Health Library
What to Say (and Not Say) When Someone You Love Is Thinking About Suicide
When someone you care about is struggling with suicidal thoughts, it’s natural to be worried you’ll say the wrong thing or make the situation worse. However, you don’t need to
- by Dana Hinders
Your teenager slams their door and doesn’t come out for dinner. They’ve stopped texting their best friend. They’re sleeping until noon on weekends and skipping the things they used to...
- by Dana Hinders
Toxic positivity is the dismissal of genuine pain through forced optimism—phrases like “Just think positive!” or “Everything happens for a reason” that minimize real struggle instead of acknowledging it. Unlike...
- by Dana Hinders
Romanticizing mental illness means treating symptoms like depression, anxiety, or trauma as personality traits, creative fuel, or aesthetic identities rather than real conditions that deserve real treatment. While conversations about...
- by Dana Hinders
Depression can blur your sense of connection and convince you that you’re alone—even when support may be closer than you realize. There’s a biological reason for this. Depression can disrupt...
