More than just mood swings Virginie describes herself as the average french-canadian girl. Her feed on Instagram shows a blonde girl with a big smile and plenty of pictures in pastel colours. At first glance, she seems to be a bubbly traveller who posts nice pictures of herself, like […]
Borderline Personality Disorder is a tricky illness. Often, it takes years before sufferers are diagnosed with this particular personality disorder. Until then, they are often described as attention-seeking drama queens, who are needy and selfish. A lot of people don’t even know that BPD exists, although awareness is on the rise thanks […]
The happiest day of your life? A lot of women describe the birth of their children as the happiest days in their life. Mothers across the world swear that nothing makes you happier than holding your baby for the first time. Watching all of your child’s first steps and first […]
Have you ever felt like you’re just acting…. …and soon everyone will find out that you are fraud? Have you ever felt like your whole life is a “Fake it ’till you make it”? Do you know the fear that things will be taken away from you, because you […]
…are often close friends Depression and anxiety are not only the most common mental illnesses, they are also very likely to occur together. Either simultaneously or one leading to the other. We have already had a conversation about depression, eating disorders and persistent depressive disorder and learned that each struggle […]
How are you feeling today? A question we get asked almost every day. Sometimes people will ask you out of politeness, sometimes they will ask you sincerly. Usually it’s the first, or at least we tend to think that and therefore do not answer in all honesty. Or maybe we […]
Welcome back! I welcome you back to my second conversation about mental health struggles. This series aims to remove the stigma around mental health by having honest conversations with those who have experienced mental illnesses. This month’s conversation revolves around the topic of eating disorders. Eating disorders describe all disorders […]
Have you struggled today? To struggle can mean a lot of things. For example, one could struggle to get out of bed in the morning. One could struggle with this because of a heavy night of drinking, staying up too late to watch the new episode of a certain TV […]
A linguist’s approach to sexism As many of you know language shapes the way we see the world. We form opinions and prejudices because of the way we speak and how we perceive other people talking. That is one of the many reasons why political correctness is as important […]
The conference is getting closer and every day we are getting more and more excited. Every year, all of the TEDxVienna teams work tog ether to create an exciting and inspiring experience. The part we all look forward to the most? The talks of course! But have you ever wondered […]