When is it time to really get more help?

When is it time to really get more help?

If you’ve been living with anxiety for a while, it may start to feel like you’ve learned to live with it. You have anxiety, but it’s not that bad. You can avoid triggering situations, and the ones you can’t avoid, you’ve found a way to get through.

The Power of Coping Skills: Commonly Misunderstood and Underestimated

The Power of Coping Skills: Commonly Misunderstood and Underestimated

Whether it’s a fear, phobia, or stress-inducing objects or situations, what we know is that avoidance of these will only increase the fear and stress associated with them. Can we continue to try our best to avoid everything that stresses us out?

What can I do to feel less dissociated?

What can I do to feel less dissociated?

Dissociation is a stress or trauma response. It can be a reaction to overwhelming anxiety, despair, disappointment, anger, pain, or other discomfort that may be present in your life. Dissociation is commonly described as a “mind-body” disconnection.

Boundaries - the what and why

Boundaries - the what and why

Boundaries are limits that you can place upon yourself or others to preserve your safety, security, and emotional energy. Boundaries can be emotional, physical, sexual, time-bound, communication related, or even set in your personal thoughts. 

Why We Focus on Families

Why We Focus on Families

While it may sound nice at the surface that families are the focus, it can actually be quite scary and even feel invasive. But walking through this vulnerable process is essential if you actually want to see lasting change.

Understanding Anxiety and How to Treat It

Understanding Anxiety and How to Treat It

When anxiety is taking place, your heart rate or breathing may increase; you may experience sweating, shaking, or feel easily fatigued. Anxiety, or stress, is understood to be the response to any stressor. 

What does it mean when my symptoms are behavioral?

What does it mean when my symptoms are behavioral?

Emotions are different from behavior, which is different from your thoughts or beliefs. But all of these affect each other in profound ways.

Supporting yourself emotionally and physically during insomnia

Supporting yourself emotionally and physically during insomnia

Insomnia can be incredibly frustrating and all-encompassing. It is one of the most common symptoms that individuals can become obsessed or hyper focused on.

How do I support my spouse while also holding boundaries?

How do I support my spouse while also holding boundaries?

Seeing your spouse struggle in any way can be very difficult. After all, your spouse is a part of you, and you made vows to “have and to hold in sickness and in health."

Why Nutrition Matters

Why Nutrition Matters

Food is one of the basic necessities of life and is needed to survive. Calories from food provide energy for daily activities and body functions. The type of food consumed affects your overall physical and mental health, and not all food provides the same benefits.

The Impact of Loneliness on Our Mental Health

The Impact of Loneliness on Our Mental Health

People who are lonely often feel that they are not understood or appreciated. They may feel that they are the only ones who feel this way. Loneliness can be very damaging to our mental health. It can make us feel sad, anxious, and isolated. It can also lead to depression and psychosis.

Part 2: Mistakes, Feeling Wrong, Overcoming Failure

Part 2: Mistakes, Feeling Wrong, Overcoming Failure

Feelings of failure can become all-encompassing, overwhelming, and cause us to feel very stuck. One issue explored in Part 1 is that becoming consumed with our sense of failure keeps us stuck in the past and prevents us from moving forward in life.

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