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What Happens To Your Brain When You Quit Social Media

Social media often feels like a double edged sword. While it can foster a sense of connection and quickens communication, it can also promote feelings of insecurity, isolation, and divisiveness. Most discussions over social media usage concern its effects on our mental health. Studies have found that quitting social media can reduce stress hormone production …

Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Disorder

Dismissive attachment disorder is essentially the opposite of an anxiety attachment disorder. Dr. Silvi Saxena describes it as “independence to an extreme, not asking for help, setting a lot of boundaries, withdrawing from their partner when getting too close.” People who have dismissive attachment disorder often try to avoid forming an emotional connection or closeness …

Languishing

If you’ve been feeling restless, apathetic, or emotionally empty lately, you may be experiencing something doctors call “languishing.” Languishing is described as an emotional state of limbo, aimlessness, and low mood, which can last for a long time, with the possibility of ultimately leading to anxiety or depression. Many people may have experienced or have …

Fantastic Fungi

One of Dr. Locke’s favorite recent watches, Fantastic Fungi is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Louie Schwartzberg. Told through stunning shoots, fascinating details, and intricate time lapses, the documentary works to show how fungi support, destroy, and create life. It explores both the mysterious, mythical, and medicinal world of fungi and the way …

Emotional Safety Nets for Men?

Though mental illness has never discriminated, men typically find it more difficult to talk about their problems than women do, often influenced by societal pressures to remain silent. Men suffer from anxiety and depression far more than we realize, but often mask it behind greater anger, substance abuse, and risky behaviors. This often leads to …

Celebrities with Depression

Even for celebrities always in the limelight, they’ve found that “depression never discriminates.” It can happen to anyone and even when the world is looking at you and doesn’t see it, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. These 19 celebrities, including Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Michael Phelps, Jim Carrey, and Dwayne Johnson, are just a …

The Psychiatrist Will See You…Online

The ongoing pandemic has forced many medical clinics and therapists to shift to online appointments, but for some, this hasn’t been such a bad thing. This New York Times article outlines the journey of telemedicine. For years, experts have been saying that psychotherapy has been set to go virtual, and this year, their prediction has …