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fesworks:

did-you-kno:

Scientists may soon be able to explain the link between depression and obesity due to a new study which shows that exercise releases a protein in the muscles that combats kynurenine, a chemical in the brain that is linked to causing depression. Source

This is important.

Okay maybe sure.

But maybe we also live in a culture that vilifies and shames us for not conforming to an arbitrary body size. Or skin color. Or social standing. Or physical ability. Or any number of other things that intersect with depression and mental illness.

This is not some cut and dried issue that can be ‘cured’ with exercise.

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depression comix #143 [tw: suicide]

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Depression Comix is an excellent webcomic I discovered recently. GIANT TRIGGER WARNING for suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and other subjects related to mental illness.  I related to a lot of the comics, but this one in resonated particularly well with me (this phrase bothers me a lot) so I wanted to reblog it.

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Thought this may be useful for a few people on here!

This is a new app called ‘Self-help Anxiety Management’ by The University Of West England

SAM has been developed by a university team of Psychologists, computer scientists and student users. It engages established methods of self-help and high standards of usability to provide a engaging, flexible & practical resource.

This app is currently only available for devices using Android.

Just downloaded this, may help control it a bit.

For Ali

EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

I got an iPod touch last fall and have been using this to track my moods for several months now and it’s really been helpful for me.  I tried out a lot of the self-help exercises when I first got the iPod/app, but I haven’t used them all that much since then.

Probably the best part of it (which was an unintentional discovery for me) is that it makes me examine how I’m feeling whenever I log my anxiety; feeling tense vs. worrying vs. avoiding things. (I don’t often have physical symptoms.  Sometimes headaches.)  So it’s been helpful for me to have a time every day (I have a daily reminder set) when I step back to examine how I’m feeling across these three categories.