Childhood Trauma and Addiction
Childhood trauma and addiction can have a severe effect on someone’s life. Childhood trauma comes in many forms and most people who experience it live with the repercussions into adulthood, which unknowingly take a toll on their lives. Addiction can affect anyone, yet society stigmatizes addicts and perceives them as people who love dangerous habits […]
Tips for Overcoming Codependency
Codependency is a learned behavior that can poison your interpersonal relationships and self-confidence. Overcoming codependency is essential in attaining an enhanced overall health status. Although codependency can lead to low self-esteem, there are specific therapies that can adequately treat the mental condition. Statistics reveal that the cause is usually rooted in childhood when children grow […]
Compassion Fatigue During COVID-19
Compassion fatigue is when a caregiver experiences distress and exhaustion from repeatedly witnessing others’ pain. Sharise Nance—a LCSW specializing in compassion fatigue—called it the “common cold of the helping profession, because everyone is prone to this condition.” A 2006 study of hospice nurses across 22 facilities found that 78% were at moderate to high risk [...] Types of Mental Illness
Emotional and psychological well-being helps a person to lead a relatively happy and healthy life. Additionally, it gives you the ability to cope in the face of life’s adversities. However, you should be aware of different types of mental illness as they negatively impact your thoughts, emotions, and behavior. People may have the same diagnosis […]
How to Practice Patience
Learning how to practice patience makes life easier and happier. Most people want their needs met immediately, but patience is essential when recovering from addiction since the process is never instant. Whether you’re the addict or it’s a loved one, the ability to stay sober depends on patience. You’ll need to focus on the bigger […]
Coping with Change During COVID-19
As states move through different re-opening phases, change is to be expected. For instance, the place I get my hair cut announced they’ll be re-opening—allowing in only five clients at a time and requiring that masks are worn. Before the pandemic, this is not what getting a haircut looked like. Since COVID-19 came around, we’ve [...] How Are Mental Health Disorders Diagnosed?
Treatment for a mental health disorder varies based on the person, condition, and severity. It is usually some combination of medication, therapy, and inpatient or outpatient treatment. But you can’t be treated for a condition you don’t know you have. So, if you think you have a mental health disorder, how will it be diagnosed? [...] PTSD Awareness Month During COVID-19
June is PTSD Awareness Month. During “normal” times before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that 7 or 8 out of every 100 people would experience PTSD in their lifetimes. 2020 has not been normal. With the collective and ongoing trauma of a global pandemic, PTSD Awareness Month is especially apt. The isolation and stress [...] Depression and COVID-19
People with Depression often feel hopeless. Now with the pandemic and recent police brutality, the world can seem hopeless even to people who don’t have Depression. In the coming weeks, we will share mental health resources for Black people dealing with racial trauma. In this particular blog I’m going to focus on Depression in general, [...] Destigmatizing Terms for Addiction and Mental Health
Our main goal with all of the content we create is to destigmatize addiction and mental health. That means we use specific language to talk about these issues. Because stigma often thrives in silence, we wanted to be transparent about why we use certain terms. In general, it’s respectful of a person’s humanity to use [...] 
