The best thing you can do for your loved one is to believe and support them. If their anxiety prevents them from living a fulfilling life, encourage them to seek out a counselor for professional help.
People with ADD feel stronger emotions than those without ADD. As a result, they may struggle to self-regulate and self-soothe. Even something as simple as a pen running out of ink can send someone with ADD into an overblown emotional reaction.
While stress can certainly fuel excitement and ambition, it can also cause fatigue and eventually, depression.
Let’s talk about what high-functioning anxiety looks like and how you know it’s time to seek help.
Many things can cause depression. There are environmental factors—like experiencing the death of a loved one—and genetic factors. If you have a relative with depression, you’re five times as likely to get it.
Just like how you physically react to your emotions, trauma is something that your body holds onto.
How long will PTSD symptoms last? That depends on the person. To gain a better understanding of where you’re at with your PTSD, let’s go over its five stages.
We may not all be natural therapists, brilliant poets, or confident speakers, but that does not mean we are incapable of helping our loved ones through depression.
You’re a human. Not the Energizer Bunny. What’s with all the rush? If life feels like way more work than play to the point where you’re facing extreme emotional exhaustion, see the world as lacking any real significance, or have ...
Sometimes it feels like there is just nothing positive about anxiety. That suffocating tightness in your chest or uncontrollable need to pull at your hair. It is not always pretty, but then again, life is not always pretty.