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Mental Health


Misconceptions about Mental Illness
The stigma associated with mental illness has contributed to the persistence of psychological disorders for many. People often fail to...

Damaris Aragon
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Can I Benefit from Therapy?
Therapy is an effective treatment for many psychological disorders , but you don’t have to have a diagnosed psychological disorder or...

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Online Mental Health Resources
Mental health issues across the nation have been rising ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, as we see distant light at the end of the...

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A Brief Look at Toxic Guilt
People living with psychological disorders are often plagued with toxic guilt. Unlike natural guilt, which is a feeling of remorse over...

Damaris Aragon
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What to Do About the "Sunday Sads"?
The Sunday Sads, the Sunday Blues, the Sunday Scaries—these terms refer to a sense of heightened dread that happens the day before...

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Is It Possible to Recover From Mental Illness?
Although there is no cure for mental illness , it’s possible to recover from psychological disorders. If your definition of “recovery”...

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Common Myths About Mental Illness
Mental illness is common in the United States, with about 50 million adults having any mental illness, regardless of severity. About 13...

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Helping a Loved One in a Mental Health Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of slowing down in early 2021 and it’s likely we’ll be fighting it throughout the rest of this year....

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Is Someone You Love in Crisis?
We are living in confusing and frightening times. Many of us are dealing with high levels of stress, uncertainty, and even fear. For some...

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Common Threats to Good Mental Health: Gaslighting
Good interpersonal relationships that lift us up and support us are a fundamental pillar of mental health , but sometimes those around us...

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What Does Mental Health Mean?
“ Mental health ” as a term gets tossed around all the time, but what does it really mean? How do we know if our mental health is good?...

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Recognizing the Warning Signs of Suicide
If you’ve been feeling blue since COVID-19 hit the scene, you’re not alone. The pandemic has affected the mental health of millions of...

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Stop Doomscrolling and Reduce Your Anxiety
"Doomscrolling" is one more way we’re found to worsen our national mental health during the time of COVID-19 . It refers to the tendency...

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Do I Have an Adjustment Disorder?
Everyone faces hard times, sooner or later. Whether it’s family conflict, divorce, the loss of a job or major illness, adjusting to new...

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Can You Go to Therapy Without Medication?
In many cases, you can receive a great deal of help from therapy even if you don’t require a psychiatric medication . You don’t even have...

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Common Medications for Psychological Disorders
Many people experience psychological problems that don’t rise to the level of needing medication. For example, anxiety is one of the most...

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Apply Some Self-Compassion and Feel Better!
We give time and thought to our relationships with others, but rarely work on the relationship we have with ourselves. This is...

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What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness and mindful awareness has received a lot of media attention over the last several years and for good reason. Mindful...

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Dealing with Anxiety in the Time of the Coronavirus I
The spread of a novel coronavirus, COVID-19 , throughout Spokane and the United States has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to our...

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