Category: Stress and Anxiety
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Benefits of Online Therapy
10 Benefits of Online Therapy When we think about psychotherapy we usually conjure up images of laying on a couch and sharing our deepest, darkest feelings while trained professional nods along and writes things down in a little notepad. While this is still the case for some patients these days, online therapy is completely changing…
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Ways to Stop Worrying
We all know that worrying never solved a thing. But that doesn’t mean we can stop ourselves from indulging in it from time to time. For some people, worries can take over their thoughts and prevent them from living their best life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are plenty of helpful…
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Stop Asking “Why Am I Always Tired” and Start Getting More Sleep
Sleep is an essential need, just like food and water. Yet so many of us take it for granted. If you’re always wondering “why am I always tired”, the most obvious answer is a lack of sleep. Although there may be other factors at play. Once you start clocking up enough sleep hours each night…
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Ten Ways to Move on After Failure
The famous saying goes, “To err is human”, but why does it feel so bad when we make a mistake? Whether it’s something small and insignificant or a decision that has made a huge impact on our lives, dealing with failure is a thing that we’ll all have to face multiple times in life. These…
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Am I a Hypochondriac?
Someone in your inner circle gets sick, and you think you might be coming down with their cold or flu. You have some of the symptoms, you think. Or maybe it’s all in your head. Valid health concerns aren’t hypochondria. Everyone wonders if they’re bound to catch something that’s catch-able. There is a bit more…
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How to Recover from Mental Burnout and Regain Your Sanity
Mental burnout happens to the best of us. It is entirely too easy to get wrapped up in the stressful nature of our daily lives and forget to just breathe and relax. You might find yourself feeling exhausted, impatient, unable to experience joy, and even try to seek out ways to escape from whatever is…
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What Does It Mean to Be Neurotic?
Terms like neurotic get tossed around a lot in ways they shouldn’t. When someone is acting a little frazzled or concerned someone might ask them why they’re being neurotic, or accuse them of it. The thing is, neurosis is a mental illness. What is Neurosis? Neurosis, or the plural neuroses, is a group of mental…
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Do You Have PTSD?
Most of the time when you hear about PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) it’s about people that have served in the military and suffered great traumas in war (whether they just saw horrible things or experienced them firsthand). However, military personnel aren’t the only people with PTSD. Causes of PTSD Anyone that has experienced a…
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Selective Mutism in Adults: Why There Is Silence
When you think of Selective Mutism, one of the first associations that comes to mind is likely that this is something that happens in children. While it seems to manifest most common in children, Selective Mutism does occur in adults. For those of us who don’t have it, it often begs the question, “Why is…
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How to Stop Suicidal Thoughts
Learning how to stop suicidal thoughts might feel like a difficult task, and it is, but it is also not an insurmountable obstacle. When they occur, suicidal thoughts can feel overpowering and consuming, but it is possible to gain control over them through working to improve your self-perception and self-esteem. Suicidal thoughts (or suicidal ideation)…
