Monthly Archives: April 2023

What Are “Micro Traumas”?

What Are "Micro Traumas"?

Trauma is often thought of as a single, dramatic event that has a lasting impact on a person’s life. However, trauma can also manifest in subtler ways through what’s known as micro trauma. Micro traumas are small, repeated experiences that can accumulate over time and leave you with emotional wounds, significantly impacting your mental and […]

What Is a High-Functioning Sociopath? Signs, ASPD Criteria and Treatment

What's a high functioning sociopath mean?

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), often called sociopathy in everyday language, is relatively uncommon. The American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 puts its 12-month prevalence between 0.2% and 3.3% of adults, and the diagnosis is made roughly three times more often in men than in women. Stigma around the condition can make a term like “high-functioning sociopath” sound […]

How to Find Long-Term Mental Health Care

How to Find Long-Term Mental Health Care

Your mental health is just as important as your physical health. Apart from determining how you think, act and feel, it plays an important role in how you deal with stress and daily challenges, make decisions and prioritize. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than half the population of the […]

Emotional Dysregulation: Is It a Disorder? Causes, PTSD Links and Treatment

Emotional Dysregulation: Is It a Disorder?

Feeling angry, anxious or sad about an unpleasant or difficult situation is something everyone experiences. However, if these emotions occur suddenly or frequently and are hard to manage, there may be a larger mental health issue at play. Emotional dysregulation refers to an individual experiencing difficulty regulating their emotions and calming down after feeling angry […]