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Mental Health


Dealing with a Narcissist in Your Life
Know anyone whose only concern is themselves? Maybe someone who lives for the praise they think they richly deserve? If a few more...

Damaris Aragon
3 min read


Helping a Loved One Get Mental Health Help Early
Mental illness is both common and devastating, affecting almost 47 million adults in the United States alone. That’s about 20 percent of...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Sadfishing: A Cry for Help or Attention (or both?)
Leave it to the internet and its rambunctious offspring, social media, to add new wrinkles in how people get their needs met....

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


5 Things To Do For Your Good Mental Health
There is no cure for clinical depression , anxiety or bipolar disorder . Psychotherapy and medication are the best treatments, but we...

Damaris Aragon
3 min read


Guilt and Shame: What’s the Difference?
Ever feel guilty over blowing your New Year’s resolutions when it’s still January? Although New Year’s resolutions are not too serious,...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Does Diet Affect Mental Health?
The standard American diet is loaded with too much fat, added sugar and salt. It’s also laden with heavily processed grains. Junk food...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Behavioral Therapies
If you have a specific problem that’s getting in the way of you living your best life, individual counseling is a tremendously helpful...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
If you’ve seen Finding Nemo , Dory is a sweet example of a good-hearted little fish with a big case of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity...

Damaris Aragon
3 min read


What is Psychotherapy?
We’ve all seen the movies and TV portray psychotherapists. Look at Analyze This , for example or Good Will Hunting and countless other...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


What is Mental Illness?
Mental illness results from a disorder of the brain that causes disturbances in perception, behavior and thinking. To be classified as...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Challenging Our Inner Critic
Our inner critic tries to keep us in a kind of miserable homeostasis . Sometimes it seems as if dwelling inside relentless negativity is...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Loneliness Got You Down?
You only have to look at movies and TV to know that loneliness is rampant in American society. Consider the recent streaming series Mr....

Damaris Aragon
3 min read


Perfectionism’s Problems: Anxiety
In the movie Black Swan, Nina is consumed with becoming the perfect ballerina for a demanding role. She mutilates and tortures herself...

Damaris Aragon
2 min read


Escaping Chronic Victimhood
Unfortunately, there are many real victims in the world. Bad things happen to people who’ve done nothing to bring anything on themselves....

Damaris Aragon
3 min read
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