If you or someone you love engages in self-injurious behavior, a mental illness could be the underlying cause. Finding the right help to stop self-harming and addressing any influential factors like mental illness or substance abuse is necessary since the individual… Read More ›
Category: Compulsive Behavior
The Role of Learned Helplessness in Dependency
Learned helplessness usually has a role to play in most individuals’ dependency. Either learned helplessness was a causative force in the inception of their dependency, or they developed learned helplessness in the process of failing to quit and perpetuating it.… Read More ›
Finding the Positives of OCD: Reclaiming Your Story
We spend so much time as a society talking about the negatives that come with psychological conditions – but despite the grief they can cause us from time to time, there are some positives that we can focus on, too.… Read More ›
The Road to Overcoming OCD: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects nearly 2.2 million adults in the United States each year. A person with OCD may have obsessions and compulsions that they feel the urge to repeat over and over. Obsessions take the form of repeated thoughts,… Read More ›
Evidence-based treatment for OCD
The International OCD Foundation defines obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as “a mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and all walks of life, and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions or compulsions”. Obsessions, which… Read More ›
Beware Of Social Media And Eating Disorder Trends, Latest “Rib cage Bragging” Hashtag
Any trend on social media which exaggerates ideals of perfectionism, beauty, and harmful health habits should be considered dangerous. Facebook and Instagram have taken great strides in recent years to combat… Read More ›
Binge Eating Disorder Is Different From Overeating
Overeating is a compulsive issue which can bring many health issues, emotional issues, and even issues in relationships to a person’s life. Twelve step groups have been created to help people… Read More ›