Talk Therapy Stories + Open Mic

Talk Therapy Stories + Open Mic A New York City-based storytelling and open mic show featuring stories about mental health. It seems like everybody in New York is in therapy — including me.

I figured that all those mentally ill people walking around must have a few good stories to tell. That’s why I started Talk Therapy Stories + Open Mic, a monthly show at QED: A Place to Show and Tell in Astoria. The show features comics, actors, and regular people telling true tales — sometimes funny, occasionally sad, and always compelling — related to mental health. After the featured performers

, an open-mic offers audience members the chance to tell their own 6-minute story. Talk Therapy Stories + Open Mic offers not only entertaining stories, but also a reminder that sharing our stories of deep pain and day-to-day triumph helps ourselves and each other.

12/16/2021
Top 10 free and affordable mental health and counseling resources: http://lifehac.kr/250Uhkj - Thanks, Lifehacker
01/26/2017

Top 10 free and affordable mental health and counseling resources: http://lifehac.kr/250Uhkj - Thanks, Lifehacker

This week’s roundup isn’t so much a top 10, since this isn’t ranked, and there’s way more than we can cover, but here are ten of our favorite mental health resources to keep handy for you or someone you love who may need someone to talk to, whatever the reason.

How to Help a Partner Dealing With Depression: http://bit.ly/1qPI4JI - Thanks, Greatist
01/25/2017

How to Help a Partner Dealing With Depression: http://bit.ly/1qPI4JI - Thanks, Greatist

These five methods helped my partner and I save—and strengthen—our relationship.

Feeling Overwhelmed? Remember "RAIN" http://buff.ly/2fDeYdd - Thanks, Mindful.org
01/24/2017

Feeling Overwhelmed? Remember "RAIN" http://buff.ly/2fDeYdd - Thanks, Mindful.org

Four steps to stop being so hard on ourselves.

Why it's difficult to meditate with anxiety http://buff.ly/2fz0j27 - Thanks, Mindful.org
01/23/2017

Why it's difficult to meditate with anxiety http://buff.ly/2fz0j27 - Thanks, Mindful.org

For people whose anxiety boxes them in, a basic meditation practice isn't so straightforward.

A groundbreaking treatment for depression is about to reach a whole new level http://buff.ly/2fZnWkC - Thanks, Mindful.o...
01/21/2017

A groundbreaking treatment for depression is about to reach a whole new level http://buff.ly/2fZnWkC - Thanks, Mindful.org

Fifteen years after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was introduced to the world, this groundbreaking treatment only reaches a small percentage of people suffering from depression. Two innovators want to change that.

Selena Gomez's American Music Awards Speech: Why Does   Strike Young Adults? http://dlvr.it/Mkdzy8 -  LiveScience
01/20/2017

Selena Gomez's American Music Awards Speech: Why Does Strike Young Adults? http://dlvr.it/Mkdzy8 - LiveScience

"I was absolutely broken inside," Gomez said when she accepted her award for Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock.

Thanks, Greatist - Depression Messed With My S*x Life, and Here's Exactly What I Did About It: http://bit.ly/2ejFS9W
01/18/2017

Thanks, Greatist - Depression Messed With My S*x Life, and Here's Exactly What I Did About It: http://bit.ly/2ejFS9W

Taking meds for depression doesn't mean you can't have a fire s*x life. Here's what worked for me.

Thanks, PsyBlog - Breathing Technique That Fights Major Depression https://t.co/XAoQbCvj6K
01/17/2017

Thanks, PsyBlog - Breathing Technique That Fights Major Depression https://t.co/XAoQbCvj6K

Breathing technique can reduce the stress hormones in the central nervous system.

Living with depression: a reading list https://t.co/1JGYS*xsDT - Thanks Longreads
01/16/2017

Living with depression: a reading list https://t.co/1JGYS*xsDT - Thanks Longreads

“We read to know that we are not alone,” so sayeth C.S. Lewis, via William Nicholson. I want you to know that this holiday season, you are not alone.

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