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Anxiety and depression are separate mental health disorders but are intimately connected. Having an anxiety disorder is the strongest predictor that an individual will develop depression. Nearly one-half of individuals who have been diagnosed with depression will also experience a... Read more
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences”. Stigma is defined as the shame and negative perceptions that an individual or society holds against a particular circumstance, quality, or... Read more
Trauma is the Greek word for “wound” and the Merriam Webster definition of trauma is: A: an injury (such as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent B: a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe... Read more
“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we... Read more
