People with anorexia nervosa develop an irrational fear of gaining weight, which can drive them to become dangerously thin. It's more common in women and girls, but it affects boys and men, too. It can start after a life change, traumatic event, or the desire to excel in sports such as...
Post-divorce plans and vision for what post-divorce life will look like for your family. Not all of these things will be resolved immediately. Divorce is a process. It is always best if the parties can work together on these matters but that isn’t always possible. Regardless of the postu...
There is a reason stress has a bad reputation, and part of it is the evidence that chronic and traumatic stress can increase the risk of illness, depression and early mortality, among other things. Choosing to see the upside of stress isn't about denying the fact that stress can be harmfu...
aspect of life and can serve as inspiration to complete tasks. High levels of stress resulting from severe illnesses, job losses, family deaths, or traumatic life events can be considered an inevitable aspect of life. It’s typical for a client like you to feel depressed or anxious for a ...
Highly upsetting events—likedivorce, the death of a family member, or losing a job—can trigger a bipolar incident. Also, people who’ve experienced a traumatic event—such as sexual or physical abuse, neglect, or the death of a parent early in life—have an increased chance of developing...
She ends up at Harvard, involved in conservative politics, struggling with post-traumatic stress and yet becoming a well-loved, positive individual. But there’s more. Here’s the very short version. She comes to understand traditional Christian faith, attending — get this! —-both Tim Keller...
Some people think only about race or culture, and surely those are a part of diversity. Others say gender identity or sexual orientation, and again those are a part of diversity. But, what about children who are homeschooled, whose parents divorce, who live in poverty, and even those who...
But that was really just an overlay — a kind of fakeout, if you will — to disguise the real theme of the album, one that is not nearly as inviting for social media memes: what it is like to traumatically lose love while already in the midst of debilitating chronic illness. It’s ...
But that was really just an overlay — a kind of fakeout, if you will — to disguise the real theme of the album, one that is not nearly as inviting for social media memes: what it is like to traumatically lose love while already in the midst of debilitating chronic illness. ...
Highly upsetting events—likedivorce, the death of a family member, or losing a job—can trigger a bipolar incident. Also, people who’ve experienced a traumatic event—such as sexual or physical abuse, neglect, or the death of a parent early in life—have an increased chance of developing...