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HI thanks for allowing me into the group, I'm not going to be online as much, but I will be posting my artwork on here every once in a while, but I just wanted to stop by and say thanks.

Is this poem allowed on here? Is it considered an anxiety; I mean it is a phobia that causes me anxiety. But I don't want to die poem V2Yes, I will make technologyThat may help,200k will due.Hey they say,You will have a fulfilling life 50k will due."But I don't want to die." I am not selfish,I just want to find a way out of this,You understand human Don't you?We have been here before.The brain freezing ice,I've known it's feeling,But it does not know mine.Some spread their falsehoods like seeds,Telling me to give my life to the one above, but what if the one above doesn't care?They cry for me to believe in a place,a place of happiness they say,After the ashes,But how do I know the ashes aren't me?blown away.How do I choose,Is there proof,Of what they cry for me to believe in?If you don't, Well, they growl like dogs,Scream that you will be punished like no other.I tell them I can't,"But I don't want to die."Everyone is getting slowly digestedin the belly of the beast,no one survives.I have burn marks,scars,They say to just go in line of the dead,but what do I get if I do?"But I don't want to die."

Hi everyone. I'm not sure if a post like this is allowed but I'm wondering if there are folks willing to be commissioned for their art to go on our Instagram handle? It is a mental health channel for a therapy clinic.

Is this group still active? I ask because I would like to contribute to Self-Harm Awareness with a future art piece.

Thanks for letting me in and i will support those who struggle with mental illness

I'm not sure how to submit a journal, but I thought this might be helpful to some:

How to gain more control of the mindThis is a journal about mental health.Many of you might have heard of mindfulness practice, the practice of being fully in the present, but I want to take look at something related to it: the act of trying to take control of the mind to reduce ruminating and anger. As we know, the worst of this happens during our free time, or sometimes when we're doing important tasks. Some of what I wrote here is from a reply I made to someone in the forums and I liked it so much I thought I'd share it in this journal; I tweaked it to make more sense. I'm not an expert in psychology or anything so take this as you will.The trick to taking more control of one's own mind is to become aware of what you're thinking and to try directing the mind to better thoughts whenever you get stuck in bad thoughts. For example, if you're becoming upset about something you failed at, or when you got mistreated by someone else, or you keep repeating all the awesome comebacks you have after a confrontation, move your mind to something else like the the information you got from an art tutorial or lyrics to a song you love. The subject doesn't have to be positive, in fact, too positive a thought will be too great a leap to make when you're angry or depressed. Pick something that won't make you feel bad. If you have trouble at first, don't get angry. Don't judge yourself as a failure. Keep moving the mind every time you catch it ruminating. Note: pulling the mind away will be harder the longer you've followed a bad train of thought—say for fifteen minutes versus one minute.What should one think about? I frequently direct my mind to things I learned in my how-to-write books. I'll think about point of view in fiction, how to avoid head hopping, rules to create a complex main character, avoiding author intrusions. I also try to become more aware of surroundings, and the colour of things, and light, and sounds, and movement.Thoughts can be placed on a great movie. I recently watched Abominable (about an animation by Dreamworks about a yeti and humans who help him get back home). Near the beginning, they play this catchy song playing as the main character of the story goes through several tasks. I started directing my mind to that song and memories from the movie when I once caught my mind thinking of bad things. The whole movie is very feel-good so it makes me feel better.The important thing about being aware of thoughts is that you shouldn't deny feelings. And it's not about hiding from reality. It's okay to be mad about something. Just don't stay mad for so long that you feel sick and unmotivated...don't get stuck and pulled under. Eventually, when you have some skill at moving the mind to neutral and then good thoughts, try to focus on what's going on around you, like sounds and the smell of flowers, the breeze in the air (I think this is the true goal of mindfulness, but keep in mind, I'm not monk or scholar, I'm only passing on what's been helpful to me).Also, something to watch out for is when you're getting the hang of redirecting your mind, but someone says something so horribly triggering that it makes you want to give up and think that the mindfulness thing is not working. I wasted years because I let this happen once. I came back though. It will eventually become habit. The mind will always wander, and perfection isn't possible, not even for Buddhist monks (or so I've read), but it will give you more peace of mind if you keep trying.Good luck to anyone who wants to give this a shot. I think this is the most important thing I've ever shared.OTHER INFORMATION:I suffer from schizophrenia and consider the following book to be the best book on the subject because it contains information on cognitive behavioural therapy, info that helped me cope better with abusive voices (they lost some of their power over me when I did some of the exercises in this book). Some people who suffer from depression also hear distressing voices so it's a good book to know about: The book is called Overcoming Distressing Voices, 2nd edition, by Mark Hayward, Clara Strauss and David Kingdon. I recommend the print version because you can photocopy the charts and fill them out.Lastly, the best book for depression that I've come across is The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns, M.D. It's a very large book, but there's a "mood journal" near the beginning that helps people deal with distorted thinking, an important thing to be aware of....

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