Blog – Tagged "mental health"– Page 23 – Just Girl Project

Loving Someone with Anxiety

If someone you love has anxiety, it may require a little extra effort to make them feel loved and reassured. With constant worrying and doubt filling their heads, they may feel insecure about their importance, and place within your relationship....

Debunking the Rumors About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Throughout my childhood, I didn’t understand the obsessive thoughts controlling my mind. Before I went to bed, I would check to see if my alarm clock was set 5 times. Prior to school, I would flip my light switch on...

6 Signs You're About to Get Ghosted

We’ve all been there. It starts out with enthusiastic replies. You can’t keep them off your mind, and they reciprocate the same energy! Texting all day, calling all night...when suddenly, the vibe shifts. And you know when it shifts. Their...

Scared Speechless: How I Overcame Social Anxiety

What is social anxiety? Social anxiety is a chronic mental health condition in which social interactions cause irrational anxiety. For people with this disorder, everyday social interactions cause heightened anxiety, fear, self-consciousness, and embarrassment. I was in tenth grade when...

What I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self

Everyone goes through that one super awkward year as a kid where you wish there weren’t photos to prove it ever happened. Well, for me, that one awkward year was more like five. In middle school I was this shy,...