosperity. They give valuable open doors to the social association, cultivating virtual networks and encouraging groups of people. People can interface with companions, family, and similar people, even across geological limits. Online entertainment likewise works with the trading of thoughts, encounters, and daily encouragement, which can add to a feeling of having a place and lessen sensations of disconnection.

Moreover, web-based entertainment offers instructive assets, emotional wellness mindfulness missions, and stages for self-articulation. It can give admittance to significant data, enabling people to find out about psychological wellness, look for help, and offer their accounts. Online people groups devoted to emotional wellness can make places of refuge for people to track down help, decrease disgrace, and advance getting it.

Adverse Consequences of Web-based Entertainment

While web-based entertainment has its advantages, it likewise presents expected dangers to mental prosperity. One main pressing issue is the effect of virtual entertainment on confidence and self-perception. The organized idea of virtual entertainment stages can prompt the examination of one's own life and appearance with glorified, separated portrayals of others. This can add to insecurities, body disappointment, and a negative self-insight.

In addition, virtual entertainment can enhance sensations of dejection and social disengagement. Regardless of the deception of consistent availability, online cooperation might miss the mark on the profundity and closeness of eye-to-eye connections. The consistent openness to others' apparently amazing lives and social exercises can fuel sensations of being forgotten about or "passing up a great opportunity" (FOMO), prompting expanded social correlation and gloomy feelings.

The habit-forming nature of web-based entertainment and extreme screen time can likewise influence mental prosperity. Investing unreasonable measures of energy in web-based entertainment stages can obstruct certifiable social collaborations, rest examples, and generally speaking efficiency. It might likewise add to sensations of uneasiness, stress, and a diminished feeling of life fulfillment.

Cyberbullying and online badgering are pervasive issues via virtual entertainment stages, presenting critical dangers to emotional wellness. The obscurity and distance given by the web-based climate can encourage people to participate in hurtful ways of behaving, prompting profound misery, uneasiness, and melancholy in casualties.

Exploring the Advanced Scene:

It is fundamental to embrace methodologies to explore virtual entertainment in a manner that advances positive mental prosperity:

Limit screen time: Put down stopping points for web-based entertainment use and focus on disconnected exercises that add to prosperity, like actual activity, side interests, and investing energy with friends and family.

Curate your web-based entertainment feed: 

Be aware of the records and content you follow. Unfollow or quiet records that trigger pessimistic feelings or advance unreasonable standards. Search out accounts that advance energy, variety, and emotional wellness promotion.

Practice computerized detox: 

Enjoy occasional reprieves from web-based entertainment to revive and reconnect with the current second. Utilize this chance to participate in taking care of oneself exercises, reflect, and take part in disconnected social cooperations.

Encourage significant associations: 

While online entertainment can work with virtual associations, focus on building and sustaining true connections. Concentrate on up close and personal associations, local area inclusion, and exercises that advance certified human association.

Be aware of your close to home prosperity: 

Screen your profound state while drawing in with virtual entertainment. Enjoy reprieves on the off chance that you notice sensations of stress, nervousness, or insufficiency. Look for help from confided in companions, family, or psychological well-being experts if necessary.

End Results:

Web-based entertainment diversely affects mental prosperity, with both positive and adverse consequences. While it can give open doors to association, backing, and training, it likewise presents dangers to confidence, social examination, and generally emotional wellness. By embracing careful and adjusted ways to deal with web-based entertainment utilization, people can explore the computerized scene in a manner that advances positive mental prosperity and shields themselves from expected unfavorable impacts.

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[kindnessoverperfection]

Please, if you can, take a moment to read and share this because I feel like I'm screaming underwater.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) stigma is rampant right now, and seems to be getting progressively worse. Everyone is using it as a buzzword in the worst ways possible, spreading misinformation and hatred against a real disorder.

I could go on a long time about how this happened, why it's factually incorrect (and what the disorder actually IS), why it's harmful, and the changes I'd like to see. But to keep this concise, I'll simply link to a few posts under the cut for further reading.

The point of this post is a plea. Please help stop the spread of stigma. Even in mental health communities, even around others with personality disorders, in neurodivergent "safe" spaces, other communities I thought people would be supportive in (e.g. trans support groups, progressive spaces in general), it keeps coming up. So I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this site need to see this.

