Darkness to Dialogue: Living Well With Mental Illness

Beyond Feelings: How Your Body & Behavior Can Predict Mental Health Risk It’s not just how you feel,  it’s what your body is doing . A new model called ProMind-LLM integrates objective sensor data (sleep, activity, phone use, heart rate variability) with self-reported mood to predict depression and anxiety risk more accurately than using self-report alone. ( arXiv +1 )  Why This Matters: Early warning signs : Your body often signals distress before your thoughts catch up — e.g., restless sleep or low movement. Grounded insight : Self-report is essential, but it’s imperfect. Integrating physical data gives a fuller, more reliable picture. Actionable awareness : When you see patterns (e.g., “I slept poorly  and  my mood dipped”), you can intervene sooner. Bridges mind & body : Recovery or awareness isn’t just mental — it’s embodied. This kind of approach respects that complexity. Quick Takeaways  If you use wearables or mood journaling,   don’t ...

"The Untold Side" 2025 Summer/Quarterly Edition “The workplace often rewards the very behaviors that hide our suffering.” This investigative feature focuses on burnout and high-functioning depression in the workplace, a topic that aligns closely with The Untold Side's mission . These experiences are often: misunderstood minimized completely overlooked This can occur in professional environments where external productivity can mask deep internal struggles.  High-functioning depression doesn’t always “look like” depression, which makes it easier for both individuals and systems to ignore it, and harder for people to ask for help. By exploring how the pressure to perform can silence mental health challenges, especially among survivors and those in recovery, this feature highlights the critical gaps in how workplaces respond to emotional well-being . It asks difficult questions about what we reward, what we miss, and who gets left behind in conversations about wellness. Thes...