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Understanding Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn?
Trauma affects everyone differently, how one reacts depends on their experiences, environment, and biology. The reactions themselves – fight, flight, freeze, or fawn – are hardwired survival mechanisms responsible for protecting us during danger. These are natural, instinctive trauma responses, and trouble arises when they continue long after the physical threat has gone away. In […]
How to Remove Negative Thoughts – Effective Tips for Mental Clarity
Negative thoughts can engulf and drown you in endless rounds of self-doubt and anxiety. Everybody gets those types of thoughts sometimes, but too much negative thinking can affect your mental clarity, emotional well-being, and quality of life. Have you ever wondered, “Why are there bad thoughts in the mind?” or suffered trying to learn how […]
What Is an Emotional Outburst? Causes & Management Tips
Emotional outbursts range from very high to uncontrollable expressions of emotions. It can include emotions such as anger, torment, sadness, or another outburst, such as joy. Although they may seem erratic, such episodes often arise from deeper underlying conditions. If understood and managed well, these episodes can allow individuals to retain emotional stability while improving […]
How Effective Is the Heimlich Maneuver – Uses and Success Rates
Choking is one of the most common life-threatening emergencies, it can happen anywhere and at any time. The Heimlich maneuver is a lifesaving procedure intended to clear the airway and restore breathing to those who are choking. Questions have arisen as to how effective the Heimlich maneuver is or how much of a success rate […]
Holistic Mental Health Treatment: Comprehensive Care for Mind, Body & Spirit
What Is Holistic Treatment for Mental Health? When considering mental health treatment practices, almost everyone thinks about therapy or medication, but some prefer a slightly more effective line of treatment, which is known as Holistic Mental Health Treatment. This means treating symptoms with the whole mind-body-spirit involved. Core Philosophy of Holistic Mental Health Treatment The […]
Why Mental Health Treatment Matters: Benefits & How to Get Help
Mental health is part of one’s overall well-being, and like physical health, it has to be taken care of, attended to, and nurtured. However, most people forget all this and don’t know the importance of mental health until it becomes a huge deal. In this post, we will discuss why mental health treatment is important, […]
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): Signs, Symptoms, & Effective Treatments
What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental illness where an individual obsesses over flaws or defects in their appearance. In most cases, these flaws are either nonexistent or very minor, but the person with Body Dysmorphic Disorder believes them to be significant and distressing. Such obsession over appearance can lead […]
What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
Dissociative Identity Disorder is a serious mental health condition where a patient experiences two or more distinct identities or personality states. The thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors could all be different for each of the identities. In most cases, it’s the effect of extreme trauma that occurred in childhood and was used as a means […]
The Evolution of Mental Health Services: From Ancient Practices to Modern Therapies
Mental health has been very important to the well-being of people for such a long time, but the way we arrive at knowing, treating, and caring for it is a change that has transformed immensely. Not only is it fascinating to learn about the evolution of mental health treatment, but it is also important to […]
Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Mental Health in Adults
Trauma is one of those things that affect someone’s mental health pretty deeply, often sometimes even changing their lives, and always strongly impacts a person’s mind. After trauma, mental health can be complicated, and there’s no specific, immediate way of dealing with it. Trauma will significantly influence how people think, feel, and consequently react to […]