Because it's so hard to exist in this world.

My disorder already makes me feel as if I'm worthless and unlovable, like there's something inherently wrong and damaged about me. And it's so much harder to fight that and heal when my daily life consists of:

Laughing and spending time with my friends, doing my utmost best to connect and stay present and focused on them, trying to let my guards down and be real and believe I'm lovable- when suddenly they throw out the word "narcissist" to describe horrible people or someone they hate, or the conversation turns to how evil "people with narcissistic personality disorder" are. (Seriously, you don't know which of your friends might have NPD and feels like shit when you say those things & now knows that you'd hate them if you knew.)

Trying to look up "mental health positivity for people with npd", "mental health positivity cluster bs", only to find a) none of that, and b) more of the same old vile shit that makes me feel terrible about myself.

Having a hard time (which is constant at this point) and trying to look up resources for myself, only to again, find the same stigma. And no resources.

Not having any clue how to help myself, because even the mental health field is spitting so much vitriol at people with DISORDERS (who they're supposed to be helping!) that there's no solid research or therapy programs for people like me.

Losing close friends when they find out, despite us having had a good relationship before, and them KNOWING me and knowing that I'm not like the trending image of pwNPD. Because now they only see me through the lens of stigma and misinformation.

Hearing the same stigma come up literally wherever I go. Clubs. Meetings. Any online space. At the bus stop. At the mall. At a restaurant. At work. Buzzword of the year that everyone loooves loudly throwing around with their friends or over the phone. Feels awesome for me, makes my day so much better/s

I could go on for a long time, but I'm scared no one will read/rb this if it gets too much longer.

So please. Stop using the word "narcissist" as a synonym for "abusive".

Stop bringing up people you hate who you believe to have NPD because of a stigmatizing article full of misinformation whenever someone with actual NPD opens their mouth. (Imagine if people did that with any other disorder! "Hey, I'm autistic." "Oh... my old roommate screamed at me whenever I made noise around him, and didn't understand my needs, which seems like sensory overload and difficulty with social cues. He was definitely autistic. But as long as you're self-aware and always restraining your innate desire to be an abusive asshole, you're okay I guess, maybe." ...See how offensive and ignorant that is?)

Stop preventing healthcare for people with a disorder just because it's trendy to use us as a scapegoat.

If you got this far, thank you for reading, and please share this if you can. Further reading is under the cut.

NPD Criteria, re-written by someone who actually has NPD

Stigma in the DSM

Common perception of the DSM criteria vs how someone may actually experience them (Keep in mind that this is the way I personally experience these symptoms, and that presentation can vary a lot between individuals)

"Idk, the stigma is right though, because I've known a lot of people with NPD who are jerks, so I'm going to continue to support the blockage of treatment for this condition."

(All of these were written by me, because I didn't want to link to other folks' posts without permission, but if you want to add your own links in reblogs or replies please feel free <3)

[cckeck]

Witchcraft is evil, and causes mental disabilities.

There is nothing "badass" about abusing people with magic.

Disabled witches: your disabilities do not make you less powerful, less witchy, less magical. As a matter of fact, the strength it takes for you to get through each and every day, the fact that you're here, fighting and going, you're a badass. Never ever forget this.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it would really benefit people to internalize that mental illnesses are often chronic and not acute. Some of us will never be able to jump the hurdle of managing illness, much less sustaining a sense of normalcy. Many of us will never "recover," will never manage symptoms, will never even come close to appearing normal - and this is for any condition, even the ones labeled as "simple" disorders or "easy-to-manage" disorders.

It isn't a failure if you cannot manage your symptoms. It isn't a moral failure, and you aren't an awful person. You are human. There's only so much you can do before recognizing that you cannot lift the world. Give yourself the space to be ill because, functionally, you are.

[trracstudy]

Hi there! My name is Bri Pastro and I’m a queer doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Fordham University. I’m a part of a research team collaborating with University of Maine to investigate mental health in rural vs. urban teenagers! 

