We’ve all been there. You struggled to stay awake while watching your favorite Netflix show only an hour ago. Now that you’re all tucked in nice and cozy, you’re eyelids spring open and your mind begins to race. Without the distraction of the TV to...
Anxiety and panic can be scary when unexpected, the same goes for dissociative symptoms like daydreaming, feeling floaty, or “checking out.” Often we are told to take deep breaths and just come back to the present moment when experiencing something like this, but there are...
According to the International OCD Foundation, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ( OCD ) is “a mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and walks of life, and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive...
When you live with an anxiety disorder, any moment can become one that creates a slow-rising panic within you. Life is normal one second and the next, you feel your chest tighten and your heart begin to race. You may begin to hyperfocus on future...