Blogging about Mental Health: How To Approach it?

Examples of successful mental health bloggers

Anxious Lass is a mental health blog that has a great impact on the internet mental health world, in my opinion. Kelly writes in a relatable, honest way about things that she knows first-hand. She offers different perspectives on how to cope with anxiety in various situations.

Based on her own experience, she shares resources that help her in the moments of panic. This blog was born because Kelly was the person in need of a blog like this and couldn’t find it. So, she is a game-changer that offers a unique example of how from something heavy, something beautiful can be born. An insightful blog about anxiety.


Another example of a mental health blog based on experience is Self Love Circle. It is a really simple, honest, positive, everyday blog offering numerous self-help tips and techniques that help you cope with mental illnesses. Jess also created this blog because she needed something like it and couldn’t find it. She even became a therapist and life coach, motivated by her own path of coping with mental health issues.

There is also another way to approach mental health blogging, and that is from the perspective of a mental health professional. If you are a therapist and are keen on sharing your knowledge in the form of writing, there would be many many individuals that would be so grateful. A blog about depression and mental health.

As, for example, Dr. Gerald Stein writes his thoughts on different questions about current situations in the world and how to face our various mental states. He is open to exploring all the areas of life and writes in an amusing, colorful way that will talk to us. He kept the professional side while bringing life into all the facts. Great mental health therapist website.

Josephine Ferraro is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice specializing in depression, anxiety, relationships, career issues, (PTSD) post-traumatic stress disorder, bereavement, addictions and many others. Josephine gives concrete advice with easy-to-understand how to integrate them into your daily life. She shares her experience generously and helps many many human beings. A psychotherapist’s blog about mental illnesses and anxiety.

The Mental Health Blog

As a mental care professional blogging on mental illnesses, you really may change a lot for somebody. The Internet is full of unnecessary information and unhealthy content that can enhance the tricky mental states of some of us.

If you have the knowledge to share and points of view that could shift perspectives for those coping with mental illnesses, or their loved ones, do not hesitate to start writing! There is no better way to contact the world than blogging.

However, keep in mind that this asks for a lot of responsibility. When sharing your thoughts, ideas, experience and knowledge online you need to take some things into consideration. Here are a few things to consider:

Holding the space

Firstly, you should distance yourself from your own emotions. When writing about mental disorders, you have to be sure that you do not involve your personal feelings, emotions or hurts into the topic. When taking the role of a therapist, you are holding the space for those in need to heal themselves.

I am saying this, because many things around us, trigger some hidden things inside of us. So, if this happens to you with a certain topic you need to write about, or somebody’s comment on your post, be sure not to become reactive. Take your time to keep your professional approach. People are in need of space that is held by those who know how to do it.

Listening

Blogging on this topic may help you in developing your listening skills. If you write a blog like this, people will want to share their experiences with you.

Especially if you offer them certain techniques to overcome the unhealthy states of their mind.

There will be feedback, emotional bursts, questioning and thinking from those who will read your articles. You will be able to practice the art of listening to the stories of others. This is a beautiful way to work on yourself as a therapist, but on a wider scale than usual in a different (virtual) environment.

Professionalism

Not involving yourself is one of the most important responsibilities you have. As I mentioned above, there will be triggers, people may be rude or needy. However, you are the authority of your blog. And as kind and gentle you may be in your therapeutic work, set your boundaries for yourself and others.

Since the internet is the whole universe manifesting itself in one web, you will probably be in touch with all kinds of human beings. But, your professionalism and a strong sense of your boundaries will keep you safe of all potential unnecessary energy losses.

Privacy

Respecting and keeping the privacy of your patients is one serious thing that you should keep in mind. It is really inspiring to give examples and share the insight from your work with your readers. But, make sure you do it with all due respect to the people involved in those experiences. Take good care of the privacy of the people you work with and be aware if there is any way in which they could be identified by your story.

Ethics

When writing for your blog, abide by the code of ethics. Use your knowledge from the therapeutic work to form a structure of what you should and should not do. Respect integrity. Honor objectivity. Keep your competence. Stay confident. Behave professionally.

The Blog of a Person Struggling with Mental Illness 

There are endless benefits of writing a mental health blog while coping with certain mental illnesses.

As Ram Dass wonderfully put it, I can do nothing for you, but work on myself. You can’t do nothing for me but work on yourself. And if we share this process, we are helping each other, too. One of the most obvious benefits of writing a mental health blog is that your mental health can improve drastically. Since you will develop a healthier perspective on your illness in order to help others.

By writing down your truth, you are practically sharing your inner states with yourself in the first place. Keeping a score of where you are on your journey and what you can offer to others because of what you’ve been through is a one really helpful aspect of blogging about mental health.

Creating a safe space for sharing is a really beautiful fruit of blogging on mental illnesses. By sharing your truth, you will inspire many people struggling with the same things as you do to do the same. By creating the space for others to be heard, you will learn from each other, support each other and grow together.

This is a really beautiful aspect of the internet, we can connect based on our needs and views no matter where in the world we are. Creating support systems for other human beings is something that directly affects our inner peace and sense of fulfilment.

Investing your energy into something healthy and creative will support your mental hygiene and support an honest and genuine approach to life in general. By saying your truth out loud, in the form of creative and honest writings, you are taking care of your mental health.

Researching different techniques and coping strategies in order to serve your readers will also make you constantly learn, evolve and invest in yourself. In a way, your job will be to take care of yourself while taking care of others, too.

Talking honestly about your challenges is a path to feeling much better. The first step to becoming a healthy individual is admitting where you are at the moment. By writing about your path and all the not-so-pleasant states of mind that you run into, you are healing your wounds based on shame and fear of not being accepted.

We all have these feelings and exposure is the best way to overcome them. Especially when coping with mental illnesses, it is important to walk the talk. Trust me, these experiences could take you to develop yourself and find a bigger meaning in all that you are going through. Having an outlet and meeting other individuals like you is the path to healing.

A blog about mental health is a great way to create exposure and build your audience.

The experience that you have is pure gold, actually. Many people seek help online, but all that they find is a bunch of people telling them what to do and what not to do based on some facts they read in another article.

The world does not need more rewriting and bad advice. Real people that have felt the depth of facing mental illnesses, can really change the game. For those seeking help, an advice from somebody that has been down several times and got up is pure gold.

If you have helped yourself, you can for sure at least inspire others. But be sure that you use the techniques you offer and that you listen to your own advice that you share with others.

Remember, beauty often comes from dark places. When we bring light to those places, magic happens.

If you are interested in blogging about the topic of mental illness, anxiety, depression, eating disorders... consider creating your own blog and build an online community!