How Much Do You Know About Stress? QUIZ
We’ve all had plenty of experience with stress, but how much experience with a stress quiz? We have put together some questions, to test how…
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Social isolation and its effects among teenagers
Alex is a seventeen year old girl. However, she is socially isolated. By many standards, she is a very normal teenager but it is on…
OCD… What is it? An Understanding of Mental Illness
Obsessive compulsive disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is a mental illness that affects roughly 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children. The…
6 Television Shows That Got Mental Illness Correct
Mental illness is one subject that can be over worked when it comes to television and movies. The article 6 Movies That Got Mental Illness…
5 Things that Happen to Your Brain when You have a Chronic Illness
A chronic illness is any illness that lasts for 3 months or more. As of 2012 and CDC puts the estimation for chronic illness at…
The 5 Major Anxiety Disorders
When it comes to anxiety disorders, there is no one type. Each form of anxiety has its own set of symptoms a treatment. It is…
10 Ways to Deal with Anxiety in School and What Teachers Need to Know
Anxiety is already difficult to live with. So, when you have to go to school and learn how to calm your nerves, it can feel…
5 Ways to Help You Stop Overthinking
American actress Winona Ryder states, “I think too much. I think ahead. I think behind. I think sideways. I think it all. If it exists,…
10 Things Anxious People Need in a Relationship
Loving someone with anxiety can be difficult at times. You might not understand why they do that things they do or why they are worried…
8 Tips to make Dating with Anxiety Easier
Anxiety affects roughly 40 million Americans so it stands to reason that more than a few of those sufferers will try their hand at dating…
5 Psychology Exercises to Understand Your Anxiety Better
That anxiety is very unpleasant is not new. But we recently got some request for practical psychology, some anxiety exercises, for example. We’ve written this…
A Start to Understanding Anxiety Disorders
Approximately 18.1 percent of people suffer from anxiety in some form or another. This is based on reported cases and is thought to be much…
Nanea Hoffman’s Anxiety Blob
Nanea Hoffman is the founder of Sweatpants & Coffee. She is the creator of the anxiety blob. Nanea describes how it feels like to live…
6 Ways for Introverts with Anxiety to Manage Stressful Situations
It’s school time again and whether you are young in practice or young at heart, you may find yourself in situations which increase stress and…
Love Yourself: Recognizing When It’s Time to Give Up
When you have given all that you can but the effort hasn’t proven worth it, when do you pull back? After overwhelming my therapist with…
5 Ways Perfectionism Can Make You More Depressed and How to Cope With It
Clinical psychologist Paul Hewitt states that perfectionism is linked to depression and even suicide in more severe cases. Although perfectionists are often considered the great…
7 Phobias: The Psychology of Fear
There is a good change that everyone has heard of a phobia at one time or another. Most people are familiar with the fear of…
10 Terrifying Facts About Sleep Paralysis That Give You Nightmares
What is worse than having nightmares invade your sleep? Beware of sleep paralysis! Sleep researchers define sleep paralysis as a demonstration that your body isn’t…
What is Anhedonia?
WHAT IS ANHEDONIA? We all feel a little blue at times. Maybe we had a bad day or week and that makes us sad, lacking…
7 Ways Hidden Depression Changes Your Brain
Depression is a serious mental illness and, if left untreated, can have terrible effects on the sufferer’s overall health and mental well being. Many people…