Break the Mental Health Stigma!

Your mental health is equally important to your physical health. Therefore, mental health is a growing discussion topic in society. I discuss mental health and breaking the stigma that surrounds it with my parents.

I personally suffer from BiPolar Disorder, and the stigma surrounding mental health tends to be a burden for me. When people are scared, or ignorant towards my condition, it is a step backwards from progress, not just for me but for mental health in general.

Groups like NAMI are great because they support the increase in conversation about mental health, as well as provide education

Lucia in the Midst of the Pandemic

Tony Caldareri sits down with us to discuss some of the changes and struggles his local restaurant faced during the pandemic and tips other business owners can note to help when facing similar circumstances.

There is a vast of government aid provided alongside our discussion in the interview. See the associated links to learn more about the offerings.

Additional Information:

https://www.usa.gov/disaster-help-workers-businesses

Mental Health during a pandemic

Today I am meeting with a my sister, Nina Fraietta who has a psychology degree. She will be discussing the way the pandemic has affect her mental health and the ways she has been trying to overcome this change in mental health. She is sharing in hopes to make others feel not alone and that they can get help during these hard times.

Life During Bilateral Radiculopathy

Back diseases are more common every day in society, and medical conditions such as bilateral radiculopathy, are more present among people, unfortunately being degenerative diseases. Magda Rocio Rojas is a 40-year-old woman who has lived with this disease for more than 5 years, affecting her physical mobility, her mental health, and her personal and work life.

Among Magda’s medical conditions we can find that she has medical reports such as Bilateral radiculopathy of the roots of L4 and L5 and bilateral foot drop with loss of mobility and sensitivity, cervical myelopathy, and recurrent anxious depressive syndrome. Her medical process has not been easy.

Magda, however, has had an arduous recovery process and remains positive about future changes.

ADDITIONAL INFROMATION

If you want to know a little more about Magda’s medical condition, here are some articles so you can better understand her health situation.

Cervical Myelopathy:

https://journals.lww.com/spinejournal/fulltext/2013/10151/Cervical_Radiographical_Alignment__Comprehensive.14.aspx

Anxious And Depressive Syndrome:

https://europepmc.org/article/med/19731870

Ian Campers interview with Blake Dolland on art.

If you’re having trouble during this harsh pandemic then art might be just right for you. Art can help a lot with mental health but also keep you entertained during these difficult times whether it be listening to music or grabbing a piece of paper and drawing anything you can possibly think of down. Art can mean many things and in this interview I will be talking about that with a good friend of mine Blake Dolland.