More people today are reporting that they experience severe anxiety than ever before. While everyone on earth deals with nervousness and fear from time to time, the amount of people dealing with anxiety that’s so constantly present and intense it’s overwhelming has steadily increased. If you’re one of those people, you know exactly how terrible…
Bipolar disorder was once a deeply misunderstood diagnosis. For someone to receive it was an embarrassing and painful process without much hope of treatment. Today, luckily, things are much different. Bipolar disorder is now understood to be fairly common, affecting millions of people every year in the United States. Treatments for the disorder have also…
Depression is an incredibly debilitating mental illness to deal with, even given how common it is, and one of the most pervasive ways that it makes your life harder is by making you feel lonely and isolated. The symptoms of depression often make it difficult for you to maintain the friendships and relationships that you…
Watching a person in your life go through Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most challenging and heartbreaking things you can experience. If you’re the primary caregiver or one of several caregivers for a person you love, this process can be even more challenging. Alzheimer’s can be a cruel illness, both to the person suffering…
Just the phrase bipolar disorder conjures up a lot of thoughts in your head when you hear it. Many of these ideas are probably based on the loose understanding that the general public has of bipolar disorder, and they’re probably not very positive or encouraging. People with bipolar disorder are often unfairly written off as…
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to witness Alzheimer’s Disease up close and personal with someone you love, you know what a devastating condition it can be. Alzheimer’s doesn’t only affect the long-term and short-term memory of people who suffer from it, but their cognition, their functioning, and their sense of self. It’s a disease, like…
Triggers are a major part of life when you’re living with post traumatic stress disorder. Triggers can be just about anything– people, places, things, smells, sounds, words, and more– that remind you of a traumatic instance or instances that left you with PTSD. Sometimes triggers may not even seem to make sense, but they can…
Seasonal affective disorder, also known as seasonal depression or SAD, is a fairly common mental health problem where people experience low moods, sadness, and other depressive symptoms in association with a particular season and time of year. Mostly, you’ll hear this disorder discussed in the winter, since it’s very common during the colder months when…