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Eating Pure or Pure Anxiety? Understanding Orthorexia
Amanda LaMela: If "clean eating" feels more like walking a nutritional tightrope than nurturing your body, the pursuit of wellness might be devolving into an unhealthy obsession. Orthorexia or ‘orthorexia nervosa’ refers to a preoccupation with food purity and the associated restrictive behaviors surrounding consumption. This blog post explores orthorexia and what you can do to support yourself.
Gray Area Drinking: The Overlooked Struggle with Alcohol
Gray area drinking is the in-between area of a healthy relationship with alcohol and an alcohol use disorder, often looked at as social drinking. One still might experience distressing impacts from drinking and what is commonly known as hangxiety the day following a night out. This blog post explores the line between these varying levels of alcohol use, how you can support yourself, and some positive reminders.
Mind Games: How Depression Tricks You into Feeling Unwanted
Amanda LaMela: Depression isn’t just a mood-killer. It can also be a master of psychological sabotage, adept at hijacking your perception of reality. It distorts how you remember and interpret interactions, amplifying feelings of worthlessness or rejection. It even interferes with your ability to accurately perceive speech in noisy social settings, literally making you hear things wrong, like the world's cruelest game of Telephone.
Doomscrolling and Mental Health: How to Break the Cycle of Negative News Consumption
Doomscrolling has been the response of many people feeling a lack of control and fear around the current state of the world. Scrolling through bad news can leave you feeling drained and anxious, as well as exacerbate depression and past traumas. Discover why doomscrolling affects your mental health and what you can do to stop the behavior.
Socially Anxious and Isolated: A Gestalt Approach to the Social Fears
Social anxiety is incredibly common, but is also quite misunderstood. It can feel debilitating and alongside it comes a persistent sense of self-doubt and fear, often leading to more isolation when it comes to getting support. In this blog post, we’ll explore the emotional and psychological processes of social anxiety and how therapy, particularly Gestalt therapy, can provide support.