Heart damage is a little known side effect of eating disorders. After years of binging, purging, and restricting cycles, the physiological effect of eating disorders takes a toll on the heart. When someone who has lived with ongoing eating disorder… Read More ›
Category: Mental Health
Why Is It Important To Treat Bipolar And Addiction As Dual Diagnosis?
Bipolar is perhaps one of the most widely misunderstood and misdiagnosed mental health disorders. Previously referred to as manic depressive disorder, bipolar is primarily characterized by shifting moods or “mood swings”. There are two different types of bipolar: bipolar I… Read More ›
What Is It Like Living With Borderline Personality Disorder?
What does borderline mean? Simply defined, a borderline is just a line marking a border. With borderline personality disorder, there is something disordered about that line. For those who have borderline and those who are the loved ones of someone… Read More ›
How Does Social Media Really Affect Us?
Social media gets a lot of attention because our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined in it. You can sign up for just about anything with a Facebook account login. All channels of social media somehow connect to one another so… Read More ›
What Do I Do To Support My Loved One In Treatment With An Eating Disorder?
Eating disorders are complex and complicated mental health issues which can become life threatening without treatment. Supporting a loved one who has an issue with one of life’s necessities, food, can be challenging. Help Them Stop Talking About Weight Since… Read More ›
Can You Stop Disturbing Memories From Playing On Repeat?
It doesn’t take a diagnosis of trauma or post traumatic stress disorder to create the experience of living and reliving difficult moments. We see them in our sleep, we see them as we mindlessly stare out the window. In our… Read More ›
Myths About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorders is one of the lesser understood mental health disorders and dual diagnosis with substance use disorder. We’re all a little OCD Trying to identify with and understand someone who has a mental health disorder can be difficult… Read More ›
Can You Fall Asleep Without Medication? Try These Tips
30 million Americans use sleep medication. That’s a lot of people who have a hard time falling asleep. During treatment for recovery from a mental health or substance use disorder, sleep can be challenging. Living with new thoughts and feelings,… Read More ›
Why Treating Trauma Is Important During Mental Health Treatment
Most people who have walked into a treatment center for either a primary mental health disorder or substance use disorder have experienced some kind of trauma in their lives. A majority of people will experience trauma within their lifetimes, either… Read More ›
How Can You Enjoy The Water This Spring?
Winter is finally ending meaning springtime is right around the corner. With water starting to warm up and the ice melting away you have access to all new water activities that you didn’t before. What does water have to do… Read More ›