I have several mental health conditions, and because of that, I have some unhealthy coping “skills” like compulsive shopping, binge eating, cutting myself and high impulsivity. I still struggle with ...

Many survivors of abuse blame themselves for "missing the signs." But when abuse was normalized in childhood, harmful ...

For millions of students worldwide, examination periods are not just academic hurdles. They can be major psychological stressors. As exams approach, tensions rise at home and in schools, with students ...

Thanks to child psychologists ,Dr. Rachel Fein and Claire Lerner, LCSW-C, we're diving deeper into what that looks like. They not only cover which coping mechanisms you , but they also explain what ...

While we may have heard that it’s important to treat ourselves with kindness, sometimes this is easier said than done, especially when we’re under stress. When we’re facing challenging circumstances, ...

I slowly opened my eyes to see two women bent down, looking at me with concern. I’d collapsed in an alley after drinking myself into oblivion and was now lying with my bodily fluids. I could’ve been ...

When I was a child, my family had some very unhealthy eating habits. My parents received these from their parents, who probably got them from their parents, and so on. And though my parents tried ...