Tag: anxiety
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Our Founder and Mental Health Advocate Gives TED Talk About Trust
Our founder Daniella Mohazab gave a TEDx talk at the University of Southern California about the malpractice of her gynecologist. The talk was on March 30th, 2018. On the University of Southern California’s campus, Daniella spoke about the importance of listening to victims. Beyond this, she focuses on how we must trust power with caution. ... -
When to Involve Parents Into Your Friends’ Mental Health Discussion
Editor’s note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact the Crisis Text Line by texting “START” to 741741. Here’s a truth you don’t hear everyday: sometimes parents aren’t helpful. Or sometimes it takes some time to accept them as helpful. As teenagers, we have two contradicting feelings toward ... -
No Treatment is for Everyone: My Process to Finding My “Cure”
On August 14, 2017, I was diagnosed with mild depression and severe anxiety by a doctor who had never met me before; a doctor who knew nothing about my experiences or about my feeling; a doctor spent just 15 minutes with me. When I first got my diagnoses I was thrilled! It was as though ... -
Overreactions Impede On Personal Relationships (And How To Fix That)
If I were asked a year ago to describe how I deal with conflict in just three words I could have said, “maturely, fairly and calmly”. If asked the same question today I’d have to answer, “emotionally, dramatically, and irrationally”, or to sum it all up with two words, “I overreact”. Overreacting is responding more ... -
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Student Takes to Bullet Journaling
Two years ago, I graduated from New York University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Individualized Study. I worked at a startup for a year, and when the company was bought out, I was unsure of what my next moves were. A few days later, I was on the couch talking with my roommate about her ...