let’s talk about magnesium

Magnesium?? is this not a mental health blog? Yes! and it’ll all come together, don’t worry! 55% of Americans are below their recommended daily allowance (RDA) of magnesium while 20% are significantly below their RDA. Only 25% of Americans are at or above their RDA. Do you drink soda? coffee? caffeine? Are you stressed? Do […]

let’s talk about managing anxiety about severe weather

I’m back and preparing for hurricane Irma. My home in Central Florida is currently predicted to be in the almost direct path, which is extremely nerve-wracking. We all know there is nothing we can do when a storm is on it’s way. What we CAN do is take care of ourselves before, during, and after. […]

I quit my job after 3 weeks and I’ve never had more self-respect

Soooo, its been awhile. A lot has happened and I’ll still be sticking to my usual writing theme, but we’re all going to take a trip together for this one. The whole thing can be summarized by the below GIF, but its story time. Also, for anyone that might want to tell me I should […]

let’s talk about the sliding scale that is mental health

I honestly don’t remember how many people have listed symptoms and asked me if there was “something wrong with them”. Do you make sure you locked your door 3 times before leaving? do you need to click the button to unlock your car twice? Does that mean you have OCD? no The above is just […]

let’s talk about…anything

Hello all, I’ve hit a bit of a writers block and figured I would turn to you! after all, I write for my readers. What do you want to know about? what do you think is interesting in relevance to psychology? Is there a disorder you want to know more about? how the system works? […]

let’s talk about secondary trauma and why you might be at risk

Primary trauma is the trauma you likely think of when you hear the word. It is emotional stress that comes about when a person experiences, witnesses, or confronts a traumatic event. It happened to you. You were there. Secondary trauma is the emotional stress that happens when someone hears about the trauma someone else went […]

let’s talk about neurobiology of trauma

Trauma has many moving parts and while I’ll be providing lots of information, we will only be scratching the surface. This is why I will be splitting it up into at least 3 different posts. When I reference trauma, I’m meaning emotion/psychological trauma. To provide a comprehensive experience, I’m starting with the boring to many, […]

let’s talk about the reality of taking medication for mental illness

*Before I start this, I want to say that the pros outweigh the cons here. We would not be prescribing medications if the results were not worth it.* I don’t really understand why some people think taking medication for an infection and taking medication for mental illness are so different. The reality is this: […]

let’s talk about whatever this is

I came across this post on the all knowing Facebook yesterday and thought “I know what my next topic is.” Ignorant? uneducated? I’ll let you decide. I want to make something very clear here: if you have a chemical imbalance, no amount of “lifestyle change”, drinking more water, eating kale, or “being one with nature” is […]

let’s talk about child psychopathology

I’ve already made a post detailing why intervention and resources are so important in middle and high school. You can read it here. While this age range is still considered “child” I wanted to focus more on preschool and elementary school age children. It is a misconception that toddlers and children in elementary school do not […]

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