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Figuring It Out
A Blog with Bite-Sized Intros to Mental Health
Posts intended to peak your interest into learning more about various mental health related topics. These posts are in no way a substitute for professional counseling.
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Several of these Posts have matching Vignettes, fictitious short stories that expand on the topics introduced.
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Identifying with Diagnoses
Diagnoses are a quick way to throw a label on ourselves. It can help or hurt us to get latched on to them.
Drama Triangle: You Spin Me Right Round
Karpman's Drama Triangle is a way to visualize unhealthy communication patterns. Learn how to see the drama so you can escape it.
Dissociation: Feeling Out of Touch
Dissociation is the word we have to describe the sensation of being out of touch with your environment and/or yourself. It can be scary.
ACES: Trauma Rolls Down Hill
An ACE score represents the number of Adverse Childhood Experiences before turning 18. Our ACEs can affect us later in life in many ways.
Faulty Logic Vignette
This is a fictional short story to demonstrate how easily cognitive distortions can get in the way.
Faulty Logic: How Cognitive Distortions Can Trip You Up
Cognitive distortions are thoughts that have made an error in analyzing a situation. Unfortunately, they sound like the 'truth.'
Startle Responses Vignette
This was it. How it all happens. The beginning of the end. A fictional story to expand on a post about Startle Responses.
Startle Responses: When Your Brain Sees Lions Instead of Kittens
A startle response happens when your body triggers the nervous system to kick on and rescue you from a perceived threat.
SMART Goals Vignette
Making goals SMART makes them much easier to achieve. A fictional short story to demonstrate how a SMART goal can be helpful.
SMART Goals: For Getting It Done
Ever make a goal and fail to stick the landing? It happens. Success will happen more often if you learn how to make SMART goals.
How Do I Live by My Values? A Helpful Tool to Get You Started
Learning how to live by your values can help you become the person you want to be.
The Choice Point: How to Become The Person You Want to Be
The Choice Point is a decision making tool that can help you become the person you want to be.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Vignette
It's hard to think about the future if you're hungry. A fictional story to illustrate Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory.
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Does It Matter?
Knowing about our basic human needs can help us identify where we are getting stuck on our way to becoming the best version of ourselves.
The Stages of Change Vignette
It can be incredibly difficult to make and meet goals that matter to us. Change is hard.
The Stages of Change
Which Stage of Change are You In?
Emotions are Normal... and Needed Vignette
A short story related to a Post about emotions. Sometimes crawling out of the pit of despair takes a friend and some caffeine.
Emotions are Normal…and Needed
Why do we even have emotions? And What are they?
Caution: Mental Health Blog Ahead
A Guide for Reading a Mental Health Blog Safely
Why Is it Named Clouds of Thought Counseling?
Clouds of Thought may seem like an unusual business name. Curious about what it was chosen?
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