Video games have tackled many topics over the years, and one of those topics is mental health. It’s a topic that can offer the player a chance for empathy and understanding when it comes to mental illness when handled the correct way. Not all video games that deal with mental illness are an accurate, empathic, description of mental illness. Especially in the horror genre, in older games characters with mental illness were depicted as the creepy straight jacket characters you’d want to avoid. But, we’ve come a long way since then.

What’s an anxiety kit and a calm box?

An anxiety kit is a lot like a tool kit. It has the tools that you need to feel better in any stressful or overwhelming situation you may face in public settings. A calm box has a similar to the anxiety kit but is something that you’d keep and use when your feeling stressed out or overwhelmed. Both the anxiety kit and the calm box are tools to help you beat anxiety caused my overwhelming or stressful situations. You can choose to carry an anxiety kit in your purse or stash a few comforting items in their car or keep a box of comforting items at home.

When people find themselves in situations of high stress, they tend to feel anxious and resort to fidgeting. It may be clicking a pen, tapping a pencil, or biting your nails. It is how your subconscious reacts to keep your mind from being overwhelmed by the triggers of stress. That’s when fidget toys come in handy. They can help you calm your nerves in stressful situations, by shifting your focus and temporarily freeing your mind from stress triggers.

It’s easy to get sucked into social media. You want to be seen, heard, connect, and network so you can build your brand.  But sometimes social media can consume your life and be harmful to your overall mental health and productivity. Constantly scrolling through social media can cause stress, depression, and jealousy toward those around you. But opening up a social media app is far easier than closing it. Especially, if you work in social media or to promote your business or blog. You don’t have to quit social media just cut back on the amount of time you’re spending on social media. So here are some ways to cut back on your social media use.

It’s Here!

After months of designing, planning, and late nights the Socially Awkward Club is open for business. It has been a dream of mine to open an online shop since I graduated high school. But never thought it would be a reality. So I went to college, studied accounting, graduated, and hated doing the 9-5 thing. Creativity was my thing and when I wasn’t pushing through a shift at work I was sewing, drawing, painting, writing or sketching.  So I made the decision last year to revisit the idea of opening an online shop.  I went from full-time to part-time then quit and put everything I had into making this dream a reality. And I’m excited to be finally sharing this with the world.