When to Seek Help for Anxiety
Anxiety disorders are common; NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) estimates that 1 in 5 adults, or 40 million people in the U.S. experience anxiety (2024).
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Acronym soup: CBT, ACT, DBT, SFBT (AKA, types of psychotherapy)
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Anxiety disorders are common; NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) estimates that 1 in 5 adults, or 40 million people in the U.S. experience anxiety (2024).
What is Mental Health Awareness Month, and what is its purpose? This post contains resources for mental health awareness and educational materials.
Sleep quality typically signals how well a person is handling stress or changes in overall health. Are you having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up to an alarm? Are you setting multiple alarms and still struggle to wake up? Have you been stressed for days or weeks because of an ongoing work project, family issue, health concern, or a looming deadline? Is your mind flooding with thoughts and worries instead of being able to fall asleep? Improving sleep quality improves mental health and physical health; this is relevant for people with or without a mental health condition (Alexander et al., 2021).
Spoon theory is a communication tool to convey how it feels to live with a unique disability (or disabilities) to other disabled people or non-disabled people. This post includes disability and chronic disease resources, and the connection between mental health and chronic illnesses.