Colleen Arnold, PhD, MFT

09/14/2016

Self-care is actually super-hard, especially when you don't have enough energy to function. But if you can muster up the herculean effort it takes, you really will be better off in the long run.

"I thought I was doing this self-care thing the right way until... it became obvious I was not."

09/13/2016

It can be really stressful living with someone struggling with depression. Here are some tips to help you deal with it.

If you love a person who has depression, you'll want to remember these things.

06/08/2016

Depression doesn't always look the way you think it does.

Depression can look different on everyone.

05/03/2016

This doesn't surprise me at all.

Symptoms of depression in pregnant women were linked to preterm births and small babies.

05/02/2016

I saw this on a friend's feed today and had to grab it. So simple, but so well said. Feminism supports women, of course, but it also supports men. Feminism fights against the ideas that men shouldn't display traditionally "feminine" characteristics, like tears, sensitivity, etc. eliza-lou-riley: Boys, protect girls. Call people out when they make offensive jokes. Stand up to those who treat girls like objects. [ 163 more words. ]

http://www.colleenarnold.com/blog/2016/05/02/how-to-be-a-feminist/

I saw this on a friend’s feed today and had to grab it. So simple, but so well said. Feminism supports women, of course, but it also supports men. Feminism fights against the ideas that men s…

02/22/2016

02/18/2016

I love it when people with a following use it to fight stigma. I also love Wil Wheaton.

Mental illness is exactly the same as physical illness. Your body has something that’s out of whack and there’s medication that can help.

01/11/2016

Powerful slam poetry trying to describe what it's like. I've met a few people who do (sort of) default to depression, but most of us fight it, and it takes so much energy when you're in that place to fight it off.

Sabrina Benaim's “Explaining My Depression to My Mother" is pretty powerful.

10/20/2015

Taking away the stigma, one person at a time.

BuzzFeed News spoke to Dior Vargas, founder of the People of Colour and Mental Illness Photo Project.