21 Surprising Things That Affect Your Mental Health
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It seems like these days it's a lot easier for all of us to get super stressed out or really depressed. Fortunately there are a lot of remedies you can implement to turn things around in a hurry that don't involve spending a lot of money on therapists.
But, you know, if you need those therapists, please keep going. For the rest of us, we can do things like ...
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