Our study is regarding risk & resilience related to mental health in adolescents. We’re particularly interested in online and interpersonal interactions and how these factor into mental health. Participating includes completing a 25 minute online survey.

In order to participate in this study participants must: Be 15-18 years old, be comfortable reading and speaking English, and live in a rural community OR an urban community in the United States.

If you are interested in participating in the study, please click on the link below. Participants who complete the study will be entered into a raffle to win one of 20, $25 Amazon gift cards. 

If you know someone who may be interested, please send them this link!

Thank you for helping me with my doctoral research! Participation is completely voluntary, and participants may end the study at any time. All data is confidential. This study was approved by the Fordham University and University of Maine Institutional Review Boards.

We hope that this research helps us better understand experiences for adolescents across the United States. Please reach out to us at trracstudy@gmail.com with any questions. We are closing recruitment at the end of the month and are putting one last push to get more participants! Please repost as you can :)

[reality-detective]

Rosemary, Sage with Olive Oil 🤔

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Clinical studies be like

1 billion random boys were tested. results show that 0% of girls are autistic* 👍

1 billion autistic males were tested. results show that 0% of autistics are female* 👍

1 billion minors were tested. results show ADHD stops at age 18, often to be replaced by plain laziness* 👍

*certified😎 totally credible source✨ we are pros🤓 with coats🥼

[olivianyx]

i don't mean to offend you but how our imagination can be our true reality when we are so limited in our brains? you can't talk with other humans in your brains, you can;t smell, taste, feel, hear you can only repeat words and see imagines and that's it..... this world feel so much more real...

IMAGINATION IS THE TRUE REALITY

Hey! This was the same question I had 3 years ago, and I still remember the day I researches the reason.

Honey I'd recommend you to read Neville's works once! He's explained in the perception of the Lord and spirituality, but I'll explain you scientifically along with a pinch of non duality.

♡ firstly, we're spiritual beings. We're all a part of God (if you believe in God). I personally believe there's no God out there, but in ourselves God lives. We're God. We all are. God is living inside our body, but God isn't physical (I'm sorry I don't use 'He' or 'Him' cus God doesn't have any gender) God is a formless, divine being, and that's what we really are. We're all formless void that can choose to exist into anything.

♡ We're pure awarenesses. We always have been. Let's not get confused with physical reality. That's the state we chose to live in, intentionally or unintentionally. The state we're in rn is the same thing in both imagination and reality. We don't need senses to be aware of something. Senses are limited to the physical reality. But divinity soars higher and beyond senses.

♡ We're not our body, mind, or soul. We're pure awarenesses, that chose to be aware of a certain consciousness. The consciousness that is currently thinking about and stressing about the physical reality. Yeah, that's the state you're conscious about or aware about. Let's not pull body, mind and soul in terms of manifestation. They only exist if we choose to make them exist. They only will exist if we want to, not because logically living beings are supposed to have a body, mind and soul.

♡ Coming to your point, imagination is the true reality. How? So as I mentioned we're pure awarenesses and don't have a body, mind or soul. I also mentioned that our bodies, minds and souls exist only and only if we want to. If, and only, if it's fulfilled in the imagination, it can be projected in the reality. Here's an illustration I made.

♡ 'Only repeating words, and cannot taste, hear, smell, touch or feel, and can't communicate with other humans' it's because you've chose a state where you lack all these. Who told you we cannot communicate with others in the imagination? It's possible. And the possibility already exists. And the 5 senses are limited with the body. They're physical. But imagination just is. It doesn't have to do anything. Awareness just is. There's nothing to do. Doing is physical, logical bullshit that was created in this physical reality. Honestly, you don't even have to do anything at all. And anyone else who's struggling to apply this simple trick and the loassumption work, y'all don't need to do anything, just work on your self concept.

♡ Ik I always tell y'all to work on your self concept. But actually you don't have to. You actually don't need to work on it, if you apply this simple trick to make loassumption work for you. I reason I still stress about this is, y'all have been suffering in the state of consciousness y'all chose yourselves. Like you are the creator, you're the God of your reality. You are the one in control. But most of y'all don't understand this concept, that's the reason why I always stress about working on your self concept.

