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General Mental Health

Self-Harm Scars: Whether or Not to Show Them Is Your Decision Alone

Whether or not to show your self-harm scars is a decision only you can make. It’s important to make the decision that helps you stay safe and feel confident.

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Coping with Grief During the Holiday Season: 12 Tips and Quotes

The holiday season can feel heavier than any other time when you’re grieving, and you don’t have to force yourself to celebrate. Here are 12 compassionate ways to get through the holidays at your own pace, with space for whatever you’re feeling.

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The Symptoms of High-Functioning Depression: Can You Be Depressed but Still High Functioning?

High-functioning depression can be hard to recognize because you’re still getting things done even while you feel drained or numb inside. But you deserve support just like anyone else.

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Power of Vulnerability

Vulnerability isn’t about being fragile; it’s about being real. In this post, we’ll explore how openness can strengthen relationships, build courage, and remind us we don’t have to do life alone.

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Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Answers to Your FAQs

Ketamine-assisted therapy can help you find relief from depression, even if nothing else has worked before.

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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Benefits of Ketamine Therapy

Ketamine-assisted therapy is offering new hope for people who haven’t found relief with traditional antidepressants or talk therapy alone. In this article, we’ll break down the research-backed benefits and why it might be worth considering — especially for treatment-resistant depression and PTSD.

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Anxiety

Can Deleting Social Media Help Anxiety?

Social media and anxiety have a deeply connected relationship. Could social media be making your anxiety worse, and can deleting it help? Here’s my take on it.

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Embrace Your Anxiety: A Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Relationship

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Most Common Physical Symptoms of Anxiety: Pain and Panic

I could already feel my heart rate increasing as the blood flow in my body started to pick up.

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Why Your Anxiety is Getting Worse: When to Get Help

Do you live a life where anxiety is going to thrive?

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How Long Do Anxiety Attacks Last?: Signs and Symptoms

He told me, "I don't think I've ever experienced anxiety."

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Anxiety and the Effects on the Body and Physical Health

I began to feel the muscle tension taking place in my body.

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OCD

OCD and Suicide: Is It "Suicidal OCD" or True Suicidal Thought?

OCD and suicide have a deeply interwoven relationship. Having OCD can increase your suicide risk, but you can also have OCD obsessions about suicide.

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Is OCD Neurodivergent? What to Know About People With OCD and Neurodiversity

Let's explore whether OCD is considered neurodivergent, why the answer isn’t so simple, and what really matters when we talk about what “counts.”

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Ketamine for OCD: Does This OCD Treatment Actually Work?

Struggling with OCD that won’t respond to traditional treatment? Learn how ketamine therapy is being explored as a fast-acting option for obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.

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What to Do When Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Doesn't Work: Options and Hope for Treatment-Resistant OCD

If you haven’t felt better with first-line OCD treatments, then you might have what’s known as treatment-resistant OCD. But that doesn’t mean that you’ll never feel better. You have options.

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Does OCD Cause Psychosis? Exploring the Relationships Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Psychotic Disorders

OCD obsessions can feel so real. But are they delusions, a sign of psychosis? And, if not, what’s the difference? Here’s everything you need to know about the relationship between OCD and psychosis.

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Can OCD Be Cured? Exploring OCD Treatment and Recovery

Does severe OCD ever go away? There is no miracle cure, but that doesn't mean that you’ll live with such intense symptoms forever. Treatment can help you get your OCD symptoms to the point where it no longer feels like they’re controlling your life.

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Relationships

A Therapist in Phoenix AZ Answers: What Is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) For Couples, and How Can It Help You?

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Is Couples Therapy Covered By Insurance?

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Are Situationships Bad for Mental Health? According to Many People, Yes.

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Take This "Do I Want to Get a Divorce Quiz" by Licensed Couples Therapists

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Stop Fighting in a Relationship: Break the Cycle of Conflict

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6 Ways to Rekindle the Romance and Strengthen Your Long-Term Relationship

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Trauma

The Power of Vulnerability

She defines vulnerability to be "the emotion that we experience during times of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure."

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Patience and Making The Bed

Truth be told, I am not a very patient person..

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