Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS): Getting to know Aunt Flo
Premenstrual syndrome. Fun fact: in Victorian times, it was possible for a woman to be institutionalized if they experienced any kind of menstruation-related anger. […]
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Animal Assisted Therapy: What it is, and how does it help?
Nothing but heart eyes galore anytime we see an owner with a dog on a street. We see those sad commercials with animals who […]
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Autoimmune Disease: What are they, symptoms and treatment.
Commonly referenced by those who have autoimmune diseases, these types of diseases are often invisible. Sometimes, when looking at a person, you can often […]
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What is Empty Nest Syndrome? A Useful Guide to this Evolving Phenomenon
As summer slowly comes to an end, college students are transitioning back to their academic year with many moving into their dormitories. While college […]
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) or Dysmorphophobia: People obsessed with their defects
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) – People obsessed with a part of their body that they are not comfortable with and want to modify it. […]
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): What is it and how does it work?
Throughout decades different types of therapy have emerged. From art therapy to narrative exposure therapy to cognitive behavioural therapy. In this article, we will […]
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Agoraphobia: Fear of public places and situations
Agoraphobia can make you feel trapped and feel like you are not able to get out. It’s a mental disorder that causes you to […]
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Borderline Personality Disorder: What it is, Causes and Treatment
Between 1.6% and 5.9% of the population has borderline personality disorder. Symptoms develop early in adulthood but can be observed as children through emotional […]
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Prosopagnosia: Inability To Recognize Loved Ones
Prosopagnosia or face blindness is quite a devastating condition. Imagine, suddenly finding yourself at a position where you are unable to recognize your family […]
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OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Danger of Repetitive Behaviors
OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Knock-knock-knock. You knock 3 in a steady manner. Every single wooden piece of furniture in your room needs to be […]
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Psychologist vs Psychiatrist: together for better treatment
Psychologist vs psychiatrist has been a question on the minds of a plethora of people who are seeking professional help. In the society that […]
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Benefits of exercise on the brain: How does exercise help?
You’ve probably heard before how the brain is “like a muscle” and just like our other muscles, we need to exercise it regularly. But […]
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Acute Stress: Are You Controlled By Your Nerves?
We face stressful situations in our day-to-day that cause behavioral and emotional problems. These problems caused by stress usually go away on their own, […]
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Art therapy: Everything you need to know about this marvelous therapy
What is art therapy? How can is something like art become a tool to help you through depression, anxiety, and even dyslexia? Find out […]
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Low self-esteem: Causes, consequences and tests – What can I do?
Learning to say “I love myself” is much harder than it seems. Test yourself. Through this article, we will explain the keys to developing […]
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Effects of alcohol on the brain: Everything you need to know in this guide
Effects of alcohol on the brain. Several studies confirm the relationship between alcohol abuse and cognitive impairment. Binge drinking can have serious consequences for […]
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Job Stress: Your complete guide to office survival
Humans are difficult. We get stressed out looking for a job when we don’t have one, and then once we get a job, we […]
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Hypersexuality: A complete guide to nymphomania and satyriasis
A complete guide to hypersexuality and sex addiction in men (satyriasis), women (nymphomania) and children. Discover what is hypersexuality disorder, symptoms, causes and consequences. […]
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Frontal Lobe: Areas, functions and disorders related to it
The brain is divided into four lobes, differentiated by their location and functions. In this article, we are going to focus on one of the […]
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Teacher burnout: What is it and what consequences does it have on students?
Stress and unmotivated teachers are becoming a common issue among faculty. Low self-esteem, work overload, emotional exhaustion and difficulties in dealing with disruptive, uninterested, rebellious […]
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Birth Order: does it determine your personality or is it a myth?
