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Social Media and Mental Health

In the last few years, depression and anxiety rates have increased by 30% in teenagers. While there is no concrete explanation for this increase in depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies in younger people, there could be a cultural explanation, and that’s the massive rise of social media usage.

Anger is often a sign that someone is struggling to process or cope with more profound emotions. When a person doesn’t know how to solve a problem or is in an unfamiliar situation, anger is a common reaction, especially in teens, as they struggle more than others often lacking experience or coping skills to deal with complex emotions.

1. A,B,C

If you struggle with getting important tasks done and find yourself focusing on things like cleaning the kitchen when you need to sit down and finish a big project, this technique is for you!

At the start of your week list out the tasks you need to accomplish. Go back and mark each task with the letter A, B, or C depending on how much of a priority it is for you to accomplish.

Sleep issues are extremely common (and frustrating) affecting between 50-70 million people in the US today.

It can be tough to figure out how to get more sleep and how to feel just overall more rested throughout your day.

To help you create a better sleep hygiene routine, we’ve put together 6 things you can do now to help you sleep better (and wake up feeling like you did!).

Our brains have many parts to them, and when it comes to trauma, having a better understanding of just what’s being affected can help us know what could be most helpful to healing them.

In this post, we are going to walk you through the main parts of the brain that are affected by trauma, and what you can do to help reach the parts of your brain that are most affected by it.

1. Start Small

For many teens, making the jump back into the full swing of school, activities, and friends feels overwhelming after having so much time at home. Help ease them back into being around others by suggesting they try hanging out with just one or two friends to help decrease avoidance and start to feel comfortable again.

The reality of depression is becoming less stigmatized, but there are still misconceptions and assumptions made about it that just aren’t true.

To help better understand depression and how to get help for it, we’re going over 6 depression myths and why they’re not true.

Have you found yourself in a situation where your anger feels out of control?

It can almost seem like a different version of you emerges and you might do or say things you don’t actually mean.

It happens to a lot of us, and anger is a NORMAL human emotion.

But what do we do when our relationships start to deteriorate because of it?

You may be wondering like many people looking into therapy services, can I get reimbursed by my insurance after paying out of pocket for my sessions?

The answer is, potentially.

Here’s what superbills are, and the steps to take to ensure you have all the facts about how to get reimbursed for your sessions.

Feelings of anxiety can be subconscious for many of us that have been dealing with them for a long time. When anxiety goes unchecked for long enough, it can turn into frustration, which can then easily snowball into anger.

To help with many of us feeling the loss of boundaries and structure, we’ve put together some tips to help you with your overall mental health when working from home.

There’s still some pretty black and white thinking when it comes to men and showing weakness. The sad reality is, this belief can prevent men (that would greatly benefit from mental health support) from gaining the tools they need to thrive in their relationships, work, and overall lives.

Our bodies are great indicators of what’s going on with our mental and emotional health, but being able to be aware of anxiety and reduce it before it manifests into sometimes painful and/or debilitating symptoms isn’t always easy.