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When Someone You Care About Is Suicidal
Written by: A. Montague Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/when-someone-you-care-about-is-suicidal What should you know when someone you care about is suicidal, and how can you support someone feeling this way? Understand the differenc...
Spoonie Self Care: Spend Your Energy Strategically
Written by: S. Dell'Imperio Do you bristle at the term “self care”? It’s not cynical to admit that talk about self care can feel a little too fluffy – especially to those with chronic pain (affectionately, “spoonies”). However, strategically recharging your ...
When People Seek Help, What Do They Actually Need?
Written by: E. Anter Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/how-to-help-a-friend-someone-struggling We all know how hard it can be to help a friend who is struggling. It’s not that we don’t want to help or aren’t willing to do the work or giv...
You Know Someone In Eating Disorder Recovery: What’s That Mean For You?
Written by: S. Rainne Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/you-know-someone-in-eating-disorder-recovery-whats-that-mean-for-you Almost 1 in 10 Americans struggle with eating disorders–that doesn’t even begin to account for those who are undi...
Starving Yourself Is Emotional Self Harm
Written by: C. Beck “Self-harm” most often refers to physical self harm, but mentally abusing and starving oneself also fit the definition — as “emotional self harm.” These less obvious or intense versions of hurting yourself might feel acceptable and produc...
DV: 7 Ways To Lift Up A Victim Of Domestic Violence
Written by: E. Anter Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/dv-ways-to-help-a-victim-of-domestic-violence It is a sad truth that many people still experience domestic violence, or DV, in this day and age. In the United States, domestic violen...
Ways To Help A Person With Self Destructive Behaviors
Written by: C. Beck Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/self-sabotage-self-destructive-behaviors Nobody wants to be self destructive. Self destructive behaviors come from misguided ideas about how to help ourselves. So if you know someone ...
When A Loved One Struggles With Substance Use Or Addiction...
Written by: E. Shabazian Occasionally in our relationships we find ourselves asking if our loved ones are “using too much.” Oftentimes we get caught up in judging certain substances: those that are illegal, those deemed dangerous, those that make a person g...
How Not To Suck At Listening
Written by: R. McDanal Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/be-a-better-listener-active-listening You may have been there before: your conversational partner has opened up to you with something personal, and you don’t know how to respond. ...
Female Reproductive System
Medically reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, MD The female reproductive system is made up of the parts that are inside and outside the body that help a female make a baby. Both the female and male reproductive system are needed for this. The female reproductive sy...
Aunt Bertha
Aunt Bertha is a comprehensive resource directory that helps people find and connect to social services in their area. Its nation-wide site and app are easy to navigate for both helping professionals and community members. Services include food pantries, help ...
Aunt Bertha
Aunt Bertha is a comprehensive resource directory that helps people find and connect to social services in their area. Its nation-wide site and app are easy to navigate for both helping professionals and community members. Services include food pantries, help ...
How To Recommend Therapy To Someone You Care About
Written by: M. Stanica Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/how-to-recommend-therapy-to-someone-you-care-about Mental health is something many of us struggle with, so it can sometimes seem like no big deal to ignore. But what can you do whe...
I Am...More Than My Headache
Website: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-ammore-than-my-headache For Migraine & Headache Awareness Month, the members of our community speak for themselves. Tell someone you have a migraine and you often hear, "Oh, I get headaches too." But...
Willing to Participate: What Gets in the Way
Website: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/willing-to-participate-what-gets-in-the-way A Clinical Trials Awareness Month Report from Smart Patients Clinical Trials Awareness Month is a chance to recognize the people who make medical progres...
Being a BLM Ally Means Being a Better Listener
Written by: R. McDanal Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/being-a-blm-ally-being-a-better-listener You know that Black Lives Matter, and you want to be an effective ally. The first step is counter-intuitive: more listening. Authentic al...
When Patients Move Faster Than Peer Review
Website: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/when-patients-move-faster-than-peer-review Patient communities are doing rigorous research work that the medical publication system, by necessity, cannot match for speed. We are not complaining about peer ...
How To Be A Better Ally To Marginalized Community Members
Written by: S. Rainne Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/how-to-be-a-better-ally How do you put yourself in someone else’s shoes? We all know the expression, “take a walk in someone else’s shoes,” but how do you make yourself see from so...
How To Help Others Without Draining Your Batteries
Written by: M. Stanica Website link: https://www.supportiv.com/how-to-help/how-to-stay-strong-helping-someone-else Helping others when they need us is admirable. Coming to someone else’s aid also tends to make us feel good. However, especially when it inv...
I Am...Between Stable and Well
Website: https://research.smartpatients.com/resources/i-ambetween-stable-and-well A space most lupus patients know well lies between what the labs say and what the body knows. For Lupus Awareness Month, the Smart Patients lupus and autoimmune communities sha...