MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES FOR HOLIDAY STRESS
Article At Glance: The holiday season brings both joy and stress. Specific resources are available for ADHD and Trans communities. Experts recommend several mindfulness apps to manage
Article At Glance: Emotional trauma can affect anyone, regardless of background or age. Emotional Trauma is a result of a stressful event. Supporting a loved one through
Article At Glance: School pressures, friendships, relationships, and self-image concerns often cause anxiety in teens. Increased expectations for grades, college, and extracurriculars add to teens’ stress levels.
Article At a Glance: The Four Horsemen are Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt, and Stonewalling. Each of these behaviors has an antidote that can help improve communication and connection.
Article At Glance: Expecting frequent sex in long-term relationships is unrealistic as priorities and time constraints change. Quickly trying new positions, toys, roleplay, etc., can backfire without
Article At Glance: Stonewalling is a reaction to avoid feeling vulnerable. Try to understand your partner’s underlying emotions. Identify if they are stating thoughts or true feelings.
Article At Glance: Identify and address harmful patterns from past abuse through therapy. Rebuild trust slowly – don’t rush into new relationships. Clarify your values and boundaries.
Article At Glance: Grief brings complex, complicated emotions after losing a loved one. The pain of grief returns intensely, realizing grief becomes a lasting part of life
Article At a Glance: The emotional wheel shows eight core emotions (joy, sadness, anger, fear, etc.) and their subtle variations visually. It helps increase self-awareness by allowing
Article At Glance: Holidays can worsen mental health issues like stress, depression, and loneliness for many people. Set boundaries, prioritize self-care, and stick to budgets. Maintain routines
Article At Glance: Use mindfulness, body awareness, and rhythmic movements to reconnect mind and body. Recognize and reduce stressors like work, relationships, and life events causing numbness.
Article At Glance: The holiday season brings both joy and stress. Specific resources are available for ADHD and Trans communities. Experts recommend several mindfulness apps to manage
Article At a Glance: AI is an emerging technology that often sells itself as an expert resource. Other more traditional and human support options are better suited
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Article At a Glance: Helping professionals have experienced extra stress since the pandemic, and it’s hard to hold others’ pain while you’re living in the same world.
It’s been a stressful few years. Between an ongoing affordability crisis, shifts in national legislation, sky-high gas prices, changes to student loan payments and food stamp qualifications,
Article At a Glance: Joy isn’t an exact science, but it can be found and enhanced through intentional practices. Seeking out joy can strengthen overall wellness by
We live in a stimulating world. Bright lights – above your head and gleaming behind the smartphone in your hand– are all around us; crowds greet us
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Article At Glance: Emotional whiplash involves rapid, unexpected mood changes that can be confusing and tiring. Stress, conflicts, or sudden changes often trigger these intense emotional shifts.
Article At a Glance: Learned helplessness is when people feel they can’t change difficult situations, leading to hopelessness. Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness are often linked, especially