Relationships
As relational beings, our mental health can be greatly impacted by the quality and state of our relationships. Making new friends, maintaining our relationships, and ruptures in our relationships can have significant impact on our mental health so it is important that we stay active and attuned to our relationships both for ourselves and those we are in relationships with (our families, friends, significant others, etc.). Identifying unhealthy relationship patterns is very important – no matter how long you have been in the relationship – to learn ways to take care of yourself, set boundaries, and/or end relationships that are negatively impacting you and your mental health.
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Books
Some books may be available through Boatwright and others are linked to Amazon but please choose whatever book store you would like to support!
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
- Attached: How the New Science of Adult Attachment Can Help You Find and Keep Love
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way we Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- The Five Love Languages
- The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook
- Online Resources
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Videos
- The Power of Vulnerability (Brene Brown, 2010): TED Talk on the value of opening up to others
- On Being Wrong (Kathryn Schultz, 2011): TED Talk on embracing our fallibility
- Improving Relationships Well-Being Seminar video to learn ways to more effectively communicate with others
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Campus Resources
Some resources adapted from Appalachian State University Counseling Center