Let us talk about the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder in eating disorders. After all, we know eating disorders do not exist in a vacuum. In fact, it is highly common for eating disorders to co-occur with a variety of mental health disorders and conditions – generalized...
With almost everyone sheltering in place, working from home, or not working at all, it can be easy to lose focus on the relationship with your spouse. Maybe the two of you were close before and now there is a lot in the way, or maybe you were already living individual lives, and this has...
With all the changes that have been occurring in our environments our minds have entered survival mode. As our community is placed in shelter-in-place, families across the board have had to quickly adjust and get acclimated to many new challenges like working from home, sharing...
The use of social media platforms have skyrocketed within the last decade. It is important that we understand the effects that using social media has on people. Almost all age groups use social media to connect to one another. This use of technology is affecting the way we communicate to...
Stress and anxiety can have an effect on our mind and body. Normally, we sense these emotions somatically through stomach pains, headaches, jaw tightness or other bodily ailments. However, there are many ways we can feel stress and anxiety affecting our mind that is seldom spoken about...
Humans are social beings, we need to be around others to thrive. Each person requires some type of interaction to feel connected, both introverts and extroverts alike. During this shelter in place order. It is important now more than ever that we all work towards finding ways to...
When we feel that we are in a life threatening emergency our bodies begin to respond almost as strongly as our minds. This is due to what we call the fight or flight response. In these moments the mind quickly sends messages to our bodies on how to respond. All systems are included in...
Being vulnerable is not something we allow ourselves to do often. This is mostly due to the fact that many of us are given messages about what this looks like or the dangers of being vulnerable from a young age. Many feel that being vulnerable is...
We are facing much uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented crisis we are learning more about with each passing day. Many of us are following the Shelter at Home response without a clear sense of what to expect. Many are directly affected by the disease...
Our physical health is something we can take for granted. It can feel unsettling when we believe that our physical health is threatened. With all the news reports mentioning how the bay area can easily and swiftly be infected with the new wide spread coronavirus our community is being...
