Tag: mental-health

Staying with a manipulative partner can alter your sense of reality and damage your sense of self. … [+] Here’s how you can grasp the nettle. getty Many people come to therapy second-guessing their view of reality after getting in a...

Confidence isn’t a trait you’re born with. Just like the muscles in your body, it’s something we build and get better at every day with continuous practice. There are several ways to work on building confidence in the long run, such...

We hear all the time that it’s much easier to give advice to a friend than to ourselves — and the saying largely holds. Is that job too stressful to stay in? We’re often too close to the situation to have...

SHAMOKIN — Ruth Snydermull has been attending the Shamokin drop-in center since the Northumberland County Organizational Resources for Community Outreach (NORCO) was established more than 20 years ago. NORCO’s drop-in centers — one in Shamokin and one in Sunbury — are...

Issey Moloney signed up for therapy through Britain’s National Health Service when she was just 12 years old. She was on a waiting list for four years. In the meantime, social media helped her feel less alone, says the now 17-year-old,...

By Courtney Bond My chest ached. My breathing was quick and heavy. “I can’t breathe,” I thought. I was breathing, but in my mind, I wasn’t. My throat felt so tight with anxiety. My eyes were heavy; I was fighting to...

We hear all the time that it’s much easier to give advice to a friend than to ourselves — and the saying largely holds. Is that job too stressful to stay in? We’re often too close to the situation to have...

All relationships go through ups and downs, and sustaining the initial feelings of happiness you experienced as you were first falling in love isn’t easy for most of us. That said, there are certain psychology-based strategies you can practice in order...

We all love a 4.0 grade point average, a complete winning record for the season, or a flawless performance review at the end of the year. Perfection makes us feel comfortable and safe. Growing up as a Taiwanese American, I often...

Physician assistants can encounter a variety of difficult situations at their practice outside of the typical dermatologic care. From discussions about mental health with your patients to dive into intimate partner violence and sexual function, these are all conversations that can...