We all experience Anxiety and it is part of being human. Sometimes Anxiety can become hard to cope with, so it is helpful to learn strategies to help us manage it adaptively. Anxiety Symptoms include: Excessive anxiety and worry Difficult to control the worry Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge Being easily fatigued…
Even if you have never been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, you may still experience periods in your life when you go through low mood, excessive sadness, changes in sleep or appetite, and feelings of isolation. Depression can keep you from enjoying friends, performing your job well, and cultivating meaningful relationships. Although seeking out depression…
Relationship security can be difficult to achieve when you have a history of trauma. If a loving, safe base was not consistently available to you in the early years of your life, or if your adult experiences taught you to both crave and fear/mistrust intimacy, you might find it difficult to give and/or take in…
Being a mother is absolutely amazing, and absolutely anxiety-provoking. It is full of late night googling “why is my kid (current situation)” and then sifting through social media mom accounts in hopes of finding an answer. The issue being, you’ll find 37 suggestions and all of them are different. Which expert or self-proclaimed baby whisperer…
Mom guilt is a term that’s often thrown around to refer to the concept of perfectionism as a mother, and the ways in which moms have to constantly keep up with unrealistic expectations. This resonates with a lot of moms, to be sure, but what about the other type of guilt? What’s Mom Guilt About,…
Opioid addiction is a serious issue and becomes even more serious if a dear person is addicted. We have collected a few easy ways to find out whether the addiction is real or not. We do not want to scare you but opioid overdoses have taken the lives of over 800,000 Americans during the time…
A couple of scientists used to examine the MRI scans of the brain and surprisingly, the scans of drug addicts and non-addict people were distinctly different from each other. Therefore, they concluded that if the substance use is repeated for a while, the brain of an addict goes through different stages. At last, there comes…
What Causes the Fear of Change? The fear of change is a very common phenomenon. We are all afraid to take the first step even if we know that it will make our lives better. What causes fear of change? Fear of change is a natural reaction to uncertainty. It is hard to predict what…
Everything you need to know to easily find a therapist who is part of your insurance network. It’s not just you. Finding a therapist you click with can be difficult —let alone understanding the maze of health insurance rules and coverage. You can find great therapists, though, including ones who match with the payment and…
Is perfection driving your anxiety symptoms? Quite possibly. I have yet to meet a perfectionist who does not struggle with anxiety. Most of us know perfection is unattainable, so why do we so often demand it of ourselves? And how do we move away from perfection and start leaning into self-acceptance? Living into our values…