Non epileptic seizures are seizures from psychological or emotional distress. Therefore, the origin of this disorder is not physical like epilepsy. This is important to differentiate because the treatment course will be different. Often…

Isolating yourself for personal growth may seem from the outside that you’re depressed — less socializing, more sleep — however, the intention is different. This is a personal choice to have peace and quiet... It’s because you’re tired of living the same way and you’re doing internal investigation to make lasting change...

When you feel triggered, your instinct might be to push yourself with a high-intensity workout to blow off steam. But this approach may not always be the best, especially if you’re already feeling overwhelmed. Instead, low-intensity strength training can...

Your level of nervousness is more than psychological—it’s also physiological. There’s a reason why it’s called your nervous system. Anxiety, paranoia, and any level of nervousness affects your heart rate, blood pressure and rate of breathing. Think of the phrase “you’re raising my blood pressure” or “you’re making my blood boil.” It speaks to the truth of emotions directly being tied to your body’s response to stress.

We often are the hardest on ourselves. Being self-aware and accountable for the things we do wrong is necessary for our growth. However, when we beat ourselves up when we’re already down, it keeps us down. At times it can be a defense mechanism to avoid the hard things and...

Emotional health often connotes privilege and luxury. Minorities especially, or those from older generations were encouraged to ignore our emotions or simply get over them. When we consider the term health, it’s simply not a priority to most. The goal isn’t to become a victim, but rather to build better capacity to manage emotions rather than simply ignore them…

This is for all the people that don’t talk about the things that they bottle up inside themselves - and don’t know how to or don’t want to. That way of being however, makes the feeling only bigger. So what are you avoiding…