Tag Archives: mental health

You may have heard of the term ‘mental breakdown’ or ‘nervous breakdown’. You may even have been guilty of using these terms casually. The term is no longer used as a clinical term anymore by the medical community. And, a nervous breakdown is not considered a mental illness. Instead, it …

Emotional abuse is defined as the continued and deliberate mistreatment of another person by means of psychological aggression, intimidation, coercion, control, and emotional manipulation. Physical abuse is a very pressing social issue being dealt with all over the world today, but very little attention is given to understanding and helping …

It’s Mental Health Awareness month! How is your mental health? And how do you tell whether your mental health is falling apart? Are you prone to suffer from a mental illness? What are the symptoms? What are the key signs of stress affecting mental health? How are you coping with …

Emotional abuse is defined as the repeated degrading of another person’s mental health and well-being through nonphysical actions. Even if a family member, friend, or romantic partner doesn’t get physically violent with you, they could still be emotionally abusing you. Emotional abuse, verbal abuse and psychological abuse are also harder …

An anxious-avoidant relationship is one in which one person has an anxious attachment to another person, who is avoidant. Anxious attachment generally comes from a place of seeking out closeness and intimacy with others. This person tries very hard to avoid rejection and abandonment. On the other hand, the avoidant …

Do you know someone who always seems emotionally closed off? Do your conversations seem repetitive and barely scratch the surface? They might be emotionally distant. Oftentimes, when someone close to us grows emotionally distant, it’s easy for us to blame ourselves and believe that we did something wrong to cause …

6 Signs You Are Emotionally Drained Explainer Video Emotionally Drained – Lets face it the constant 2020/2021 Corona Virus Pandemic Lockdowns have left many people exhausted mentally !! Here are 6 signs to look out for. Feeling mentally drained can affect people from all walks of life. We live in …

Impostor syndrome, or “impostor phenomenon,” is a term that was first used in 1978 by psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes to describe why many high-achieving people felt like impostors in their respective fields. Do you often feel like a fraud or an imposter? Learning about impostor syndrome can help …

An emotional wound is essentially synonymous with emotional trauma or psychological trauma, and the effects of these wounds can be damaging to both your mind and body. They can encompass many experiences, such as heartbreak, domestic emotional abuse, betrayal, and more. Have you had an experience or two that have …

Hey, Psych2goers! This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week! To acknowledge this, we wanted to post a video about melancholic depression to help raise awareness. So, have you heard of the term “Malanchonic Depression”? Today, the DSM recognizes melancholic depression as a subtype of depression rather than a separate diagnosis. …