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Knowing when you’re having a nervous breakdown doesn’t mean you’re going out of control (even though it feels like it). A nervous breakdown (also called a mental breakdown) is a term that describes a period of extreme mental or emotional stress. Consequently, the stress is so great that the person…

Misery. It can make a few minutes feel endless, while a difficult period may later seem strangely blank in memory. If that’s familiar, I want you to know your experience deserves care, even when the clock tells a different story. Still, distress doesn’t affect everyone’s sense of time the same…

Acceptance. It can feel like the last thing you want when life has taken a sharp turn you never saw coming. Maybe a relationship ended,…

Powerless is a hard word to sit with. Fear, uncertainty, depression, anxiety, and repeated setbacks can make the future feel like a locked room with…

Arrogant behavior can get under your skin fast. It can leave you angry, embarrassed, confused, or second-guessing yourself, especially when you’re already carrying anxiety, stress,…

Stubbornness. It can look like refusing to budge, shutting down a conversation, or saying “no” before you have heard the whole idea. Yet it is…

Hi, I’m Cindee, the creator and author behind one voice in the vastness of emotions. I’ve been dealing with depression and schizophrenia for three decades. I’ve been combating anxiety for ten years. Mental illnesses have such a stigma behind them that it gets frustrating. People believe that’s all you are, but you’re so much more. You can strive to be anything you want without limitations. So, be kind.