Tag: anxiety and depression
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To the Veterans Who Feel Alone: You’re Not Broken
I wrote this when I was feeling down—feeling lost. I wrote this for veterans who feel alone, so you know you’re not alone. The Weight You Carry Isn’t Invisible This note is for you—the one carrying weight no one sees. The one who walks into rooms, feeling the stares but hearing no words. The one…
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The Weight of the Mind:Understanding Anxiety and Depression
Understanding Anxiety and Depression Anxiety and depression are two of the most pervasive and misunderstood conditions in modern society. Society often dismisses anxiety and depression as weaknesses, minimizes them as stress, or buries them beneath the weight of stigma. Moreover, it minimizes them as just stress or buries them under the weight of stigma. But…