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5 Ways to Deal With Depression Minus Medication
Millions of people worldwide live with depression, impacting their personal and professional goals, and preventing them from living life to the fullest. For many, medication provides a valuable lifeline that allows them to manage their depression while living active, fulfilling lives.
Challenges Children Face at School and How to Overcome Them
While some might fondly look back at their childhood experiences with school, many more regard it as one of the most difficult times in their lives. In school, children face pressure not only to perform academically but also to conform socially. Close contact with peers exposes them to other ideas and ways of life that may be unfamiliar to them.
Dealing with Situations Triggering Your Memories of a Sexual Assault Experience
If you’ve gone through a traumatic event, you may find yourself re-experiencing those emotions. At some point, avoiding triggers could become difficult or impossible. In those moments, it’s important you learn how to take care of yourself and prioritize your mental wellbeing.
How to Cope with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a BIPOC
Anyone can experience trauma. It doesn’t discriminate. However, BIPOC may be more likely to experience complex trauma than others. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) can occur when you’ve faced long-lasting trauma, sometimes including traumatic experiences passed down from previous generations.
How EMDR Facilitates Healing from Complicated Trauma
When it comes to healing from trauma, it can feel daunting, exhausting, and impossible. Due to the long-lasting scars that trauma can leave, it can deeply impact an individual’s mental and emotional well-being.
How to Deal with Anxiety on a Daily Basis
Anxiety is a natural part of being human — a warning system that alerts us to potential dangers, uncertainties, and risks. A natural self-defense mechanism possessed by every human, our anxiety is there to keep us safe and out of harm’s way.
5 Ways Online Dating is More Difficult Than Real Life
Even under the best circumstances, dating has always been a complex facet of human existence; there’s a reason Jane Austen and her peers spent their time dissecting the mating rituals of their societies.
Teens and Social Media: Why Disconnecting Can Help Them Reconnect
For better or worse, we live in a highly connected world, where entertainment and social media are closely interwoven. Teens engage heavily with Twitch, YouTube, Snapchat, and Discord.
Depression In Teens: How It’s Different And What You Can Do
People often make jokes about teens and their stormy emotions, but it’s no laughing matter. In fact, it’s difficult to distinguish between the rough seas that can come with puberty, and a more serious problem like depression.
Teens and Anxiety: 4 Ways You Can Help
Being a teenager is far from easy; they undergo a profound physical and psychological transformation in a very short period of time. Naturally, those changes are difficult to navigate. New hormones bring mood swings and short tempers.