Mental Health - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/mental-health/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:28:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Can I Vent Without Backbiting? https://bahaiteachings.org/vent-talking-about-someone-behind-their-back/ https://bahaiteachings.org/vent-talking-about-someone-behind-their-back/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70091 Most of us rely on a good “vent” every once in a while — you know that feeling when you need to unload the weight of heavy emotions to a...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/faith-asks-us-deal-pain/feed/ 2 Neuro-Divergence: When You Just Can’t Pray https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-cant-pray/ https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-cant-pray/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79608 “Close your eyes, cross your arms, put your two feet on the floor” – as a child, I heard these instructions from adults whenever prayers were said at family gatherings...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-cant-pray/feed/ 3 Trauma: How Can We Heal Our Wounded Souls? https://bahaiteachings.org/trauma-how-can-we-heal-our-wounded-souls/ https://bahaiteachings.org/trauma-how-can-we-heal-our-wounded-souls/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73319 You’ve likely heard of PTSD – post traumatic stress disorder – but have you heard yet about PCSD? That acronym stands for post-Covid stress disorder, a newly-emerging effect of the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/trauma-how-can-we-heal-our-wounded-souls/feed/ 3 5 Ways to Combat Depression and Pessimism https://bahaiteachings.org/five-ways-to-combat-depression-and-pessimism/ https://bahaiteachings.org/five-ways-to-combat-depression-and-pessimism/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74511 If you’re like me, you’ve spent some time in recent months and years feeling ineffective – because of the seemingly intractable problems we humans face as a result of endemic...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/animal-helped-heal-ptsd/feed/ 2 Why Do We Have Good and Bad Dreams? https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-have-good-bad-dreams/ https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-have-good-bad-dreams/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78567 According to the Sleep Foundation, most people dream for around two hours every night. Dreaming is a universal experience, regardless of whether or not you remember them upon waking.  RELATED:...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-have-good-bad-dreams/feed/ 2 Can We Inherit – and Heal – Family Trauma? https://bahaiteachings.org/can-we-inherit-heal-family-trauma/ https://bahaiteachings.org/can-we-inherit-heal-family-trauma/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82460 Cutting-edge science has begun to determine that we can genetically “inherit” the trauma our parents and grandparents have experienced in their lives. A few months ago I read a book...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/can-our-thoughts-affect-our-health/feed/ 4 Losing the Stigma: May is Mental Health Awareness Month https://bahaiteachings.org/losing-the-stigma-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month/ https://bahaiteachings.org/losing-the-stigma-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month/#comments Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76656 Have you been seeing lime green ribbons tied to trees this month? Those would be in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Month (MHA) was first observed...

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