by Emily Schechter | Jan 25, 2019 | Lifestyle and Culture, Mental Health
What does anxiety feel like to you? For some, anxiety may manifest physically, causing stomach aches, muscle tension, and fatigue. For others, it may cause psychological strain in the form of mental stress or racing thoughts. However anxiety occurs for you, it may be...
by Sable Mengesha | Nov 20, 2018 | Lifestyle and Culture
Depression, Mental Illness and Neurotransmitters Posted on April 26, 2017 by paintedbrainacademyblog I stumbled across an interesting article written last December about the different neurotransmitters involved in depression and other mental illnesses. It provided...
by Dalila Perdomo | Nov 19, 2018 | Lifestyle and Culture, Mental Health
How often do you exercise? Twice a week? Everyday? Or not at all? We all know that exercise is important to implement in our daily lives to help us stay healthy. However, we aren’t incorporating exercise into our daily routines. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
by Stephanie Lomeli | Apr 20, 2018 | Editorial, Lifestyle and Culture
The discovery of my own mental health challenges was when I was about 25 years old. Before this, my life was filled with ups and downs, moments of isolation, tremendous anxiety, and a deep sense of #hopelessness. Growing up in a family marked by machismo, generational...
by Adrian Drew | Jan 15, 2018 | Lifestyle and Culture, Mental Health
By Adrian Drew, writer and founder of Yugen, a minimalistic blog and advice service about mental health and self-improvement. Meditation has gained an enormous amount of publicity in the 21st century, yet still, very few people actually practice it. For such a simple...
by Dave Leon | Oct 10, 2016 | Lifestyle and Culture, Mental Health
In response to the recent post on Alternet, “7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry is a Threat to Our Sanity” by Bruce Levine, I’d like to offer an alternative point of view: Our mental health system acts as if it is treating an anxiety disorder...
