The focusing power of music
With the Fall semester quickly approaching, we know that sometimes it can be hard to concentrate on the task at hand. And it has been shown that music can be calming, relaxing, and useful to...
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What do your emojis say about you
Communication is a big part of our lives and effective communication allows us to have successful relationships. Verbal communication is the sounds and words (or speech) we use when talking with another person or...
Off to University … How to Manage your Mental Health
We recently posted about the back-to-school transition that is upon us. We also wrote an article a little while ago about the transition year. However, as this is such an important topic, we wanted...
Because I felt like I didn’t deserve to get better
In interviews I did with adolescents who have depression and were in treatment, some of them said that at first, they didn’t want to go to therapy because they didn’t feel like they deserved to...
A Quick Guide to Depression in Teens
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) starts out by writing: You are not alone. There are ways you can feel better. The NIMH has a lot of great educational information on their website,...
Disconnect
I know that I can speak for many when I say that social media can be distracting. We have so many ways to access it, from phones to computers to tablets, and we often...
Stuff – A poem
50 milligrams of sumatriptan succinate to unscrew the vice from my head Then 20 of that other stuff for 12 hours of stability From dawn to dusk I am medicated I think I need...
Fear of asking for help
When you feel anxious, some things that are not challenges to others can seem like huge mountains for you to climb. It can seem like it is ridiculous that you are worried about this...
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