“Detaching with love” is a popular phrase in codependency recovery and most spiritual growth. The act of detachment is frequently misunderstood. Detaching is not the same as abandoning or walking away. For codependents, taking space of any kind can feel like moving across the world. People with an attached personality to others are uncomfortable with
Anxiety is a worst case fear gone worse. As a mental health dysfunction, anxiety is the way that fears become worse fears, built upon even worse fears. Labeled as worry warts, fearful, and other characterizations, people who are anxious can’t actually regulate the way they experience fear. Like an instantaneous snowball, one small lightning
Steph Gaudreau is a weight lifter and has been through a journey of body dysmorphic recovery. Recently, she took to Self magazine online to share some her disturbing and frustrating experiences posting pictures of herself online. As someone with body dysmorphia, she has been on both sides of health and fitness, from extreme obsession to
Asking for help is a tremendous start to a series of life changing events. You do not have to live in pain or continue to suffer. Help is available. When Is Too Late? It’s hard to discuss timing being “too late” in seeking help for mental health issues. What constitutes too late? An emotional
Obsessive compulsive disorder is the combination of unwanted, repetitive, intrusive obsessive thinking coupled with often unwanted, repetitive, and sometimes intrusive compulsive behaviors. The compulsive behaviors of OCD are a way to cope with the obsessive thinking. Similarly, the obsessive thinking typically dictates the compulsive behaviors. For example, “If I don’t spend 32 minutes exactly
Mental signs Of A Panic Attack Panic is not always attached to a trigger. Often, people experience panic attacks as a reaction to stress of some kind. More specifically, it is a mounting stress which has been building for some time. For those diagnosed with panic disorder, panic attacks can occur seemingly spontaneously without a
LEAD Recovery Center offers transitional care and treatment for self-harming behaviors. This article could be triggering for you. If you are in need of immediate support for self-harm, please reach out to the Crisis text Line by texting “START” to 741-741. What makes one day without self-harm different? A similar question could be asked
Bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder characterized by shifting episodes of mania and depression. Frequently, bipolar is co-occurring with alcoholism and drug addiction, in addition to other harmful compulsive behaviors. Bipolar Depression Depression in bipolar compared to generalized depression disorders have most things in common. While people with clinical depression experience stages of
Parents are the greatest source of support for a loved one in recovery. Being the provider, the cheerleader, the authority, and many other roles gets exhausting. These are some of the things parents should know their loved one in recovery feels when it goes unsaid. Your Efforts Don’t Go Unrecognized You make phone calls,
Video game addiction is not a classified addiction according to psychological professionals and scientific researchers. For the many people who experience the obsessive and compulsive need to play video games, feeling out of control of their ability to stop, the term ‘addiction’ seems adequate. Defined addictions like gambling addiction, alcohol addiction, and drug and addiction,
