How Social Media Can Exacerbate Perfectionism
Perfectionism is not a positive trait and it has one major flaw. Perfection does not exist. But try telling that to someone as they scroll their social media accounts.
What to Do If Your Career Choice Has You Depressed
Everyone has had some lousy jobs in their life. They can provide fun stories later in your life. But what if the problem is not a specific job?
Anxious About Your Upcoming Nuptials? Here's How to Manage
Everyone tells you it’s going to be the happiest day of your life. At some point, that line may feel like a whole lot of pressure. Who could possibly live up to such expectations?
Tips for Managing Your Mental Health If You Work in a Highly Competitive Industry
Sure, many of those who toil in a highly competitive industry reap financial rewards. However, there often is a price to pay. Chronic stress can result in mental health issues ranging from burnout to depression and beyond.
What's Happening in the Brain When You Experience Anxiety?
You can experience sustained anxiety in your life but do not know why. In an ideal scenario, anxiety serves to warn us of potentially risky situations. However, there are times when our bodies kick into survival mode even when no valid reason exists.
Is Depression Hereditary?
The answer is not as straightforward as you may have thought. There are plenty of factors that combine to create “depression” in an individual.
Is Major Depression Permanent?
Like almost anything in life, there are degrees of severity to depression. Some people may only feel blue every once in a while and others may have a daily impact of depression. On the furthest end of the scale lies major depression, a persistent and penetrating form of depression.
How Can You Tell You're Stressed as a Highly Successful Person?
When you are highly successful, you want to give the appearance that you have everything under control. But when you are juggling different projects and tasks, it is very easy to get caught up in your stress.
How to Cope with Work-Related Anxiety
Whether you love your job or simply feel indifferent about it, there are plenty of aspects of having a job that can create feelings of anxiety.
3 Tips for Finding the Courage to Open Up About Depression and Anxiety to Your Partner
If you live with anxiety, depression, or a combination of the two, then you know just how impossible life can seem. Even the smallest of tasks can seem almost impossible when you are struggling with your mental health—including opening up to your partner about your struggles.
How to Own Vulnerability When You're Highly Successful
Sometimes, our ego gets in the way of asking for help when we need it. We may prevent ourselves from achieving new heights because we think we are protecting ourselves. But, by practicing vulnerability, you can accomplish so much more.
The Hidden Cost of Just Working Through Your Pain
Emotional pain is real and it is painful. Sometimes, emotional pain can be just as hurtful as physical pain. Emotional pain can come from a lot of different places, including relationships, a painful loss, or witnessing something traumatic.
What Causes Perfectionism?
When first thinking about it, you may not see any error with being a perfectionist. However, there are serious differences between trying your best and trying for perfection.
Communicating Your Depression and Anxiety To a Partner
At the best of times, struggling with anxiety and depression can feel like a war inside your mind. Explaining these feelings to the people in your life can heighten these feelings, making it feel almost impossible.
How Long Does Depression Last?
We have all had the blues before. While these feelings are real and valid, depression goes much deeper than a momentary wave of sadness.
Managing the Stress of Success
You may think that once you reach a certain level of success, stress can no longer affect your life. Unfortunately, this line of thinking is not true.
How to Mitigate Anxious Thoughts
Feeling anxious all the time can take a serious toll on your quality of life. Rather than suffering in silence, take action against your anxious thoughts.
What Are Common Signs of Depression in Men?
One of the biggest obstacles when it comes to recognizing depression in men is understanding how it manifests. Contrary to popular belief, men show different traits of being depressed than women.
Taking a Closer Look at the Mental Health Stigma of Wall Street
Working in finance can come with great reward, but what's the cost? The work is sometimes grueling, but you have a nice paycheck. You get into your office before the sun rises and leave well after it sets. Your job is perhaps the most important thing in your life.
The Hard-Hitting Mental Health Effects of Perfectionism
In theory, we've all wanted to be perfect at some point. In actuality, being perfect is an unattainable goal, a milestone that will always just seem to slip out of your fingers. Perfection can never truly be reached.