Living Well

Living Well

How ASMR Can Benefit People with Chronic Illness

If you live with a chronic illness, ASMR may help you feel relaxed, comforted, or even relieved from chronic pain. But triggers aren't the same for everyone.

Living Well

Consistency Is Overrated

Consistency helps us feel safe and reduces anxiety. But it also can create unreasonable expectations. Here’s how to redefine consistency (and success) so you’re OK with the ebbs and flows of life.

Living Well

If You Experience Health Anxiety, You’re Not Alone

Health anxiety is common in people living with chronic conditions — and your fears are real and understandable. Learn tips for reducing anxiety and how to get help if needed.

Living Well

Gardening Is My Mindfulness Practice of Choice — Here’s Why

Watching my plants grow and bloom, as well as the benefits of grounding, are just some of the ways gardening teaches me to be more mindful for my chronic illness.

Living Well

The Mindflight Journal: A Journal for Chronic Illness

Meet Nicole and Aisley, the mom and daughter partnership behind the Mindflight Journal. Building from their own experiences, they've designed a journal for those living with chronic illnesses. Trust me, it's a game-changer.

Living Well

The Importance of Being a Hustle Culture Dropout When You’re Chronically Ill

The constant pressure to go-go-go took a toll on both my physical and mental health. Then I realized I could opt out.

Living Well

How the Spoon Theory Helps Me Explain My Health

It can be hard to explain the way that a chronic condition impacts your daily energy. The spoon theory is a clever way to help get the point across.

Living Well

Realistic Approaches to Setting Resolutions When You Live with a Chronic Condition

Living with a chronic condition often means working within your body’s parameters, which can mean editing your expectations. Always give yourself grace and remember that your New Year’s resolutions — if you choose to set them — don’t have to “match” anyone else’s. They only have to feel helpful to you.

Living Well

Mindset Matters: Moving Through the Strange Feeling of Grieving Your Old Life

Grieving your old self is a little different than grieving a loved one who's passed. Here's how I moved forward.

Living Well

We Need to Talk About Chronic Pain and Suicide

People with chronic pain are at a higher risk of mental health conditions, which can lead to suicidal ideation and suicide. Several factors can heighten this risk, which is why it's important to speak up about it.

Living Well

How to Set and Achieve Your Goals with Chronic Illness

Managing your chronic illness on top of life's everyday tasks can be overwhelming. These tips can help you find the motivation and inspiration you need to reach your goals.

Living Well

How I Navigate Professional Life While Living with a Chronic Illness

When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), I was terrified that my career was over. These tips helped me adapt my work life so that I could excel.

Living Well

What an Increased Awareness of Depression Means for Those Who Have Lived With It for Years

Depression is in the spotlight more than ever before — what does that mean for those who have lived with it for years?

Living Well

How Depression Lies and Learning to Talk Back to It

All I could hear was the voice of my depression. Talking back to it was a type of narrative therapy that helped me silence it.

Living Well

Meet Your Guide: Sam Camp

As a community guide for Bezzy Depression, Sam Camp is looking forward to helping others looking for connection and support.

Living Well

How Nature-Based Therapy Can Improve Your Mental Health

Medication isn’t the only way to treat your mental health when you live with a chronic condition. You might be surprised by all the benefits you can find right in the world around you.

Living Well

Welcome to Bezzy Depression

Bezzy Depression is a free online platform bringing new meaning to the word “community.”

Living Well

Bezzy’s Guide to Mental Health Resources and Support

The following mental health recommendations and resources have been compiled from information on Bezzy’s sister site, Psych Central.

Living Well

I Felt Alone with Postpartum Depression — But You Shouldn’t Have To

Postpartum depression can be a scary and lonely journey. Spreading awareness is an important way to help parents feel less alone and get the support they need.

Living Well

Life After Depression: When Am I OK?

Rather than viewing my depression as an on-off switch, I’m trying to adopt a nuanced and accepting mindset.

Living Well

5 Small Ways to Get Organized When Your Depression Has Other Ideas

If you have mental health challenges, like depression or anxiety, it can make organizing seem daunting. But staying organized can actually help your mental health. Here are five small ideas for those days when you don’t want to put a plate in the dishwasher and might feel like nothing is “sparking joy.”

Living Well

How I’m Learning to Trust the Joy

Feeling good after my depressive episode ended caught me by surprise. Now, I'm learning that joy can be part of my emotional landscape.

Living Well

5 Ways Depression Has Enhanced My Life

Depression can be devastating for the 300 million people worldwide experiencing it. The author has been diagnosed with conditions ranging from persistent depressive disorder, to major depressive disorder, to bipolar II. While she wouldn’t wish depression on anyone, she also believes that experiencing and surviving depression has its upsides. Read on for 5 ways depression has made her life more joyful.

Living Well

How to Deal With Depression During the Holidays

The holiday season is ‘supposed’ to be filled with joy, but for many of us, the opposite is true. Luckily, there are some things you can do to cope with holiday depression.

Living Well

How I Keep My Confidence While Having an Invisible Illness

Since my bipolar disorder diagnosis in 2011, I’ve struggled with depression, too. Today, I know I’m more than my condition. This is how I got to where I am.

Living Well

Nature vs. Nurture: How Exploring Underlying Emotions in Therapy Has Helped Heal My Depression Symptoms

With the help of my therapist, I've gotten to a place where I believe that most good things coming my way will be a result of feeling more, rather than less.

Living Well

Here’s How I Manage the Depression That Comes with Chronic Illness

Living with chronic illness can open the door to depression. Isolation, poor medical care, financial challenges, and grief have all been contributing factors in my experience. Here's how I have managed.