Height Phobia

Height Phobia

Anxiety

Are you afraid of heights? How afraid? Have you ever wondered if you have a phobia (i.e. an extreme or irrational fear)? This article will explain the difference between a normal fear and a phobia of heights (sometimes called acrophobia), and end with a review of...
Care for Your Mental Health – The Importance of Self-Care

Care for Your Mental Health – The Importance of Self-Care

General

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), mental health includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, act, make choices, and relate to others. Mental health is more than the absence of a mental illness—it’s...
Different ways that holidays affect Mental Health

Different ways that holidays affect Mental Health

Depression, General

The holiday season often brings unwelcome guests — stress and depression. And it’s no wonder. The holidays affect Mental Health often by presenting a dizzying array of demands — cooking meals, shopping, baking, cleaning, and entertaining, to name just a few. In...
Is There Such a Thing as High-Functioning Anxiety?

Is There Such a Thing as High-Functioning Anxiety?

General

Would it surprise you to know that some successful individuals—such as students who always ace their tests, employees who exceed performance expectations, or business people who run very profitable companies—experience high levels of anxiety?  That they feel insecure,...