Anxiety disorders are prevalent in society today. The foremost anxiety disorder is called generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This condition is marked by a pervasive sense of worry and anxiety that is typically disconnected from someone’s actual circumstances or environment. Nonetheless, the disorder’s symptoms can be intensified by a person’s surroundings or what happens to them.…
Trauma is the psychological and physical response to an event that challenges your sense of safety and leaves you feeling overwhelmed. About half of all people will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Trauma symptoms usually ease over time as the mind processes the event. However, sometimes the brain gets stuck in…
Addiction treatment has come a long way since the 12 Step program was developed in the 1930s and today there are dozens upon dozens of treatment programs and therapies that address substance use disorder and addictions.
The Veterans Administration calculated that in 2017, seventeen United States veterans chose to end their life each day that year. Those fatalities are of male and female veterans who served in active duty, an additional average of 2.5 veterans who never served in active duty also chose suicide every day.
Acceptance is one of the many ways toward a purposeful and serene life I once heard a story of a group of soldiers who were captured as prisoners of war. After a year of captivity, they were released, and those who survived this terrible and traumatic situation explained what had happened to them and the…
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Overthinking? How many of you laughed because this meme describes you? We don’t often think about having an addiction to our thinking, but the truth is that overthinking is one of …
Wait… It’s Not What You’re Thinking! Thought is a capacity we all have, that we often take for granted, or perhaps we never “think” of our thinking at all. …
A book was published several years ago called, “ Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” by Robert M. Sapolsky. The title was catchy, and the logic it shared as a …
Can you handle the Frustrations of Inevitable Flight Delays? A few years ago on an unseasonably cold mid-winters day, my daughter and I were preparing to fly from Tampa, …