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Details5 Tips for Creating Mental Space to Manage COVD-19 Fears
3/17/20 Joseph Smullen, LCSW The unknown related to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has created an extreme effort to control a perception of scarce resources resulting in panic shopping and hoarding of goods. To a lesser extreme, a more prevalent experience has been an exasperation of anxiety related to a slowing economy, worries about loved ones, changes in routines and habits, and altered lifestyles.…
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Make Your Summer Awe-Some: How the Experience of Awe May Help Combat Depression
Summer –for some, it is means attending backyard barbeques with family and friends while drinking ice-cold glasses of lemonade. For others, it may highlight a sense of loneliness, despair, or meaninglessness. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2015), the 12-month prevalence rate for adults to experience a major depressive episode is 6.7% which…
DetailsHelp! I’m Anxious: Anxiety Explained and How to Manage it
Anxiety gets a bad rap. We avoid it, retreat from it, or even deny it. To reduce it we merge and fuse with a variety of persons, places, behaviors, or things such as partners, the couch, acting out, or chemical substances. Despite the negative implications surrounding anxiety, it is a beneficial experience for us. In…
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3 Tips to Manage Your Trying Teen
teen·ag·er /ˈtēnˌājər/: A person between the ages of 13 and 19 years old. Synonyms: Juvenile, Rebellious, Moody, Irrational, Extra etc… If you are raising or caring for a teenager, you can probably relate to this short description. Moreover, I can imagine that if you are reading this you likely struggle to handle and make sense…
DetailsThe Gift of Opportunity
The Gift of Opportunity: Stuff You Can’t Buy On Amazon “There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity” –Gen. Douglas MacArthur I’m not 100% sure but I am betting that referencing the controversial5-star Gen. MacArthur in a mental health blog is probably an atypical and unconventional move. At Believe Behavioral Health we have high…
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