Category: Educate Yourself

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Grr!

Some people are really annoying, right? Other people just don’t mind their own business. What is that person looking at? What is their problem? What is up with this phone…shirt…car…computer…nothing works right. Everything always...

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Afraid of the Label

When people hear the word “depression” or that someone is “depressed” a lot of different things come to mind. People make assumptions about what that experience is like and what that person is like....

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A’s and B’s

Thinking about starting therapy can be overwhelming if your grades are suffering. How can you afford to go to all of the sessions? Especially if you have to miss school? Do you really have...

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Do you hear me?

Is anyone even listening to me? Some young people don’t like to go see a doctor or a therapist because they haven’t felt listened to in the past. Sometimes it is tough for adults...

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Is depression in my genes?

Where does depression come from? Like we talked about before, there are many theories (ideas for why something happens that scientists put together from facts and based on how the world seems to work). There is...

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Nah, therapy is not for me

Studies show when people have a bad experience with therapy it can make them have a bad attitude about therapy in general. Sometimes I tell my patients that therapy could help them, and they...

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The Physical Signs of Mental Health

Many people are surprised to learn that the diagnoses of depression and anxiety include physical symptoms as well as mental symptoms. Depression includes psychomotor retardation – which means that your body moves at a...

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A shoulder to lean on

If you really needed help, who could you count on? You might think first of a friend your own age, and while they may be good at listening and empathizing with you, they might...