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 […]
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Apr
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 […]
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Apr
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 […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Although most of us have heard about the problems ADHD can cause children, fewer people are aware that the condition can persist into adulthood. According to recent studies, almost 7% of adults have symptomatic adult ADHD. In addition, around 70% of these experience issues with emotional dysregulation that include irritability and anger, which can significantly […]
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Dec
Dec
Growing up in a safe and stable home is important for a child’s development. When a parent is living with an untreated mental illness, that stability can be hard to come by. A child may experience confusion, sadness or anger because they don’t understand what’s happening, and the effects can follow them well into adulthood. […]
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Jun
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder are trauma-related disorders, and both can be classified as a stress response syndrome. Since symptoms of these illnesses are similar, they’re frequently mistaken for each other. Although both conditions are induced by traumatic or stressful situations, they differ significantly in many respects. Understanding the subtle differences between adjustment […]
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May
Psychotic episodes can be frightening for everyone. It’s also completely normal to feel unprepared. To support someone with psychosis, it helps to understand what these issues really are about, as opposed to what the general public often believes. The word “psychosis” describes conditions that affect the mind, causing loss of contact with reality. This break […]