by Breaking Taboo | Jul 3, 2025 | General Mental Health, Other mental illness
Up to 95% of adolescents, ages 13-17 years old, report using a social media platform, with more than a third saying that they use social media almost constantly [1]. Social media has become a large part of our lives, and the way it impacts the youth has become a huge...
by siteadmin | May 17, 2025 | Articles, General Mental Health
In contemporary culture, there are many subgenres and niches available for consumption online. Information now being so readily available has produced a new wave of awareness for young people. Concepts that were once reserved for strictly academic contexts now run...
by Breaking Taboo | Nov 30, 2023 | Anxiety, Articles, Bipolar, Depression, General Mental Health
Mood swings during stressful times are natural, but those living with a mood disorder like bipolar (BP) or personality disorder like borderline (BPD) have extreme, erratic, and sometimes irrational changes in their mental state. A lot of symptoms overlap, but these...
by Mona Saii | Sep 1, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health, Wellbeing
It seems evident that the depth that individuals feel and emotionally respond toward stimuli ebbs and flows. Consider, for example, how a person experiences deep elation and joy when listening to their favorite song yet later experiences a dulled affective response...
by Serena Sun | Aug 21, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health
Mental Health IS health. I’ve always said that, because it’s the truth. We can’t separate the two. Just like physical health IS health, mental health is health. I could actually argue that mental health might be even more so, since every single function in our body...
by Anna Mikel | Jun 22, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health
Among the many health disparities, a glaring one is the higher rate of mental health disorders in people who identify as part of the LGBTQI+ community. Widespread social and political discrimination have caused disproportionately high rates of poverty, homelessness,...
