No one is immune to mental illness. It can attack out of nowhere and plague you for much longer than you thought possible. Depression and…
Anxiety is something that everyone deals with, even if you do not have a diagnosed anxiety disorder. Anxiety is normal and healthy. It helps us…
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is what treating professionals look at when diagnosing someone with a mental illness or substance use…
Triggers can pop up seemingly out of nowhere. If you know you have a loved one that has certain triggers, it’s important to be mindful…
Some people need extra support than others. This can be the case with people who are dealing with great amounts of trauma. Although their wounds…
Mental health and addiction are often plagued with stigma. Many people don’t understand the struggles of someone in mental health or addiction treatment. However,…
Once we perform the same task over and over and over again, it becomes habitual. The repeated action can be hard to break. You might…
How you talk to yourself matters because it is otherworldly powerful. Your thoughts impact and drive your behaviors. A lot of what we say to…
There are two different types of stress: eustress and distress. Eustress is good stress that helps motivate you to complete tasks because it increases your…
Talk therapy can be very beneficial for people with substance use disorders or a co-occurring mental illness. In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT, the…