Category Archives: Exercise

Understanding Avoidant Personality Disorder | The Exhausted Woman

Avoidant Personality Disorder In a social media rich environment where a person is frequently overexposed, those with Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) are a welcome change. APD pretty much sums up the disorder in …

Secret aid worker: your stories of mental health, PTSD and burnout …

Stress, PTSD, and general mental wellbeing are serious challenges for aid workers. Here are some of the stories you've shared recently.

Identifying Borderline Personality Disorder in a Friend or Loved One …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood, wrongly-diagnosed mental illnesses. It affects an estimated 14 million Americans, or 5.9 percent of all adults. That means more people suffer from BPD …

Living with Panic Attacks | Psych Central

She defined a panic attack as the brain, suddenly and out of the blue, engaging the emergency response program like it would if you're in serious danger. “[This] would be great except that it happens in the absence

My Battles with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and …

I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed the summer before my freshman year in high school, though I likely dealt with one or both illnesses for most of my life to that point.