Depression occurs when stressful life events influence the brain. These events create more negative thoughts and feelings and more distortion in the way the brain processes information. To understand this process is it is important to realize that the human brain consists of three distinct components which have a [...]
We have all seen it before – a social media friend posts a picture of their perfectly color-coded closet. Their pantry is organized into matching containers. Every towel is folded exactly the same way. The caption reads: “#OCD.” Or maybe you’ve seen someone look at a crooked picture frame [...]
There are few things more distressing than seeing cognitive decline in someone you love. It is even more difficult to accept when the loved one has not reached old age yet. Early-onset dementia has been known to affect people as young as 30. This means that by the time [...]
It’s hard to know what to say after a pregnancy loss. And because we don’t know, we often stay quiet or say the wrong thing in hopes of offering some comfort. This grief gets folded up and tucked away because the world around us doesn’t quite understand where to place [...]
Finally, winter is over, and summer is here. It’s time to break out the grill, the sunblock, the shorts, and the pool. If you spent the winter hibernating and working through spring, you may be feeling a little burned out. The fall and winter seasons can exacerbate certain mental [...]
Parenting is a wonderful blessing, full of cuddles, giggles, and memories. Still, it has its challenges. It’s often thought of as being the most rewarding challenge a person can ever undertake. Children are God’s blessing to parents, and those blessings don’t come without responsibility. The Bible tells us to [...]
The saying, “Blood is thicker than water,” is meant to convey the longevity, strength, vitality, and staying power of some relationships over others. Those you consider your kinfolk are people with whom you have deep ties, the kinds of ties that you can build your life upon. You’re meant [...]
High school students experience a season that arrives with a stack of deadlines, essays, and decisions. The college application process starts with excitement about the future and quickly transforms into overwhelming anxiety. These young adults face sleep issues, relationship struggles, and daily functioning troubles related to the pressure to create [...]
The word trauma is used to describe deep emotional or physical wounds, yet it’s now somehow become part of everyday talk. You hear it in podcasts, see it in memes, and read it in captions that turn pain into punchlines. Somewhere along the way, the definition of trauma started [...]
There are two truths to dating someone with bipolar disorder. Firstly, it is an experience that not everyone will be open to, and secondly, it can be one of the deepest, most meaningful experiences of your life. The determining factor is how well equipped you are to handle the [...]
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