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What is Depression?
What is Depression? Depression is a common, but serious condition that goes beyond occasionally feeling sad. Depression interferes with your daily life and may happen several times over the course of many years. People with depression experience different symptoms...
Ideas for managing difficult emotions during the holidays
2020 Reflections The holiday season can be a time of stress and can negatively impact our mental health if we do not honor our needs. Ideas for managing difficult emotions during the holidays can help us during this time. A useful approach can be awareness and...
Mindfulness
Everyday mindfulness can be as simple as stopping to smell the flowers while walking to the mailbox, observing the clarity in the blue sky above, or even just becoming aware that you are day-dreaming mid-conversation. When we bring mindful awareness into our daily...
How To Control COVID-19 Stress
Can the COVID-19 outbreak cause stress? There's no denying that the coronavirus outbreak has caused feelings of stress, anxiety, and fear among us all, as it turned our whole lives upside down in a short space of time. Since the World Health Organization declared the...
Stress Effects On The Body
Stress Effects On The Body The gut has hundreds of millions of neurons, which can function fairly independently and are in constant communication with the brain, explaining the ability to feel “butterflies” in the stomach. Stress can affect this brain-gut...
SUICIDE
SUICIDE: An uncomfortable conversation that can save a life Why talk about suicide? Suicide is preventable Connections to family and friends or to health professionals keep people alive Crises pass Most people who are suicidal do not actually want to die. They only...
Bipolar I vs. Bipolar II Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also called manic depression, is a mental health condition characterized by extreme high and low moods that can be intercepted by periods of symptom-free, “normal” mood. Symptoms can occur between the two poles of depression and mania:...
How do you handle the holidays and the pressure that comes with them?
The Holidays are upon us and if you’re anything like me, this time of year usually involves some sort of annual rendezvous with a group of people you may or may not be looking forward to seeing. Innocent questions from well-intentioned family members or the annual...
Survival Tips for the Holidays; Using DBT skills
The holiday season often brings unwelcome guests-stress and depression. The holidays present a huge demand for parties, shopping, baking, cleaning, and entertaining. While we cannot control the world around us, we can practice our skills to navigate our challenges and...
New Year , New Me? (DBT Middle Path)
DBT Middle Path It is officially 2020. The beginning of a new year, the beginning of a new decade. There can be a lot of pressure surrounding a new year; many expectations for change and for the possibility of something new. Yet what does a new year really represent?...
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