♡ When you work on your self concept, you get a grasp on controlling your thoughts, you find it easier to maintain a mental diet, you eventually will start feeling confident, you'll end up choosing the right state, the state where you have all your desires, and in turn you live in the end and fulfill yourselves. In the end, it obviously manifests. But if that illustration I put above is used without any need to work on your self concept, you can always get your desire instantly without that 1 month long self concept working.

♡ Coming to the scientific part. As a medical student that loves neurology alot is excited to write this part lmaoo. There's this structure called Hypophysis cerebri, the pineal gland. It's size is so small like the size of a pea. Situated exactly in the centre of the brain. The structure that helps in the regulation of circadian rhythm (sleep wake cycle) and secretes melatonin, also called the sleeping hormone (y'all who are insomniac, you gotta sleep or spend time in darkness, since melatonin secretion peaks during dark adaptation or in the night time especially. Y'all must atleast try to fall asleep lmaoo I feel like a proud doctor y'all)

♡ It's believed that pineal gland disappears after death, which is really true. I actually didn't believe until I went to med school. So this gland is believed that it's the subconscious mind, while other theory says that the left side of the brain is conscious brain and the right side, the subconscious mind. But I believe the former.

♡ There's 2 ways how manifestation is scientific, conscious manifestation and subconscious manifestation. You've always been doing this unintentionally since the minute you we're born and eternally.

♡ First, coming to subconscious manifestation. Your brain doesn't know the difference between reality and imagination. In your drowsy state before sleep, as the brain waves changes to alpha or theta, the brain really confuses with what's reality and imagination, when actually both are same. What's in your imagination must be here in the reality too. When you imagine or think about a certain thing while falling asleep (sats and lullaby method), your subconscious mind which is open to receive suggestions, picks this up and thinks it as reality and inturn project it into the 3d world by reprogramming throughout the night while you sleep. And when you wake up you experience it in the 3d.

♡ In conscious manifestation, you keep thinking about a certain thing or you keep imagining it, in the day time, you may have opposing thoughts. So what happens is, there's a structure in your brain called reticular activating system (RAS). This structure is responsible for all your senses except smell. This structure, as you think you need this certain thing, starts searching opportunities for meeting your needs with the help of your subconscious mind. For example, you wanted to eat burritos, so you first think about it. Your RAS suggests that there's this shop that sells delicious burritos. You immediately decide that you're going there after school. Your subconscious mind, which obeys to the decision you made consciously, now projects it into the 3d, that you're going (like bitch you're in a state of eating burrito after school) eventually you'll go there after school! Your RAS didn't create anything, what you want already existed. It just helped you to locate or give you a solution. It's that quick light bulb that clicks when you're thinking something and that works out. I hope you get what I mean 😭

♡ Why do all of this work? Because you we're fulfilled in your imagination (in state) and by default, all this works, cus you're in a state all of this works. You just have to mange the proper thoughts to enter the state of wish fulfilled. Imagination doesn't necessarily be images, it can be anything. It's you. You're the imagination yourself. You create the reality. You're the divine one. So treat yourself and think as God. The 3d is real, so is the 4d, your imagination. Both must have the same illustration or state upon which you dwell.

♡ imagination and reality, both are like twins. Both have the same looks, feelings, and everything. Only difference is that, anything to appear in the reality, imagination is the one that initiates first. Not the reality. Which is impossible.

♡ Now for all of that I explained above. Who's the ultimate GOAT behind? Your Imagination. Periodtt. Just your Imagination. Now, no more explanations rn. Your imagination creates reality. Shushh.

Ig y'all understood something 😭 I just gave my best explanation how much ever I knew.

GOJO SATORU, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️😫✨✨✨✨ I'M COMING FOR YOU, I'M COMING TO SAVE EVERYONE PLEASE WAIT FOR ME FOR A WHILE CUS YOU GF HERE IS PROCRASTINATING TO COMPLETE HER SCRIPT 😭😭😭😭😭 I LOVE YOU BABY (btw, I scripted gojo is my boyfriend in my jjk script HAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

- olivia 🤍

[selfharmidentitystudy]

We are looking for volunteers based in the UK who engage in self-harm, aged 18 years or over, to complete our online survey as part of a study with Oxford University.

Link to the survey: