Mental Health

When my ADHD medications started to make me nauseous, my doctor recommended a series of lifestyle changes to help me manage the side effects of my prescription stimulant.

My experience of a full-blown flashback to a traumatic event from my past. Here, I will explain some triggers of a flashback and how it feels to experience a flashback. I offer ways to manage flashbacks before and during a flashback event.

Helpful advice to parents managing their ADHD.

This writer has had OCD for over 10 years. If you have this condition, you're not mad and you're not alone.

Anxiety comes to make some things clear to us, but are we going to listen to it? In this article, I'm going to reveal the letter I received from my anxiety and the one I wrote back to it. So, if you are also a sufferer, this letter may be of help and support to you.

A person suffering from anxiety is unable to act or think logically. They aren't as mentally healthy as you are. Do you wish to lend a helping hand? Here's how.

Coping with an alcoholic parent is difficult no matter if it's a recent or long-term part of one's life.

Rejection sensitive dysphoria is a debilitating emotional state that feels like a physical manifestation of emotional pain to the sufferer. I'm lucky to be able to dissociate from my RSD so as to analyze it and offer a clear and fair perspective of what it is like to experience it.

We all experience some degree of worry or anxiety. But for many people, excessive worrying about things can indicate an anxiety disorder, a condition that can be debilitating for the sufferer. You might find relief from anxiety by using processes offered here.

I am currently on Ketamine Infusions. They are great, but there are a few things I wish I knew before I started. I learned these things along the way, and wish to share them with you so you're better prepared.

I have never, in my life, experimented with drugs outside of alcohol. I suffered from severe depression, anxiety, and even ideations of not existing. Was a ketamine infusion the answer?

Hypomania may not appear as extreme as classic mania, but it is still a symptom of bipolar disorder and can often precede a period of depression. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to identify hypomania and distinguish it from normal, healthy happiness.

You don't have to lose your fight with depression. You can make daily changes to improve both your life and the lives of those around you.

My anxiety will probably look different than yours. That's a promise.

Each person experiences trauma differently. When it occurs within a family, it can shake your foundation, affect you on a daily basis, and even impact generations of family members in the future until someone decides to heal it.

Hypothyroidism, an autoimmune disease which attacks the thyroid, severe mental illness, in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction and a past full of trauma and abuse... I'm one one tough Mama.. (My Story)

As a trichotillomania sufferer, I will talk about my struggle with this relatively unknown, "odd" disorder and explain symptoms so you can see what it's like to live with the disorder.

I am most often a watcher, not a participant but like a tiny computer, I digest images and vocal tones. I am intuitive, empathetic, introverted, and highly analytical. These are qualities that are often present in shy individuals. There are detrimental aspects of shyness but there are also benefits

I have been taking the antidepressant fluoxetine for one year now. Here is my experience with the medication and how it has affected my depression symptoms.

Living with someone who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder can be frustrating, especially when you don't understand what they are going through. Hopefully, by explaining my own struggles with PTSD, you can get a better picture of what your loved one is going through.

Panic attacks are much more than just feeling stressed or afraid. They also affect each person differently. This is an account of what panic attacks were like for me, and how I managed to overcome them.

Learn the similarities and differences between anxiety attacks and panic attacks—based on facts and my own personal experience. Knowing the difference can help a person overcome these attacks.

Are you feeling scared about going to work because you're anxious there? You're not alone! Here's some quick tips for dealing with anxiety before and during work.

Having a bipolar dad can feel like a total rollercoaster of emotion as you fare the mania and depression of your parent. Here's how I handled living with my own bipolar dad until my mid-20s.

Wondering if online therapy is an effective way to seek counseling? Here's my experience talking to a therapist using BetterHelp.

The journey to face and overcome an irrational fear of the avian wing movement

Signs of depression and ways to help cope with depression.

Overusing nasal decongestant sprays may actually cause more congestion rather than relieve it. This is how I developed an addiction to Afrin and how I was able to stop using it.

My dear friend, Alan Mudge, was an armourer during his time in the RAF. He was kind enough to agree to talk to you all about his personal experience suffering from PTSD.

350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. That's roughly 7% in the United States. Chances are you have loved and have even lived with someone who's had experience with depression.

Depression affects 1 in 6 people in the UK alone. However, there are still people out there who still just don't understand that depression isn't just a moment of feeling a bit sad.

Not a lot is known about dermatillomania or the struggles that sufferers of this compulsive disorder go through. Do you pick at your skin obsessively? Perhaps you will relate to this article.

There are many clues to identify if someone regularly picks their skin, but they can be hard to recognize. The two main reasons are because the body part focused on changes, and many skin-pickers try to hide it.

As the daughter of an emotionally absent mother, I've struggled with sadness and anxiety most of my life. After taking anti-depressants for 7 years, I was ready to get off the medication and take control of my own well-being. By embracing my inner child, I finally found peace and joy.

During a panic attack, we feel like we are going to die. Rather than going to the emergency room, use these three steps to bring emotions back to a manageable level.

What does it mean to be mentally ill? How many people suffer from this ailment? It’s more common than you think.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has resurged over the past 20 years. This article covers information about ECT, as well as my experience undergoing this therapy.

Avoidance and apathy are common to many mental disorders. But the world keeps on turning, and there's only so much you can put off until things build up and become unmanageable.

Here are some tips I have learned over a lifetime of dealing with OCD: How to control your obsessions and compulsions, explain them to your loved ones, and keep them from controlling your life.

Support groups can be a helpful tool for people experiencing a difficult life struggle. Here are some things to look for in a good support group.

Stuck in anger, shame or guilt? Stuck in a negative emotion? This book might help. Learn to process negative emotions.

We all experience disappointments in life, but not all of us have an extreme reaction to them. This is my story of a devastating reaction to a life experience and how I dealt with it.

I never believed I could quit smoking. I was wrong.

The love affair between bipolar and fatigue is overwhelming to the person living with this condition, as well as to everyone around him or her.

Often lumped together, this article attempts to discern how chewing tobacco and cigarette addictions are different.

Sometimes a Highly Sensitive Person gets overstimulated by even simple and small things. Here are a few examples—as well as some tips to deal with this challenge.

The truth of the matter is that tobacco kills, but quitting the nasty habit also carries a series of long-term side effects. If you don’t like being lied to, this is a must-read.

After two years of taking Citalopram for depression, it was time to stop. But the side effects that no doctor talked to me about were serious, including the dreaded brain zaps.

The seven deadly sins and gambling go together perfectly. Learn how gambling addiction progresses through each of the seven stages of sin.

This article takes a look at the latest research on the effects of childhood bullying that can last into adulthood, as well as my own story as a bullying survivor.