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Our brains have an entire pathway designed specifically to process, store, and ultimately fade/weaken any difficult event. It’s why you often do not remember or dwell on a hard week at work, a stressful argument, or an embarrassing moment from months and years in the past. While they feel significant in the moment, they soften […]

Children and adults with ADHD are significantly more likely to experience anxiety than those without it. Studies put the overlap at somewhere between 30 and 50 percent. For a substantial portion of people with ADHD, anxiety isn’t a separate, coincidental condition — it’s part of the same picture. The two are so frequently found together

Most people think of social anxiety as shyness. The quiet person at the party who stands near the wall. The kid in school who never raised their hand. That framing captures something real, but it misses most of what social anxiety disorder actually is — and it’s one of the main reasons so many adults

Most people expect grief to look a certain way. Tears, heaviness, a profound sense of loss that’s impossible to miss. For many people, that’s exactly how it shows up — and they recognize it for what it is. For others, grief arrives in disguise. It looks like anger that comes out of nowhere. It looks

Many children with ADHD go on to lead incredible lives. But one of the best ways to improve outcomes is to identify resources that can help your child adapt to a neurotypical world. As parents, there’s only so much you can do. You also need to know that, when your child is outside of your

Your teenager comes home from school. You ask how their day was. “Fine,” they say. But their shoulders are tense, they head straight to their room, and you don’t see them again until dinner. At dinner, they’re quiet, picking at their food. You ask if something happened. “Nothing. I’m fine.” They’re not fine. You know

Perimenopause is the transitional period leading up to menopause, typically beginning in a woman’s 40s but sometimes starting as early as the mid-30s. During this time, hormone levels – particularly estrogen and progesterone – fluctuate unpredictably, creating physical and emotional changes that can last anywhere from a few months to over a decade. Most people

When most people think about bullying, they picture the scenarios we see in movies: a bigger kid stealing lunch money, shoving someone into a locker, or publicly humiliating a classmate in the cafeteria. These images are often based on middle school and high school dynamics, where bullying can be overt, aggressive, and sometimes even physically

Trauma-related mental health conditions, such as PTSD, can be challenging both to live with and to treat. That is why, when a therapy is shown to be effective, it represents an important advancement in care. EMDR is one such treatment – shown to be highly effective for addressing trauma. What is particularly interesting about EMDR

One of the reasons many people choose not to seek therapy is because they think their anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenge is “not as bad” as others. In fact, many worry that they’ll go to a therapist, the therapist will tell them they’re fine, and then they won’t get any help. For those