Brain Battle Blog with Gracie — therapy

Hello mental health champions, how are you doing?  Today I want to talk about something that I know impacts a lot of people- Depression. There are a lot of things that are overlooked in regards to depression symptoms. I also think it can be confusing to diagnose depression because it truly can look many different ways for different people. I wanted to first talk about the misconception that in order to have depression, your life has to suck. I have seen many kids telling their parents that they're depressed and their parents rebutting that and saying, “Why are you depressed?...

Hello mental health champions, how are you doing?  Today I want to talk more about PTSD. It is hard to believe that it has been about 5-6 months since I was diagnosed with PTSD! I always thought that I just had anxiety for no reason. Looking back on it, all of my anxiety stemmed from traumatic events that happened in my life. I have had a lot of health issues since I was a little girl and I know that has played a huge role in my anxiety.  Another huge trigger for me was  from one of my relationships that...

Hello mental health champions, how are you doing?   I recently put up a poll on our Love-Brain Instagram asking you all about what you wanted me to talk about! The majority of you said you wanted to know about how I handle depression and how it impacts me.  For me, I sometimes don’t even know I am depressed until things start to get out of hand. It’s crazy how sometimes your body and certain parts of your brain know you’re sad, but the other part of your brain doesn’t pick up on it until the signs become obvious. Depression for...

Hello mental health champions, how are you doing?  Today I want to talk about some advice on launching a business. I know that being entrepreneurial isn’t in everyone’s chemical makeup but it sure was in mine! I have always wanted to be entrepreneurial and there are so many people on Tik-Tok and other apps that absolutely glamourize having an actual, functioning business. I totally thought opening a business was going to be all sunshine and butterflies, but that isn’t necessarily the case.  I wanted to just go over some advice I would give to someone looking to start their own...

Hello mental health champions, how are you doing?  I wanted to post one more time about therapy. I got a great amount of responses on my last post and I thought that maybe instead of talking about my own experience with therapy, I will talk about how to help you find the best therapist for you. I know that many people are trying to find the right person for them and if I can help in any way is what matters to me.  So first off, we are so lucky in this day in age that we have options in...