Thursday, April 25, 2024
Psychotherapy is a collaborative treatment or talk therapy where you work with a psychologist to help you face the challenges ahead of you. You sit down with a therapist and discuss changes that you can make to improve the direction of your life. This therapy is similar to counseling. However, […]
You’ve scaled the corporate ladder, amassed achievements, and enjoyed the fruits of career success. Your resume gleams with accomplishments, and your professional life seems enviable. Yet, beneath the surface, you grapple with an unsettling feeling—an emptiness that lingers, a sense that something vital is missing. You’re not alone in this […]
Have you experienced butterflies in your stomach before? If that’s the case, believe it or not; the gut and the brain are linked to each other. You’d be surprised that our digestive system is sensitive to emotions. What our brain wishes to express will also manifest in the entirety of […]
People struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD) often feel that life is an uphill battle. Addicts may experience physical and emotional exhaustion, deep hopelessness, debilitating cravings for drugs or alcohol, and fear about what may be in store for their future. One in ten Americans abuse illicit drugs or […]
Depression is characterized by emotional numbness, feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, and emptiness. People with depression may lose interest in activities that they once enjoyed, have difficulty concentrating or making decisions, and may even think about or attempt suicide. The Dangers of Not Treating Depression Depression is a serious, debilitating […]
Depression is an increasingly common mental health disorder being diagnosed in people all over the world, from all walks of life. Traditional treatment options for depression range from SSRIs or SNRIs, to therapy (counseling, psychotherapy, ERT), to more extreme treatment options such as invasive surgical procedures. Of course, the severity […]
Modern medicine has many tools and extensive knowledge at its disposal when it comes to diagnosing and treating patients. This was accurately put by the English writer Aldous Huxley, who said that “medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left”. Meanwhile we’re becoming […]
As hard as this may be for you to believe, the actual history of hypnotherapy dates as far back as recorded history. Perhaps not as well-documented or recorded as other historical facts out there but nonetheless, shamen, witchdoctors, Hindu fakirs, tribal doctors and Indian yogis across centuries and millennia have […]
Beating a serious addiction to any substance, whether it’s cigarettes, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, or an illegal drug, requires a lot of determination and support. It will take a lot of time and dedication, as well as focus, to quit your addictive habit, but it will all be worth it once you’re […]
According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), 16.6 million adults above the age of 18 and 697,000 adolescents met criteria for diagnosis with an alcohol use disorder in 2013. Alcoholism can cause many serious physical health problems, and it may also cause depression and other mental […]
I can spot an addict right away. Or, at least, that's what I once thought until addiction plagued our household. Finding out that someone you care about is suffering from addiction right under your nose can be a very emotional experience. When you watch movies or television shows that depict […]
What is Gynecomastia? Gynecomastia is known as enlargement of a man’s chest such that it resembles a woman’s breast. This is basically caused by an endocrinal hormonal imbalance. The imbalance is of the hormones estrogen and testosterone. This disorder is common among pubescent males and in some cases it affects newborn […]