mental health

  1. Enlightened1

    Spirituality & Wellbeing

    Please may there be a specific forum where we can share practices such as meditation, breathwork, journaling etc to support our mental health, trauma healing & wellbeing? Els
  2. R

    Slip-Ups

    Hello 👋, I started eating a health food kept brownie thingy, which I got before I was vegan. I didn’t think about it not being vegan beforehand, but I read the ingredients, to reveal that it had bovine collagen in! I carried on eating it so that I didn’t have to just throw it out. I feel bad...
  3. R

    Upset

    Hello 👋, I’m very upset at the moment. I just had an argument with my mum. She got really mad and I got really upset. Anyhow, so I posted something on Facebook about veganism and animal rights. I posted it in the wrong places, in a What’s On group for my village and in a Devon group. It...
  4. Forest Nymph

    It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    I really love Hope Kale Pesto hummus, with their vegan Buffalo Bleu cheez a close second ...I buy their hummus more than any brand except for the local co op - and one day I actually was having a bad day and I noticed the inner seal says "it's okay to not be okay" which was nice, I guess I had...
  5. R

    I’m having an anxiety upset. I hate living in this world. Please help.

    Hello 👋, This isn’t just vegan-related, but I’m Autistic and I suffer very badly with anxiety. I just went into my mum at a ridiculous hour asking about getting my sleep-in headphones working. She got really cross. I got really upset (crying, not angry). I desperately wanted compassion from my...
  6. R

    Dealing with looking up & seeing upsetting stuff online?

    Hi ?, I’m an animal rights person. I’m a (near) vegan. I do click-to-donates, online petitions, going to vegan and animal rights markets, food bank donations, charity pots, not wanting to use/buy stuff from companies that test on animals and sharing on social media, among other things like...
  7. R

    What can I do to stop overeating?

    Hi ?, I’m a young adult ??female who is Autistic. I’m on Olanzapine and Pregablin for anxiety. I’m also mainly vegan. My overeating, which was brought on by the medication, is out of hand. I pig out about 60% of nights. It’s gotten very severe. I’m putting on weight. I need to lose weight. I do...
  8. R

    How can i cope with seeing/reading about/ animal cruelty ?

    Hi, I'm a young animal rights advocate. I'm mostly vegan. I do a lot of campaigning on the Internet. With such, I see a lot of really disturbing images and read about upsetting things. I have mental health issues (Autism and anxiety). Here are some of the really disturbing things I've seen/read...
  9. T

    Being vegetarian is making me unhealthy?

    So I've been vegetarian for 4 years now, and everything was going fine for a while. After a year of being vegetarian though, I just noticed a downfall from there to now. I got really bad eczema on my right hand (never had it before), my anxiety increased, I'm more tired and lazy, and I'm...
  10. Veggienerd

    Overly obsessed with food

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  11. Laura Warner

    Media Vegan blogger @ the honest whisper

    I don't think many people would consider my blog a typical vegan blog. I like to discuss mental health and aspirations I have for the future. I also like to have guest bloggers if that interests anyone! The motto my site goes by is: Nobody is Silent. Many are not Heard. Change this. My blog...
  12. D

    Veganism & restrictive eating disorders

    Hi there! I´m wondering if anyone here has experience with going vegan after recovering from a restrictive eating disorder. I´ve been vegan before (3 years in total but that´s now 4 years ago, I´m currently flexitarian) but after suffering from anorexia I´m not sure whether I should go back...
  13. Second Summer

    Psychology Soul sickness

    This is from the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association's web pages: More: Soul Sickness: A Frequently Missed Diagnosis | The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (June 2010, Vol. 110, 347-349) I thought this was an interesting read, although I don't know about osteopathy...
  14. B

    Survey Healthy eating

    Hello, I am a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Indiana State University. I am currently conducting my dissertation research and I am examining different relationships between healthy eating behaviors and mental health. For my research, I am particularly interested in those...
  15. M

    Is depression and anxiety a part of becoming vegan?

    Hi. :) I've been suffering from depression and anxiety for quite some time now. Is started complete vegan diet around 4 weeks ago, and at first I felt some good improvements, but now it is starting to wear off. I've been trying to find the best info on vegan diet and its connection to...
  16. M

    I thought Veganism was pure baloney, but I've seen massive improvements

    Hello, I will say that I'm pretty new to Veganism, I've been Vegan for about 4 weeks now, but I've already felt massive improvements. I was hesitant to start vegan diet, because I was absolutely sure that this would ruin my health. I've had some mental issues for the past two years that I'm...
  17. Chloe

    Mental Health

    Before I went vegan, I was depressed, had an eating disorder and had anxiety. Now, 2 years of veganism later, I have never been happier and am rarely anxious. I noticed this huge change in mental health so I decided to create an experiment to study whether there is actually a correlation between...
  18. Chloe

    Please Help!

    Hello friends, Before I went vegan, I was depressed, had an eating disorder and mild anxiety. Now, 2 years of veganism later, I have never been happier and am rarely anxious. I noticed this huge change in mental health so I decided to create an experiment to study whether there is actually a...
  19. W

    Support etiquette

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