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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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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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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Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing (EMDR) Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that has been gaining empirical evidence for the treatment of trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), depression, self-harm, and addiction. How Does EMDR Therapy Work? EMDR is unpinned by the Adaptive Information Process (AIP) system and theory. This theory
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There is no one single cause for anxiety. Anxiety typically develops because of a past situation or event. Parents can also pass their ‘anxiety related genetic code’ down to their children (although just because a person has the genes for anxiety does not mean that these genes will or ever become activated). It usually takes
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Bipolar disorders have long been thought to be something you cannot recover from. With new forms of medications and a renewed focus on mental health therapy this is no longer the case. Especially when someone is committed to recovery despite the challenges that arise in life or fluctuations in symptom severity. How Can Psychiatric Medications
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Individual Therapy Individual therapy is gaining popularity as it can target a wide array of challenges someone experiences in life. Most therapy is confidential unless certain statutory limitations are met that would require mandatory reporting. Another way to buffer against the potential of someone reviewing your records it to private pay for services which eliminates
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