Close Key TakeawaysMillions of Americans deal with allergy symptoms every year.The impact on mental health is often overlooked, but managing food and seasonal allergies can increase feelings of anxiety and depression.This has only been heightened during the pandemic, as allergy symptoms can be confused with those of COVID-19. Key Takeaways Millions of Americans deal with allergy symptoms every year.The impact on mental health is often overlooked, but managing food and seasonal allergies can increase feelings of anxiety and depression....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsExamplesTypesExplaining AltruismIs Being Altruistic Good?Fostering AltruismPotential Pitfalls of Altruism Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Examples Types Explaining Altruism Is Being Altruistic Good? Fostering Altruism Potential Pitfalls of Altruism Close Altruism is the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a desire to help, not because you feel obligated to out of duty, loyalty, or religious reasons. It involves acting out of concern for the well-being of other people....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWho Is This Narcissism Test For?About This Narcissist TestWhat to Know About Narcissistic Personality DisorderSigns of Narcissistic Personality DisorderCauses of Narcissistic Personality DisorderTreatments for Narcissistic Personality Disorder Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Who Is This Narcissism Test For? About This Narcissist Test What to Know About Narcissistic Personality Disorder Signs of Narcissistic Personality Disorder Causes of Narcissistic Personality Disorder Treatments for Narcissistic Personality Disorder...

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsThe Gaslighting QuizWho Is This Gaslighting Test For?About This Gaslighting TestWhat to Know About GaslightingSigns of Gaslighting Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents The Gaslighting Quiz Who Is This Gaslighting Test For? About This Gaslighting Test What to Know About Gaslighting Signs of Gaslighting Close Gaslighting is a type ofemotional abusethat can cause serious harm to your mental health. This quiz can help you determine whether gaslighting is happening in your relationship or friendship....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWho Is This Love Bombing Test For?What Is Love Bombing?Can You Salvage a Love Bomb Relationship? Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Who Is This Love Bombing Test For? What Is Love Bombing? Can You Salvage a Love Bomb Relationship? Close It’s easy to get swept up in the allure and romance of abrand new relationship. But where’s the line between those excited feelings and straight uplove bombing?...

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Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat’s Love Got to Do With It?Who Is This Love Test For?Is This Love Test Legit?How Do I Know I’m in Love? Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What’s Love Got to Do With It? Who Is This Love Test For? Is This Love Test Legit? How Do I Know I’m in Love? Close Wondering if your feelings for your partner could be love?...

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat Is Lust?What Is Love?Can You Feel Lust and Love at the Same Time?Take the Love QuizHow to Express These Feelings to SomeoneKeep in Mind Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What Is Lust? What Is Love? Can You Feel Lust and Love at the Same Time? Take the Love Quiz How to Express These Feelings to Someone Keep in Mind Close...

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsHow Ambien Withdrawal WorksSigns & SymptomsCoping & ReliefWarningsLong-Term Treatment Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents How Ambien Withdrawal Works Signs & Symptoms Coping & Relief Warnings Long-Term Treatment What is the most important information I should know about Ambien withdrawal?Ambien can lead to dependence and withdrawal even when taken as prescribed.If you want to discontinue Ambien, talk to your doctor about gradually tapering your dose to minimize withdrawal symptoms....

Close Whether you identify as a Democrat, a Republican, or something between or outside of those categories, you’re not alone in experiencing this. Far from it, actually. Here’s a survey from the American Psychological Association to prove it. And if you’re not feeling this way, chances are that most people around you are too. In order to fully understand these feelings, we’ll dig a bit deeper into the psychology of conflict and stress in general, and then explore how these emotions relate to political strife or division....

Close For the July edition of the Verywell Mind Mental Health Tracker, Amy Morin, LCSW, analyzes the gap between what Americans do for their physical health and what they do (or don’t do) for their mental health.To find out what previous surveys said about the state of mental health in the U.S., check outour previous releases. For the July edition of the Verywell Mind Mental Health Tracker, Amy Morin, LCSW, analyzes the gap between what Americans do for their physical health and what they do (or don’t do) for their mental health....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsOverviewCausesMental Health and the AmygdalaPreventionCoping Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Overview Causes Mental Health and the Amygdala Prevention Coping Close Have you ever lost control of your emotions and did something in the heat of the moment that you later regretted? Perhaps you’ve “lost it” or blown up at someone—your partner or child, work colleague, or perhaps the driver of another car—to such a degree that later, you realized was uncalled for....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsFriday Fix: Episode 204More About the Podcast Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Friday Fix: Episode 204 More About the Podcast Close OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, shares the “Friday Fix”—a short episode featuring a quick, actionable tip or exercise to help you manage a specific mental health issue or concern. We all imagine catastrophic things happening sometimes. Maybe whenever a loved one doesn’t reply to a text message right you automatically think something terrible has happened to them....

Trauma. The word itself evokes stark images of car accidents, assaults, natural disasters, terrorism—acute incidents stored in our bodies and our memories for a lifetime. This, however, is a limited understanding of the concept of trauma, what it means to be traumatized, and living with that trauma on a daily basis.After two years of living in the midst of a pandemic, many of us have begun to understand that trauma can be ongoing, long-lasting, and perhaps not always identifiable as trauma while we’re living it....

Ann-Louise T. Lockhart, PsyD, ABPP, is a lot of things. She’s a doctor, board-certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. She’s a highly sought-after speaker and writer on parenting, children’s mental health, and racism. She’s a parent coach and is a parent herself. With almost 60,000Instagramfollowers, she’s even something of a parenting influencer. Given how the world has turned since early 2020 in the form of theCOVID-19 pandemic, mass demonstrations in support of racial equality, and extreme political divisiveness, we’re living in one of the most turbulent times that many of us have ever experienced....