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.
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.
Oftentimes, in an effort to avoid future feelings of disappointment, we let opportunities pass us by. We stop trying out of fear of failing again.
By Erica Holbrook
Understanding your teen’s vulnerability to social media now, helps you see how social media platforms can leave them feeling isolated, lonely, anxious and depressed.
By Erica Holbrook
I believe, in order to understand a problem we need to define it first. For me, I needed to define what social media is before tackling its effects on us.
By Erica Holbrook
This increased screen time creating a perfect social media identity while constantly comparing themselves to others is now where they find value and affirmation. As a mom, you're no longer just dealing with one school or one friend group.
By Erica Holbrook
I had been on psychiatric meds most of my adult life and had sought counseling over decades. So, the journey towards mental health was not foreign to me. But this time it was different.
By Jen Kohlenberger
Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs change our daily routine and lifestyle dramatically. Whether in the programs for a few weeks or for several months, these programs interrupt our life– that’s kind of the point. What we were doing up until this point wasn’t working and things needed to change significantly.
With the number of people suffering from addiction in today’s round-the-clock work culture, it has become necessary for companies wanting to maintain a healthy office atmosphere to enact policies to prevent and mitigate drug addiction among employees.
By Brianna Riddlebarger
Medications can be a wonderfully helpful tool for mental health, sleep, and cognition. So can supplements and many other holistic medical interventions. But, medications have limits.
The answer as we face life’s challenges and/or pain, in short: gratitude is not about giddy optimism or proud moments of surviving circumstances. As we accept life’s events, we do not have to approve of them.
This topic has been brought to the forefront in recent months by a study that suggests that parents that serve their adolescent kids alcohol are asking for trouble. The study looked at parents who gave their underage children the occasional sip and ones that gave them full glasses of beer or wine.
