82 Interviews With People Who've Been Helped By Self-improvement

We have interviewed 82 people who have overcome struggles with the help of self-improvement. These stories show that self-improvement is one of the most powerful ways to overcome struggles of mental health.

Most recent stories of people helped by self-improvement

How I Stopped Obsessively Controlling My Body and Accepted My Values Instead

How I Stopped Obsessively Controlling My Body and Accepted My Values Instead

October 15, 2024
Helped by: Self-acceptance, Self-improvement
From Burnout to Balance: How I Found Happiness After Career Overload

From Burnout to Balance: How I Found Happiness After Career Overload

October 1, 2024
Helped by: Self-Care, Self-improvement
My Journey From Constant Self-Doubt and Anxiety to Becoming a Bestselling Author

My Journey From Constant Self-Doubt and Anxiety to Becoming a Bestselling Author

September 24, 2024
Helped by: Self-improvement

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I’ve interviewed 82 people who have been helped by self-improvement, and here are the top 5 struggles that these people have overcome:

  1. Anxiety (46 posts)
  2. Depression (42 posts)
  3. Childhood trauma (20 posts)
  4. Stress (15 posts)
  5. Suicidal (11 posts)

In our many years of publishing helpful mental health content, we always received questions from our readers about specific situations. While we have a lot of helpful tips to share on how to be happier, we simply can’t offer advice for every situation.

That’s why I’ve set out to interview folks with every type of mental health struggle. My job as an interviewer is to categorize these interviews and present them in a way that is most helpful to our readers.

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Case studies

How I Stopped Obsessively Controlling My Body and Accepted My Values Instead

“I became interested in health and wellness and started to learn about healthy foods, nervous system exercises, energy, etc. And the same pattern of control started again disguised as health and wellness. Because of the way I was treated growing up and as a young adult, I felt there was something deeply wrong with me- like I was not loveable as I was. I needed to control my body to feel like I was enough, to make myself loveable so that I could be happy.”

Struggled with:
Eating disorder
Negative body image

Helped by:
Self-acceptance
Self-improvement

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From Burnout to Balance: How I Found Happiness After Career Overload

“I experienced burnout. It was so severe that I could barely get out of bed or feed myself anything more than a bag of chips. I had also ground my teeth so badly that I was experiencing shooting pain in my jaw. When I saw the dentist, she told me that the damage to my teeth was permanent. To this day I often have pain when eating or drinking very hot or cold items.”

Struggled with:
Burnout

Helped by:
Self-Care
Self-improvement

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Case studies

My Journey From Constant Self-Doubt and Anxiety to Becoming a Bestselling Author

“I’m honestly not sure if others knew or noticed because I kept it inside. People definitely noticed (and commented) that I was quiet or shy or didn’t speak up much – which didn’t help! But nobody knew what was really going on in my head and I didn’t talk about it, but I did write about it and writing has been my safe space ever since!”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Self-doubt

Helped by:
Self-improvement

Case studies

My Fight Against Anxiety, PTSD, and Depression After Being Laid Off

“Neglect, abuse, and the profound impact of my mother’s involvement in the witness protection program marked my childhood. These experiences left deep emotional scars that have taken years to understand and manage. These challenges have ebbed and flowed over time. Yet, they’ve always been a constant presence, influencing how I see the world and interact with it.”

Struggled with:
ADHD
Anxiety
Depression
PTSD

Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
Self-improvement

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Overcoming Neglect, Childhood Trauma and Abuse Through Careful Self-Improvement

“When I was 12 years old, my parents moved into their own place, along with my brother and sister. They left me with my grandparents. I could only see my family on weekends, and on Sunday evenings I would go back home. I was not able to build a normal relationship with my brother and sister. I even thought at one point that I was adopted, which was against all logic.”

Struggled with:
Abuse
Childhood trauma

Helped by:
Journaling
Self-improvement

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Case studies

Overcoming a Rare Autoimmune Disease With a Careful Diet and Self-Improvement

“There were weeks when I wouldn’t leave my house, feeling too overwhelmed and exhausted to face the world. I tend to isolate myself rather than reaching out to others, which only compounded my feelings of loneliness and despair. I had to repattern my behavior and learn to ask for help or talk about my feelings, but it wasn’t easy. I internalized a lot of my pain and frustration, which made me feel even more isolated.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Autoimmune disease

Helped by:
Self-improvement

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Case studies

Finding Happiness and Self-Love After Escaping Death From Burning 90% Of My Body

“It was like starting life over again, except you know how to do things you physically can’t do, which emotionally drains you. There was definitely a sense of resentment and feeling sorry for myself, I think that is natural. You wonder what you did to deserve that, you wonder if things are ever going to get better, you wonder how people will treat you. When you are confined to a bed for weeks on end, really all you can do is wonder.”

Struggled with:
Physical trauma

Helped by:
Self-improvement