Caffeine’s Effects on Adolescents
Sometimes, it feels like caffeine is a necessity. It may be that cup of coffee before your class starts at 8AM or that energy drink to help you get through that last leg of...
Tagged: anxiety
Using Weighted Blankets to Stay Calm
It feels that there are a ton of products available recently to help your mental health, particularly with calming anxiety. Some use essential oils, or you may have heard of light lamps, and of...
Have You Ever Airdropped a Meme?
Another day, another viral trend. You may have recently heard of or participated in AirDropping images to strangers around you whenever you’re in public. For those who may not know, AirDropping is a feature...
Productive Anxiety
Having anxiety can mean that completing even the simplest task seems impossible. Even simple tasks like opening up that initial tab to start researching for a paper or just taking a deep breath can...
The Right and Wrong Times to Open Up
I have made a big change in the past few months. I have limited how often I vent to people and also who I vent to. Up until recently, I was an open book...
Reflections
The blog post includes mentions of suicide and verbal and physical abuse. Please read with caution if any of these items triggers or upsets you. February 21, 2018 was the day I survived my suicide...
Black Adolescents and Stereotype Threat
Mental health and the risks for mental illness affect everyone differently, and this is just as true when it comes to demographics. Everyone has their own experiences and own stories when it comes to...
Ways to Get Organized
Having a clean space and putting things in order have been proven to be calming, even to the point that they can help with anxiety. Sometimes, the most nerve-wracking part about getting organized is...
Curling Up With a Good Book
There are so many ways to get comfortable with a book and get lost in the words and stories that it contains. You can read in the car during a long journey, in between...
Can You be Extroverted and Have Social Anxiety?
Our minds often give us images of certain types of people when we think about certain things. For example, we tend to think of those with anxiety to be by themselves, preferring to be...
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