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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health disorder marked by difficulty in emotion regulation and impulse control, which impacts both the individual and…
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Bearing witness to one’s trials and triumphs through their poetry can be a meaningful way of connecting with another individual. Tanesha Nicole’s spoken word poem…
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Singer and songwriter Demi Lovato is known for being open about her mental health journey, and the realities that people who live with mental health…
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Lizzo’s self-love anthem “Good as Hell” was first released in 2016. Although it did not gain recognition until years later (Peaking at #3 on the…
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The poem “Withdraw all Notions of Love ” by Tionné Polin is about the concept of love and relearning how to love one’s self. The…