Have you ever been extremely angry at a friend but instead of confronting them about it, decided to ignore your own feelings? Maybe you find yourself getting bitter about what…
Cognitive Healing Posts
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is classified as a mental health disorder that causes impulsive behavior and an inability to pay attention for prolonged periods. While it mostly affects children, more…
Chronic pain affects over 20% of the US population. It can significantly reduce your mobility and functionality, and lowers your quality of life. The good news is, there are ways…
Do you avoid going up to your office building’s roof, even when the weather’s great outside and your colleagues are all heading up? Is riding a rollercoaster the last thing…
Up to 8 million adults experience post-traumatic stress disorder annually. A traumatic episode or injury can cause one to develop this psychological disorder which can have lifelong effects. How can you…
Do you struggle with expressing your feelings even to your close friends? Many individuals have a phobia of expressing their emotions. This makes it difficult for them to effectively communicate…
Human beings experience a range of emotions. From being cheerful, excited, and elated, to experiencing anger, fear, and despair; we feel all kinds of emotions. In fact, a study has…
The grief of losing someone you love can be an intense emotion to deal with. Most of us can relate to the overwhelming sadness of a friend losing a parent, a grandparent or sibling. But when something like that happens to us, we realize the impact it has on our emotions.
Dealing with our own emotions alone and ones of those close to us can drain us of energy. It can be exhausting, difficult, harsh, and can even sometimes affect our ability to function properly.
Even though going through these emotions is all part of the grieving process and is completely natural, it can get so intense that it starts affecting our mental health and sanity. This is where seeking professional help is a good idea.
If you’ve ever wondered what that annoying condition that makes you pick and nick and scratch and claw at your skin is called—here you go: Dermdatillomania. Most people call it the skin-picking disorder or excoriation disorder. Every 1 in 20 people has it, and it’s tagged under compulsive behaviors known as the BFRBs: the Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors.
People who have this disorder have the unstoppable compulsion to scratch or pick at their skin with fingernails or sharp tools such as pencil nibs and scissors. The result is wounds and scars that can last a lifetime.
50,000–70,000. That’s the number of thoughts you have in a single day. And you don’t have to be an Einstein or a Tesla either—it’s the number of thoughts an average…