We often hear how the middle child has it the worst, the youngest out of three is known to be spoiled, and the first […]
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Feeling sad? Learn how to overcome sadness
How to overcome sadness. “I can’t do this anymore. I’m sick of this situation”. “I’m sad, I can’t stand my life, I don’t want […]
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12 Anxiety Symptoms: Fear sharpens the senses while anxiety paralyzes them
Anxiety Symptoms. “I’m worried all day excessively about anything that happens to me”, “I feel agitated and nervous and at night I have a […]
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Philophobia: A Fear of Love
Most people in the world long for someone to share their lives with and shower them with love and affection. However, there are some […]
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Thanatophobia: The One Fear Everyone Has
What is Thanatophobia? There is really only one certain thing about life, and that is that it ends. However, constantly keeping this thought in […]
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Adverse Childhood Experiences: What They Are and What To Do
Take the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire: Add up your Yes answers. This is your ACE score. Remember, plenty of people with high ACE scores do […]
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Are You at Risk for Seasonal Affective Disorder? Know its Symptoms and What it’s All About
What is seasonal affective disorder, or SAD? Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression characterized by differences in outdoor seasonal activity. Most people […]
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Drug Withdrawal; Symptoms and Treatments
Drug Withdrawal Definition: group of symptoms that occur as a result of a decrease or stopping intake of a medication, recreational drugs or substances, […]
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Scientifically Proven Healthy Habits- Get Back On Track!
Scientifically proven healthy habits: Stress, anxiety, and general unhappiness are all caused by an imbalance in our lives. In other words, a balanced life […]
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Brain plasticity; Rewiring the brain
Once upon a time, researchers and scientist theorised that the brain stops developing within the first few years of life. The connections the brain […]
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Dysthymia: Persistent Depressive Disorder- What is it and Symptoms
We’ve all been “there”, where we find ourselves more down than usual, we don’t feel like doing anything and have a constant feeling of […]
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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits
Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! […]
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The different types of neurotransmitters: What are they?
You’ve probably heard of how dopamine plays a role in feelings of pleasure, or how serotonin levels influence depression. This barely scratches the surface […]
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Brain Gym: 16 Activities That Will Help Your Brain Stay Younger
Brain Gym for a healthy mind. A few years ago, we started to learn about the importance of training our brains. Today we know […]
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Understanding Your Brain and Stress: What Happens When We’re Stressed?
It’s time to talk about our good ol’ buddy stress. For most of us, it seems to cling to us all day every day, […]
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How Eating Disorders Change Your Brain
Ever since we were young, we have been bombarded with images, words, and other sorts of media that all send us the same subliminal […]
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Bullying and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Bullying
As a young, school-going kid there are a lot of things that are rights of passage- your first invite to a birthday party, your […]
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Trying the Unconventional: Alternative Mental Health Therapy
Since psychiatry became a significant field in modern day medicine, millions of people have gotten treatment for mental disorders. The most prevalent psychiatric treatments […]
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Are Antidepressants for You?
If you have been diagnosed with depression, you have probably asked yourself: are antidepressants for you? Your doctor can give you the medical facts, the […]
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Tips to Help Yourself Out of Depression: Keeping Bad Moods at Bay
Over the last decade, depression rates have spiraled so much so that approximately 1 in 4 Americans will experience Major Depression at least once […]
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Does Stress Get You Down? Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Attacks
How can you work on overcoming anxiety and panic attacks? Getting stressed out before a final paper is due, or before giving an important […]
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How To Live With a Schizophrenic: Make Your Life Easier
Living with someone who has schizophrenia might be hard sometimes. Even though you can’t see it, these people need you. In this article, we’ll […]
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Sexual Assault Affects the Female Brain
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), abuse against women, both emotional and physical, creates a huge public health problem that negatively affects a […]
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Is Your Child Sad? How To Prevent Depression in Children
Learning how to prevent depression may be helpful for keeping your children from suffering and helping be more emotionally balanced in the future.We usually […]
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Physiological Effects Of Depression
Depression is a serious mental condition that many people suffer from. A lot of people cannot seem to grasp the extent to which depression […]
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My Kid Is Sad: Symptoms Of Childhood Depression
Depression is a common diagnosis in today’s society. People feel down all the time, due to every day stressors, due to anxiety, due to […]
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How To Overcome Depression After The Loss Of A Loved One
In some cases, depression can be the result of traumatic events, like losing a loved one. These experiences may cause irrational fear, recurring negative […]
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Never Ending Worry: Living With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Feeling nervous and worried is a natural and quite common response to a frightening stimulus. Anxiety is natural even if it brings us discomfort. […]
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Does Socializing Stress You Out? How To Overcome Social Anxiety
Let’s set the scene: It’s peak lunch time and you’re in a hurry before your next class. You usually eat with a few friends, […]
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How to help a loved one live with Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is a neurological deterioration that affects motor skills, but this illness doesn’t stop there. It also causes huge emotional changes that loved […]
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