{"id":794,"date":"2017-06-04T00:26:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T04:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/?p=794"},"modified":"2017-06-04T00:26:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T04:26:10","slug":"oktosay-lets-talk-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/04\/oktosay-lets-talk-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"#OktoSay: Let’s Talk Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month was mental health awareness month. Because of this, when our friends over at Chronically Academic asked me to write a blog for their site, I decided to send them this piece<\/a> on my recent realizations after battling with my own mental health issues, and in the way that having a strong support network both at home and work helped me manage and overcome them. As someone who has gone through it, I understand how hard it can be to reach out and ask for help, and how isolating things can feel. Believe me, it does get better, but only if you seek help and reach out. If you don’t have a strong support network or don’t know where to start looking for resources, check out our resource page on this site.<\/p>\n

In healing solidarity,<\/p>\n

Juan Pablo Ruiz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month was mental health awareness month. Because of this, when our friends over at Chronically Academic asked me to write a blog for their site, I decided to send them this piece on my recent realizations after battling with my own mental health issues, and in the way that having a strong support network … Continue reading #OktoSay: Let’s Talk Mental Health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[85],"tags":[88,86,32,87],"coauthors":[38],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7z5Ki-cO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":453,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/01\/mental-health-in-academic-research-a-systematic-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":794,"position":0},"title":"Mental Health in Academic Research – A Systematic Problem","date":"June 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"In recent years, a crisis has been building in academia,\" says this post on Polygeia. 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