Now a 26-year-old college student working on earning her master's degree in social work, Emily remembers her parents commenting constantly on her "moodiness" as a teenager. Emily began experiencing extreme mood swings around the time she entered high school. One week she would feel euphoric and invincible. The next ... Read More
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How Neurofeedback Therapy Is Helping First Responders with PTSD
First responders include police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers and others who assume the role of being on the front line of emergency situations. Unless an individual is in a crisis, it’s easy to take these services for granted. Little thought is given to how working through these high-stress and ... Read More
Living with Someone Who Has PTSD – What to Know
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, develops after an individual experiences a traumatic event. Recent research Indicates PTSD is becoming increasingly common. According to the National Center for PTSD, 60% of Americans will experience the disorder during their lifetimes. Living with PTSD can affect the person's ... Read More
Anxiety Disorder Treatment
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately one-third of adults and adolescents in the United States will experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Of these individuals, only 36.9% receive treatment for their condition. Maybe they don't know if anxiety can be treated, how it's treated, ... Read More
How to Plan Ahead for Potential Triggers in Early Recovery
Whether you are new to recovery or a veteran of this new lifestyle... it would be fair to say that you have most likely explored the idea of having to face triggers in sobriety. If you're anything like me, those intrusive thoughts kept me fearful that I would forever live a boring sober life once I left FHE Health. I ... Read More
Trouble Sleeping, Constant Fatigue and Other Signs of an Anxiety Disorder
We've all had those weeks when we feel overly tired, can't sleep, and feel down but aren't entirely sure why. There's a looming feeling of unease, but there doesn't seem to be a source. Then, a vicious cycle of sleep anxiety takes over. An individual can't sleep, which makes them anxious, and that anxiety causes more ... Read More
Achieving Happiness While Living with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders
Navigating through my unrelenting drug/alcohol addiction has been quite a daunting task, but not nearly as intimidating as facing my co-occurring PTSD, anxiety, and depression disorders. Before getting sober, I never really considered the glaring symptoms of my untreated mental health disorders. Looking back to try and ... Read More
How One Man Recognized His Symptoms of BPD and Got Help
At first, Tyler didn't identify his symptoms of BPD. He blew off his depression and anxiety because life was just kicking him around: he had personal relationships going wrong and feared that his boss would fire him. Tyler was also angry all the time, but he decided that it must have been because of stress or sleep ... Read More
