Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that results from your body’s reaction to a traumatic event. Many people experience traumatic events that result in symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, and intense anxiety. These will usually subside in less than one month. But if symptoms persist for longer…
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or experiencing a traumatic event, can make you feel alone or hopeless. You may also find it hard to function in day-to-day activities because your symptoms can appear without warning or apparent cause. Here's some information about how to live with PTSD. What is PTSD? PTSD…
Cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, is an evidence-based form of psychotherapy (‘talk therapy”). Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and the reciprocal relationships among the three. Thoughts affect behaviors and feelings, behaviors affect thoughts and feelings, and feelings affect behaviors and thoughts. Altering one will modify another. CBT can…
As humans have evolved over the years, their beliefs regarding health, safety, and psychological wellbeing have continuously grown. Most notably, the views related to child abuse and mental health have seen major developments in recent decades. Historical child abuse Thousands of years ago, what we now refer to as child…