PTSD: Who Suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

What is PTSD? Anxiety disorders encompass a number of medical conditions deal with anxiety, and one of these conditions in particular is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Unlike other mental illnesses, post-traumatic stress disorder has nothing to do with genetics. It is purely derived from your experiences in the past. Millions of people deal with post-traumatic […]

Dealing with phobias

Image by Reimund Bertrams from Pixabay Fear and anxiety Phobias are one of the most common kinds of anxiety disorders. Phobias are irrational fears surrounding a specific object or situation. With this type of disorder, the fear is persistent and reoccurring, even though the feared object or situation entering a person’s life is often out of control of […]

How Kindness Can Get You Further In Life

Image by reneebigelow from Pixabay There are two things I know for sure about kindness. 1. Kindness is not weak. 2. Often, kindness not easy. Kindness is often characterized as an individual who is missing his backbone. Someone who apologizes for something that’s neither his responsibility nor doing or who is standing in the background […]

Self-awareness is important

Image by Benjamin Balazs from Pixabay There are many great ways of improving yourself. One of these ways is to look for the positive attributes you possess and appreciating that part of you. Another important way of becoming a better person is by acknowledging your weaknesses and actively working on improving. These two methods of […]

Be yourself to reduce stress

Image by Gino Crescoli from Pixabay You are who your are, or are you? Just be yourself. Fears,doubts and insecurities are all around us, outside and inside of us. Sometimes it may even seem easier to “just want to be someone else” as we wrap ourselves up in these negative feelings. The grass may appear […]

How To Stay Positive In Stressful Situations

Image by Grae Dickason from Pixabay Sometimes nothing seems to turn out the way you had planned, no matter how hard you try. Regardless of where the stress is stemming from, it is essential to equip yourself with resources to rise above the negativity and stay positive. Maintaining a positive attitude can help alleviate stress […]

What is Behavioral Activation?

People with depression may find even the smallest task to be a huge obstacle that it keeps them from acting on things they need to address or work on. Too many times, moving forward in life poses a challenge and requires discomfort. Most people go through periods of adjustment during transition from middle school to […]