Conditions and Illnesses

Depression is a serious mental health disorder that can significantly impact a person's daily life, relationships, and overall functioning. It goes beyond just feeling "a bit down" and it can make you feel unmotivated, produce negative thoughts, and make necessities in life seem pointless. Depression rates have reached an all-time…

It’s difficult to believe that a person can split into more than one personality on a given day, but it happens for people living with Multiple Personality Disorder. What causes a person to have a split personality? This post will help you understand Dissociative Identity Disorder, its possible causes, signs…

Should you use medical marijuana as a treatment for mental health issues? The answer to that question depends on which medical professional you ask. While medical marijuana is illegal at the federal level, as of April 2023, it’s legal in 38 states, plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana…

A religious community is meant to be a safe environment full of people who share the same beliefs and love one another according to those beliefs. But for some people, their religious community and house of worship are anything but safe. Some people experience abuse and emotional damage in the…

Do you have an uncontrollable relationship with food, obsess about your body image or weight, or feel anxious about eating certain foods? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might have an eating disorder. Eating disorders can impair your physical, psychological, and social functioning and diminish your…

Disordered eating is not an eating disorder, per se, but an abnormal eating behavior that can become dangerous if not addressed. Many people obsess over healthy eating. We label certain foods as good and others as bad, count calories, celebrate weight loss, and use certain foods as rewards. Often this…

Binge eating is an eating disorder where a person has a pattern of intentionally and regularly eating large amounts of food to the point of discomfort at least once a week for at least three months. Binges are the rapid consumption of abnormally large amounts of food followed by feelings…