We live with grief and loss throughout the year, but why do certain times of the year or anniversaries trigger such visceral responses in our bodies? This question and more will be explored in this blog post on grief and loss. Grief and Loss Grief and loss can occur because of many different changes in […]
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What Are Mood Disorders? Mood disorders cover a vast array of diagnoses and symptom presentations. Click here to read more about mood disorders from the Mayo Clinic. Some of the most known mood disorders include: Bipolar I Bipolar II Dysthymia Cyclothymia Major Depressive Disorder The onset of these symptoms can occur at different points throughout
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After three years of pause, student loan payments are set to restart in October 2023. Many people have unintentionally forgotten how much student debt costs and now experience stress around these repayments restarting. The Intermingled Web Financial stress can easily affect other areas of people’s lives. It can be difficult to separate out the effects
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This is a great question, and self-harm is one of the mostly highly stigmatized aspects of mental illness. Per the American Psychological Association, about 5% adults self-harm with rates spiking in early adulthood. That’s about 16.5 million adults in the U.S. today. This still does not answer the question of as why do people self-harm?
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Mental Health Therapy Benefits A local mental health therapist can offer support for a variety of challenges or symptoms that occur in life. Reasons to seek individual therapy in South Kenosha can include but is not limited to: Alleviate stress(ors) Learn coping skills Process past trauma Grief Counseling Couples Counseling Work Stress Affairs and Infidelity
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One of the difficulties with human life is that there are moments and experiences that lead to grief and loss. Grief and loss is a complicated process of various, intense emotions that take time, patience, and compassion to acknowledge and learn to live with. The 5 Stages of Grief and Loss Denial Anger Bargaining Depression
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Anxiety does not discriminate and can be caused by various situations, people, or thoughts. Per the National Institute of Mental Health and research they cite, click here to read the article, anxiety rates in the United States are around 19.1% for those 18 years or older. Anxiety can impact many different domains of a person’s
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The world is filled with stressors from the war in Ukraine to severe weather, and wildfires. Not to mention interest rates and the economy. All of these single or combined stressors can influence our mood and destabilize our nervous system. Not only does current events cause us current stress, these situations can also activate past
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Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) can occur from a variety of scenarios. The Mayo Clinic highlights the various ways someone can sustain a TBI as: Motor vehicle accidents Aggression and/or violence Combat related experiences Falls Sports TBIs can also occur from within a person’s body from an internal infection or lack of oxygen. Navigating Life After
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Domestic violence can occur at any point throughout a relationship. Domestic Violence can occur male to female, female to male, or partner to partner depending on the relationship. The Women Against Abuse website lists various forms of domestic violence that exist in our world. What is The Domestic Abuse Cycle? Psych Central details that there
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