According to The National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI), social anxiety is anxiety triggered either by anticipation of a social situation, or following a social situation. The core of social anxiety is the fear of judgment… Read More

In July 2019, a researcher and the World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated to conduct the first study seeking input from people with common mental health disorders. They asked these individuals to weigh in on how the… Read More

Meditation is now a part of many addiction treatment programs and many therapists use it as part of treatment. For example, dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, is a therapeutic method first developed to treat borderline personality… Read More

In a recent study, the University of Waterloo found that opioid use among patients within psychiatric hospitals is an issue that needs addressing. Mental illness, substance use, and pain all contribute to the higher measures of… Read More

Dissociation takes place when an individual experiences a sense of being detached from their mind, body, or both. This manifests as a disruption of memory, identity, awareness, or perception. Examples include not recognizing one’s memories, actions,… Read More

Dr. Brene Brown, a research professor, defines shame as: “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging.” Shame is a sincerely powerful emotion that can haunt… Read More

Are you in a relationship in which you feel like you’re the only one who’s making a real effort? Or maybe you feel as if boundaries are blurred or even ignored? These are just a couple… Read More

Would you believe that there already exist victims of the opioid epidemic who haven’t even been born yet? If that sounds like a science fiction plot, it’s not.  Sadly, a new study shows that the consequences… Read More

Recovery is an incredibly courageous journey, and you simply can’t continue on without people around you to support you. As human beings, we fundamentally rely on social interactions because we crave social connections and feeling as… Read More

It should come as no surprise that social media impacts the way we feel about our bodies. One glance at Instagram and it’s easy to conclude that everyone is more fit, tan, and good-looking than we… Read More