The world changed for the better when I started talking about my mental health. For one, it became easier to navigate. Once I started talking about my mental health, I noticed an inner softening. It started inside of me, but soon what I felt inside matched what I presented to the world almost all of …
It’s OK to be different The world doesn’t need you to be perfect. The world needs you to be “a little off.” Remember, you need to be healthy enough to function, but you don’t need to function a certain way. You need to be able to go about your day, but how you go about …
There is a shadowy figure that lurks in the background for some people. I’m talking about anxiety. Anxiety affects about 20 percent of adults in the United States, but we are lucky if the topic works its way into even one percent of our conversations. Anxiety is a dark ink blot on a white sheet of paper. We …
How to find a good therapist How do I find a good therapist? Finding a good therapist is more difficult than it should be. With something as important as managing your mental health, you would think the process would have improved to more closely resemble finding a doctor for your physical aches and pains. Sadly, …
Feeling Flawed Do you ever get the feeling that you aren’t measuring up? That you don’t like something about yourself? That you aren’t as great as you could be? That you’re flawed? If you’re like me, a mere human with anxiety, then you might have these thoughts anywhere from 2 times a day to 2 times …
A Song in the Key of Anxious Originally published on Medium, this is one of my favorite posts that I’ve written about anxiety. I’m sharing it here to show the kind of writing that I will feature on this site. The purpose of Nerve 10 is to provide no-nonsense mental health information in a …
Tons of people ask themselves this: Do I need a therapist? I have news for you. You need a therapist. This might not be what you want to hear, but it is what you need to hear. Before you protest, let me explain. I’m not really talking about you, the unique and amazing individual reading this …
Where it began It came to me in the middle of a session with my therapist in Montana. You know that feeling that you get that you absolutely, without a doubt, need to do something? It’s a feeling or thought that completely resonates with who you are at your very core. That was the sudden …
I have thought about creating my own website for years, but something has always held me back. Now, with the start of my third decade on Earth, I know enough to realize that life rarely presents you with a clear map of where to go next. Reality more often takes the shape of a map …