The Wounds of Childhood Can Be Healed
To heal and move forward, research shows that the brain must be stimulated in fresh, creative ways.
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How to Control Your Emotions When They Are Out of Control
from Psychology Today We’ve all been there: We’re freaking out about something that just happened to us — what someone did to us, said to us, or didn’t do for us. And we’re pissed or terrified, or defeated — our emotions have become overpowering. What do we do now to get our emotions under control when they’ve already […]
How to Be Happy: 23 Ways to Be Happier
People often ask me: “What can I do to boost my happiness?” I tell them that there are tons of things you can do, but then I can only recall a handful of practices in the moment. So I decided to create this complete guide for how to be happy, according to science. If you use these 23 practices […]
A Parent’s Guide To Mental Health For College Students
By Marcia Morris, M.D. Talking with parents is something I rarely did when I began my job as a college psychiatrist twenty-five years ago. However, in response to students coming to my office with more complex problems and severe symptoms, I have tried to get parents involved with the hope of strengthening the student’s support […]
Helping Others To Feel Heard Matters
By Quinn Anderson Few opportunities in life allow one to feel as if you’ve made a meaningful difference in another’s life. For me, serving as a NAMI HelpLine volunteer is one of them—and this is why I do it. With an eye to return to school for clinical social work, last year I sought out volunteer […]
The Life Vest of Support
By Kate Mallow One of the worst feelings in the world is feeling like you’re all alone. Feeling like nobody could possibly understand what you’re going through or identify with the deep, drowning pain you feel. Throughout my life and journey with mental illness, I’ve felt this way more times than I’d like to […]
Intimacy Begins Within
By: Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D. When we think about intimate relationships, most of us think first of intimacy between partners or friends. Personal intimacy is a state in which two individuals are truly able to let down their outer layers of defense and protection and allow themselves to let the other see him or her as she truly is while […]
How Easy It Is To Neglect Your Mental Health
By Trevor McDonald We all know what taking care of our physical health looks like: eating right, exercising regularly and getting plenty of sleep. But do you know how to take care of your mental health? Neglecting your mental health can be easy, especially since it’s not something we are always taught or reminded to […]
30 questions to ask your kid instead of “How was your day?”
Sara Goldstein When I picked my son up from his first day of 4th grade, my usual (enthusiastically delivered) question of “how was your day?” was met with his usual (indifferently delivered) “fine.” Come on! It’s the first day, for crying out loud! Give me something to work with, would you, kid? The second day, my same question was […]
The science of spanking: What happens to some spanked kids when they grow up?
by Adam Mordecai You know what the most annoying thing in the world is when you are a parent? Other people telling you what to do as if they know better. Backseat parenting drives me crazy. Until I’m the one doing it. I have dear friends who spank their kids, and I always try to talk […]
