Key Takeaways (TL;DR): Benefits: AI chatbots are helpful add-ons for learning coping skills, managing mild stress, and getting 24/7 mental health education. Risks: Bots lack human empathy and cannot safely handle mental health crises or complex trauma. Privacy Gap: Most AI tools are not HIPAA-protected, meaning your data may…
Key Takeaways (TL;DR) Anxiety is a natural survival response, but when it’s persistent and overwhelming, it can become disruptive to daily life. Some symptoms of anxiety include: constant worry, physical tension, trouble concentrating, and sleep issues. Causes may include: genetics, brain chemistry, personality, trauma, and/or learned behavior. Treatment options…
What Is Depression? The well-being of your mind and body are interconnected and dependent on one another. When your body feels sick, your mood and mental capabilities are affected; likewise, mental health greatly affects the physical health of your body. Depression impacts how your mind and body feel…
In previous generations, parents didn’t have to deal with managing their children’s screen time. Back in the mid 1990s, having a “portable electronic device” meant owning a Walkman or Game Boy, and at that time, only 14% of American adults had internet access (and that was through…
Social media has been a hot topic for several years now with parents, schools, policy makers, tech companies, and others joining the conversation and weighing in about benefits and risks. The impact of social media on children’s developing brains is continually researched and debated. There are both positive and negative…
In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of celebrities talking openly about their mental health challenges. Actors, athletes, and social media personalities are sharing their diagnoses and the ways that depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other psychological problems have impacted their lives. Individuals with…
Navigating stressful situations is a part of life for everyone. It’s how our bodies react when we perceive danger in our environment. But the more you know about how to neutralize stress, the better prepared you’ll be to cope when it hits. In this post, we’ll discuss what happens to…
If you work hard to stay organized but never seem to be able to get it together; if social situations that seem easy for others frequently end in blunders for you; or if you’ve always had the feeling that you’re just not quite like everyone else, you might be neurodivergent.
The Seattle Times calls it the Big Dark. To the rest of us it’s just winter. But whatever you call the five months of the year when cloudy days end with the sun setting before 5:00 pm, the lack of sunlight can be hard to live with. Lots of people…
We know that regular physical activity can help us lose weight by burning fat and strengthening our muscles, but how does exercise affect the brain? In this post, we’ll examine the connection between exercise and the mind, discuss what happens chemically to our brains when we’re physically active; learn how…
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