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  • Understanding Social Anxiety and Ways to Manage Your Own

    There is no telling how many times I have canceled plans due to my social anxiety spiking at the last minute. Just the thought of being around people would make my heart start pounding in my chest, like an out-of-control jackhammer. I would cancel plans often upsetting friends and family. Additionally, there have been many…

  • Workbook Recommendation for Self-Confidence

    Self-confidence…. Oh boy, do I have trouble with this subject. Even now as I write this post, I’m second-guessing everything I’m writing. However, my own self-confidence has improved greatly over the past four years. A lot of that has to do with starting this blog as a way to help others and voice my own…

  • Come Find Out Your Personality Type

    Come learn about the Briggs-Myers personality test and find out your own personality type at Maybe Crazy Help.

  • The Crimson Trail: A Short Story/Poem

    This is a poem I wrote a while back about two friends, one is full of lost hope and despair, while the other is full of love and hope.  It’s a short story/ poem about how one friend refuses to give up on her friend, who is wanting everything to end. A reminder to always…

  • The Dangers of Stress and Ways You Can Reduce Stress in Your Life

    Personally, I view stress as a normal response your body has when someone takes on, or expects, too much from themselves or others. When you overthink or overwork, your body responds with things like being fatigued, irritated over the smallest things, depressed, sluggish, etc. However, the symptoms of stress can start to pack on over…

  • Workbook Recommendation for Depression

    Depression is an emotion I am well acquainted with. When I was a teenager, I was diagnosed with chronic depression, social anxiety, impulse control, bipolar disorder, and a few other things when I was admitted to a mental health facility for self-harm at the age of 14. My childhood was not the best and as…

  • 10 Lessons I’ve Learned from Blogging

    I recently started writing again, I blogged for two years before taking a break. I wanted to share some of the lessons I’ve learned through this blogging journey to hopefully give a little insight into what to expect from new bloggers and writers. 1. It’s okay if your writing isn’t 100% perfect. Focus on the…

  • Drawing a Better Mindset: How Art Helps Through Life Struggles

    It’s a personal belief that art is one of the most essential tools mankind has. Through different types of art, we can study ancient civilizations. By studying past art styles, we gain a better understanding of how past cultures were created. We can start drawing a better mindset of how these cultures lived and managed…

  • Workbook Recommendation for Anger

    Man…. if I could tell you about every time I let my anger get the best of me you would not believe I was the same person writing this post. My teenage years and early 20s were as if I had a tiny fuse that would explode for the smallest reasons. I was ridiculous and…

  • 5 Signs You May Be Stuck in a Knowledge Trap

    “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Daniel J. Boorstin While I was writing an article on how knowledge itself was not power, I came to the realization that many of us become stuck in a cycle of learning and not applying the knowledge we obtain. This was the…