Whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, it is extremely difficult to handle a crisis. However, matters only become more complicated when you are living with a mental illness. Instead of starting with a clean slate, you already have more than enough to deal with. This can make a crisis situation seem like an impossible [...]
A panic attack is a sudden feeling of overwhelming anxiety, and it'll peak within minutes. A person who's suffering from a panic attack may experience sweating, pounding heart, palpitations, accelerated heart rate, shaking or trembling, feelings of choking, feelings of shortness of breath or smothering, chest pain or discomfort, dizziness, nausea, abdominal distress, fear of [...]
A life unfulfilled is one that is wasted. Feeling like you have wasted your life is one of the worst things a person can experience. This is what leads to mid-life crises, and it is what causes chronic stress and many other mental health disorders. You need to prioritize your mental and physical health, and [...]
Having a mental health problem can be debilitating, especially when it starts to affect how you go about your daily life, or when you start to feel as though you are no longer the person you used to be. In the United States and all around the world, a sharp rise in mental health diagnoses [...]
The phrase ‘you are what you eat’ was coined by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his book ‘Physiologie du Gout, ou Meditations de Gastronomie Transcendante’ which was published in1826. Brillat-Savarin wrote of the correlation between diet and, in this instance, gout; but it wasn’t until the 1920s that this phrase becomes part of the everyday vernacular. If [...]
A Guest Article by Debra Wyatt My name is Debra Wyatt. I am a thirty-five year old mother to a toddler, wife to an amazing man, and I work full-time. I grew up with two older brothers, which made me the baby and little sister. My oldest brother and I are 6 years apart and [...]
From time to time I allow guest articles on my site — generally covering points of views that I may disagree with or don’t understand. It’s important to me that all sides of mental illness is covered; not just my point of view. This is one of those guest posts by Maggie Hammond. (views and [...]
In this episode of the Psych Central Show, hosts Gabe and Vincent welcome guest Julie Fast, a world-renowned mental health expert and bestselling author of multiple books, including Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder, Get It Done When You’re Depressed, Bipolar Happens!, and The Health Cards Treatment System for Bipolar Disorder. Listen as [...]
Do you tend to be more of a pessimist than an optimist about the future? Maybe you’ve had a rough 2016 and are looking forward with trepidation to what 2017 holds in store. Or, perhaps you suffer from anxiety or depression and thinking about the future brings you more stress than hope. Whether you’re living [...]
