Category: Mental Health

The term gaslighting – that is, psychological manipulation, not a 19th century profession – has been used frequently in the last decade or so. And […]

While there are no set criteria for what makes a person scary, it’s usually some combination of how you interacted with them in the past […]

People recovering from COVID-19 are more likely to have conditions that affect their mental health or their brain and nervous system, compared to people recovering […]

No matter how many articles you read about sustainability , virtual vacations or fictitious commutes , it is impossible to ignore the fact that the […]

Experiencing mental and physical stress can take its toll on the body, causing sudden heart palpitations and shortness of breath, followed (hopefully) by a period […]

According to Harvard Health Publishing , self-confidence rises and falls in a bell-shaped curve: as you get older, self-confidence rises, peaks at 60, and then […]

Remember when you were a kid in church or a school meeting and allowed yourself to wander, and then the boring event suddenly ended? Daydreaming […]

As we’ve learned all too well over the past year, grief is not limited to the loss of a loved one (although it is a […]

The sadness we experience when we spend too much time alone has a name: we are alone. But what about the negative feelings that can […]

During the pandemic, many former office workers were bound to their computer monitors. As work has spread online, video tools like Zoom and Google Hangouts […]

Men become depressed, suffer from anxiety and struggle with suicidal thoughts and urges, but are much less likely than women to seek therapy. While women […]

It has been almost a year since people working in the office were ordered to work from home until the pandemic passes. First of all, […]

If you’ve noticed an overreaction to something relatively minor in the past year or so, you’re not alone. We all juggle so much – mentally […]

We live in a time when the news cycle is moving so fast that what used to be important articles is quickly being pushed aside […]

TV studios and streaming services release content at high speed, and the more it becomes available, the more TV channels we all watch. According to […]

Pessimism gets a bad reputation, but in reality a negative worldview can serve some important functions. These include everything from helping us deal with anger […]

Most of us, if not all, have experienced dizzying anxiety for several months now. A devastating pandemic, unemployment, ugly and controversial elections – and then, […]

The moon landing was faked, #PizzaGate, 9/11 is an internal job, Vince Foster was killed by the Clintons to hide Whitewater, the Sandy Hook massacre […]

In a time marked by a 10-month pandemic, a volatile economy and an attempted coup d’état , it makes sense that we are a little […]

When our Capitol was captured by the rebels yesterday, I went for a walk. A few hours later, after being glued to Twitter trying to […]

Worry is a completely normal and natural part of human existence. There will always be times when we are more nervous or anxious than others, […]

There are countless reasons why people start projects but never finish them, and contrary to popular belief, many of them have nothing to do with […]

Over the course of almost a year, almost every aspect of our lives has been changed by things beyond our control (mainly the COVID-19 pandemic […]

One of the many unforeseen aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been forced (or have the opportunity – depending on how you see it) to […]

For almost a year we have been experiencing a protracted disaster. This is in contrast to those associated with extreme weather conditions like hurricanes or […]

As we learned pretty early this year, what starts with a quick check on what’s going on in the world can quickly turn into a […]

When I left Houston and moved to Los Angeles, the freshness was amazing. There was a cool dry breeze, funny comedy shows, and great food. […]

As the global pandemic batters economies and condemns billions of people around the world to isolation in their homes, our collective mental health is understandably […]

If you, a friend, or a relative have a substance abuse problem, you may have made the decision to seek help through a rehabilitation program. […]

Flashcards are a favorite teaching method, allowing you to learn a large amount of material and then filter out the parts you already know. But […]

Living with a mental illness looks different for everyone, but for many there are times when the symptoms of anxiety and / or depression are […]

I woke up this morning chanting a little mantra to myself: It’s a regular Tuesday, a regular Tuesday, a regular Tuesday. Obviously, my body could […]

So far, 2020 has been a never-ending cycle of bad headlines and disturbing news articles, the next one arrived even before you even had time […]

On October 2, 2020, Merriam-Webster.com reported that searches for the word “schadenfreude” on the site increased by 30,500%, making it the most popular word of […]

For many of us – especially before the outbreak of the pandemic – walking was a means to an end, an easy way to get […]

The last time we checked Woebot, it was just a kiddie chatbot running on Facebook Messenger and priced at $ 39 a month. But now […]

Over the past few years, our culture has become much better at recognizing burnout at work. While that doesn’t necessarily mean we made the changes […]

While anxiety and fear are two different things , constantly dealing with fear of uncertainty is something that many people experience with anxiety on a […]

As a lifelong asthmatic, I am the least likely to win a breath hold contest (which is fine, because that means I’m also more likely […]

When Lisa * met Adam * in graduate school, she thought she had hit the dating jackpot. “He was very rich, very charismatic and very […]