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How to Start Healing From Your Eating Disorder
There are many different types of eating disorders, but they all share one common goal: to avoid gaining weight. People with eating disorders often have a distorted view of their body, thinking they are much larger than they actually are. This can lead to dangerous...
Drinking Tea May Help Improve Mental Health
Tea can be an essential part of a healthy diet, and studies have shown that regular tea drinkers can experience some significant mental health benefits as well as other positive advantages. Tea contains properties that can reduce inflammation and relax the body. A...
How to Break Ties with Those Who Have Caused you Trauma
There are some people in life who just drain you. They’re the ones who are always complaining, always negative, and always seem to bring you down. They’re toxic people, and it’s important to have boundaries with them. It’s not always easy to cut ties with toxic...
How You Can Help Spread Awareness about Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are a serious problem that can have a devastating impact on a person's physical and emotional health. There are many different types of eating disorders, but they all share one common goal: to control the way a person looks and feels by controlling...
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a lasting condition that occurs after a traumatic event and can lead to intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, distress, and anxiety. PTSD can be caused by a variety of traumas, such as childhood trauma, trauma from serving in the...
Five Facts about Trauma
Experiencing a trauma is never easy, and it often takes a lot of time and energy to heal from it. Everyone experiences trauma in a way that is unique to them, and therefore each experience involves a unique healing process. No one ever really knows what to expect...
Talking to Your Partner About Depression
If you have experienced depression, you know that it feels as if it makes just about everything harder, including romantic relationships. Depression is known to cause people to feel hopeless, decreasing energy levels and leading to less joy in once enjoyable...
The Anatomy of Eating Disorders: Signs, Symptoms & Treatment
Eating disorders (EDs) are an incredibly tricky form of mental illness. This is because those who suffer from one tend to feel significant shame and, thus, feel as if they have to be very private about what they’re doing, often isolating from others or becoming...
The Power of Affirmations
What if we could channel that power and harness it to create long-lasting feelings of positivity and confidence? Practicing the use of affirmations can do just that! We all have little things that we say to ourselves throughout the day to help us keep going. We might...
Tips for Getting the Most out of Therapy
More and more people are starting to turn to therapy to help them cope with various issues and concerns that they may have and this is great news! Anytime is a good time to start prioritizing your mental health. The world has felt very upside down lately and it is so...