Reading Time: 4 MinutesSuppose you are in a relationship with a partner who has depression, who most likely deal with a mix of emotions and questions, especially when issues arise. It can be difficult to truly understand someone who is struggling with depression. As a result, it can potentially take a toll on your own emotions and impact […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesSleep Awareness Week, March 13th-March 19th, 2022, aims to highlight the importance of good sleep and educate individuals about improving their sleeping habits. Founded by the National Sleep Foundation, Sleep Awareness Week provides individuals the opportunity to learn about why sleep is important, how good sleep can improve health, whether or not certain sleeping habits […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesFor many American adults, falling asleep and staying asleep is complicated and sometimes impossible. As a result, many individuals wake up groggy and feel stressed throughout their day. Getting a restful sleep throughout the night is incredibly important for mental and physical health, and often out of desperation, many individuals turn to sleeping pills. According […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesSelf-Harm Awareness Month is observed in March in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. There are two million cases of self-harm reported each year in the United States. Self-harm happens across all genders, races, beliefs, and ages. Approximately 90 percent of self-harm behavior begins during adolescence, usually around age 14, and continues into the […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesIt is easy to say that 2020 was one of the most difficult years for many individuals worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic took 5.7 million lives worldwide, rattled economies, caused 114 million people to lose their jobs, and pushed many people to their breaking point, resulting in broken relationships, domestic abuse, severe mental health disorders, addiction, […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesIt all seemed like such a fun time, you met a few friends at a local bar to watch a March Madness game and only had a few drinks, right? You feel good and decide to head back home. That’s when it hits you and you hear the sirens behind you and your heart starts […]
Reading Time: 3 Minutes“As mental health awareness improves, there comes a troubling trend of young people diagnosing themselves with a mental illness, which can be a mood, personality, or anxiety disorder, but can also range to disabilities like autism or Tourette’s. And while some may relish finally being able to relate to feelings that they’re having, others might […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesLanguage matters, especially when it comes time to mental health and addiction. Fortunately, how we view mental health and addiction has improved dramatically over the past few decades, and even in recent years, we still have a long way to go. For example, many generations have grown up in a society where stigmatizing words such […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesChildren are more tuned in with their surroundings and are much brighter than we, as adults, give them credit for. Often parents, guardians, and educators stray away from talking to children about mental health because we may think and feel they do not understand the subject, or by talking about mental health, we may increase […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesAn eating disorder is a psychological disorder that presents through an abnormal obsession with food, calories, weight, body image, and exercise. An individual’s preoccupation with these things interferes with daily life and relationships and is harmful to both the body and the mind. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, defines the […]
