38 Random Bits of Trivia About Mental Health That Definitely Count As An Act of Self-Care
Before you delve into these wildly interesting mental-health facts, we’d like to stop and appreciate the leaps and bounds the mental-health field has taken in the past few decades. If you or a loved one have or are currently experiencing anything but neurotypical thinking or mental clarity, you should thank your lucky stars that you’re alive now and not, well, most other times in human history.
Ooh, and practicing gratitude is a great form of mental health! Well, would you look at that?
Kindness
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
Capgras Syndrome
Mindfulness
Fregoli Syndrome
Exploding Head Syndrome
Selena Gomez
Jazz
Comedians
Oxytocin
Sleep and Mental Health
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Alien Hand Syndrome
Cotard’s Syndrome
Relationships
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Cats and Mental Health
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Psychiatry vs Psychology
Depression
Asylums
Doritos
Emotions
A Tall Tower
Schizophrenia
Monk
Source: Psychology Today
Sesame Street
What Movies Get Wrong
Addiction
DeepWell Video Games
Mental Hospitals
Legion
Source: Wired
Lobotomies
Health Care
Mental Illness and Violence
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Star Wars
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