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Kate White writes about what living with anxiety is like. Natasha Tracy shares her experiences with bipolar disorder. New HealthyPlace blogger Jack Smith writes about life with depression. And last year Rachel McCarthy James joined us on the HealthyPlace Mental … Continue reading
My son struggles with moderate anxiety from time to time. In turn, I struggle with knowing how best to help him. When I read Angela McClanahan’s blog on parenting a child with a mental illness, I feel renewed gratitude for … Continue reading
Sometimes PTSD is pretty cut and dry. There are obvious causes like combat, a plane wreck or car crash. Experiences like rape or witnessing death can also be causes that are well-known. What happens when you have the symptoms but … Continue reading
Living with a chronic, serious, or terminal illness is tough. It is life altering and with it often comes a lot of emotional stress. Issues like depression, anxiety, isolation and helplessness are common to experience. Our guest, Dr. Ann Becker-Schutte, … Continue reading
Traumatic experience of many kinds, as well as repeated exposure to trauma, can lead to PTSD. Our guest, Michele Rosenthal, experienced a very traumatic event at the age of 13 and lived 24 years before a diagnosis with PTSD helped … Continue reading
Many years ago, I took a prescription drug that had an intolerable side-effect: severe anxiety. I couldn’t sit still. I couldn’t concentrate. I felt like I was coming out of my skin. After about six weeks I couldn’t stand it … Continue reading
When my son was born in 1998, I was warned at the hospital that my hormones were fluctuating, and I might therefore experience some sadness over the following several days. But I fought for over a year to regain some … Continue reading
Katie Rios developed acne at 11-years-old and started picking at her skin. Ten years later, Katie still struggles with what she now knows is dermatillomania. An impulse control disorder marked by secrecy, compulsive skin picking holds sufferers hostage in a … Continue reading
Years ago I worked for a pharmacist who had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I only spent about 20 hours a month with him and didn’t immediately notice the struggle he lived with every day. But by the time he was snatching … Continue reading
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. The general public used to associate PTSD with soldiers in war zones. Now we know that anyone who has been in or witnessed a consistently highly stressful, traumatic or life-threatening situation can develop PTSD. Life for … Continue reading
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