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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Asking for Help in This Society is Hard Our society does not value asking for help. It can be highly stigmatizing to prioritize your mental health, even though it is a major part of a person’s life. Asking for help can also be perceived by some as ‘weak’. The ideal of ‘individualism’ permeates many aspects
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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 symptoms and substance use sometimes go hand-in-hand. The National Institute on Drug Abuse explains that roughly 7.7 million adults have co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in the United States. Why do Mental Health and Substance Use Often Co-Occur? Sometimes early onset substance use, to include alcohol use, can preclude the onset
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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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According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in 2020, 8.4% of adults in the United States experienced a depressive episode. Click here to read more information from NAMI on Depression. How Does Depression Affect My Life? Depression can present differently for every person. Some may experience a number of the common depression symptoms.
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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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Social media and its involvement in our lives has exponentially increased since the early 2000s. From Instagram and Facebook to Tik-Tok and Snapchat. Our ability to consume live and worldwide content (both positive and/or negative) is at our fingertips. How Does A Person Experience Vicarious Trauma From Social Media? As long as we have an
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