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The ebb and flow of bipolar disorder can be challenging to live with. Periods of expansive moods are sandwiched between depressive episodes and times of much needed stability. Many people spend their lives rebuilding after manic or depressive episodes and struggle to find that solid ground so necessary for recovery. Officially, Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder…

If you are living with depression, you may be experiencing feelings of sadness and hopelessness. Your feelings may include thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Having suicidal thoughts does not mean that you will act on them. They can be anything from wishes that you would not wake up in the morning to wishing you could…

Social anxiety can be difficult to overcome. From the comfort of your living room, you are calm and confident. You can imagine yourself being socially successful and navigating social situations with ease. All of that changes when you go to work, or are invited out to dinner with a group of people. It’s like stepping…

Typically, discussions about bullying revolve around the youth in society.  We don’t often think of adults as bullies, but today’s schoolyard bully just might grow up to be an adult bully.  A survey conducted by Harris Poll found that adults are being bullied at the same rate as adolescents.  In fact, another survey found that 31% have experienced bullying…

My son and daughter are both autistic.  They each struggle with sensory differences which make them hypersensitive to the environmental stimuli around them.  My son is sensitive to sounds, smells, and tastes.  If I’m cooking something in the kitchen, he will run through the house opening all of the windows.  If something burns, he will…

A few nights before I was supposed to give a group presentation on a topic, I was informed that I would, in fact, be giving the presentation by myself.  I began feeling nervous and felt a sense of impending doom.  I imagined myself failing and making a fool of myself.  Every time I sat down…