Updated 10/17/2024Psychiatristsare mental health professionals who have earned a medical degree in psychiatry. They focus on diagnosing, preventing, and treating mental health conditions. Because they’re an actual, licensed medical doctor (MD), they can prescribe medication, something that therapists, psychologists, and counselors can’t do.Psychiatristsoften work alongside a mental health team to provide patients with depression, anxiety, substance abuse issues, and other mental health conditions with the full treatment plan they need.The psychiatrist you choose will play an essential role in your mental health treatment, so it’s important to find someone who matches your needs well....

The expectations of American teachers are at an all-time high. They’re expected to adapt to a wide range of student learning styles, accommodate special needs students with IEPs and 504s, juggle attendance, plan curriculum, manage parents, and now, deal with the aftermath of lost time with students due to the pandemic.In a2022 studyof over 4,000 teachers, 81% said their overall workload has increased. In addition, more than half (55%) of teachers said they have less planning time due to staff shortages and other factors....

Stable, nurturing relationships are essential to healthy development and can provide us with a sense of security. When someone feels like they’ve been abandoned, it can leave them with lasting trauma.Abandonment trauma can interfere with emotional development and make it difficult to form stable relationships. Understanding as much as possible about abandonment trauma symptoms and how they impact your life can make healing easier. Keep reading to learn more. Stable, nurturing relationships are essential to healthy development and can provide us with a sense of security....

No matter what the source of your traumatic stress is, it’s important to learn how to deal with trauma healthily so you can heal and move forward in life. Keep reading to learn more about coping with trauma. “Dealing with trauma can challenge your ability to deal with your body and mind’s emotional and psychological response to a highly distressing life event, memory or circumstance; it requires your maximum ability to cope under extreme duress....

Suppressed anger is not an ideal anger management solution. However, avoiding stress-induced illnesses and events is possible if you can exercise healthy ways to release anger. Learn how here, with our top 11 ways to manage and navigate anger in positive, productive ways. 1. Step Away from the Situation If you feel your heart racing and your rage rising, learn to walk away before you release your anger in an unhealthy and unproductive way, such as anger outbursts....

Anger is a particularly powerful emotion that can be expressed in many ways. Mental health professionals have identified more than a dozen different types of anger people may experience. If you’re having a hard time understanding why you’re so angry, you’re not alone. A recent poll reports that a staggering84%of Americans believe we’re angrier today than were a generation ago. Knowing which type of anger you’re experiencing can help you learn ways to manage and properly express the emotion, without risking damage to your health and your relationships....

Everyone gets angry at some point. It’s a natural reaction to frustration, stress, and real or perceived threats or injustice, among other things. Anger can be healthy. It gives us the energy we need to make necessary changes in our lives. Perhaps most importantly, anger can be a signal that something needs to be addressed.However, for some people, anger becomes all-consuming and can be harmful to both the person experiencing it as well as the people around them, particularly if it’s displaced anger....

Anger is a common emotion that everyone experiences at some point or another in life. It’s a useful reaction that allows us to express opposition or hostility toward someone or something that you feel has wronged you. Certain situations can trigger different types of anger and leave you experiencing anything from a minor annoyance to sometimes entering a full-blown rage.Not all anger is unhealthy anger, though. Sometimes, it can actually behealthy angerif it’s not causing destructive behavior, becoming a common or habitual reaction, or damaging relationships....

What is toxic stress and how does it differ from “ordinary” stress? Everyone’s life has some level of stress. Work demands, family responsibilities, financial pressures, and interpersonal relationships all take a toll on us, ultimately leading to stress from time to time. In fact, there are many types of stress, including toxic and emotional stress. Keep in mind, though, that not all stress isbad stress. Some short-term stress can even be beneficial (yes, really), giving us the energy and gumption to tackle difficult projects and situations....

Updated 8/29/24The grey rock technique, also referred to as “grey rocking,” is a strategy for dealing with toxic behavior from people in your life, including those withnarcissistic personality disorder. The grey rock method includes acting uninterested or disengaging with a toxic person to avoid feeding into their tendencies.Why is it called the grey rock method, though? On a hike or walking on the beach, it’s easy to overlook a grey rock....

Everyone experiences stress from time to time. It’s impossible to go through your entire life without having to navigate at leastsomestressful events. Believe it or not, our bodies are actually designed to react to stressors. This explains why stress hasboth physical and mental symptoms. Although the different types of stress are usually temporary, they can have a significant impact on your day-to-day life.What is emotional stress? According to the American Psychological Association (APA), it’s a type of stress that causes an intense and negative stress response when someone experiences emotions like worry, fear, frustration, danger, or sadness....

Updated 12/13/2024 Losing a pet is something very difficult we can go through in life. For many of us, it’s like losing a family member. In fact, a systematic review of17 studiesconcluded that the feelings we have after losing a pet are the same ones we have when we lose a human family member or loved one. The pain is real, and it’s not easy to get over. You might have spent years with your furry, feathered, or scaled loved one....

Updated 11/15/23While stress is a normal part of life, it can have serious, adverse effects when not properly managed. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), approximately73% of peoplesay that stress has had a significant impact on their mental health, and 77% of people experience negative physical symptoms related to stress.Thankfully, techniques like stress counseling and therapy can help you learn to effectively cope with the stress in your life. You can’t avoid or completely eliminate stress, but through therapy, youcanmanage it in healthier ways, so it doesn’t grip your life and damage your relationships....

Whether it is disenfranchised grief, prolonged grief disorder, or even pet grief, everyone experiences grief at some point in their life. It’s a normal emotion, often in response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss. What happens, though, if you’re experiencing griefbeforeyou’ve gone through a loss?Anticipatory grief is the term used to describe when someone feels like they’re grieving even before they’ve actually faced any sort of loss....

Everyone feels angry at one time or another. It’s a common and healthy emotion. However, knowing how to release anger and where to direct it appropriately is essential. But what happens when it’s misdirected at someone or something else? There are many types of anger, one being displaced or misplaced anger. It is when you project negative feelings (anger) toward someone who isn’t the true cause of your negative emotion. It can be complicated to explain and difficult to understand, but anger displacement can be a real problem for some people....