Bipolar Disorder affects high functioning people too
Bipolar Disorder is characterized by a tendency to experience distinct episodes of mania or hypomania and sometimes episodes of depression.
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3 Ways to Cope with Extreme Emotions
How to Cope with Extreme Emotions
As humans, we are emotional beings. We all experience different emotions in our day to day lives. Happiness, anger, joy, jealousy, and guilt follow naturally when certain events occur in our lives.
Many of us, however, are quick to feel emotions more intensely than others. Emotions seem to hit hard and occur more frequently adding more stress to any given...
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Research shows mindfulness can actually change the brain’s grey matter and reactivate how we respond to emotions. It promotes greater consciousness
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All orphaned children have experienced traumatic loss on some level. When dealing with and trying to understand loss, it is essential for parents and caregivers of kids from “hard places” (i.e., kids who have experienced neglect, abuse, trauma) to understand the psycho-social issues associated with the loss of a parent or caregiver. It is common for kids who have experienced traumatic loss to...
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If you have experienced a life-threatening event which caused you to feel horrified, terrified, and/or helpless you are not alone. The painful…
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One common fallacy about ADHD is that high functioning adults can’t possibly have ADHD. Many people assume that adults with ADHD are incapable of…
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