mental illness

Even in parenthood, narcissists want all the glory for themselves. In most cases, the only scenario where they would be happy to see their children thrive is if they could benefit from it. In other words, narcissistic parents view their…

Anxiety. The way the term is tossed around with such ambivalence you’d think that absolutely everyone was afflicted with anxiety. The reality of actually being diagnosed with anxiety versus using at as a catch-all word for being nervous…

While society is becoming increasingly open-minded to issues of mental illness, bringing up the topic at work can still be an awkward and nervous experience. And when we hear a story about a person brave enough to open up about their…

In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched "The Facebook". Since then the social media that was later renamed Facebook has added billions of users, who, post different types of content every month. It's entertaining, simple to use and allows us to…

Depression is a mental illness that has many faces, its not subjective. Depression can affect anyone, its up to us to recognize the symptoms and seek help. What is high-functioning depression (HFD)? Try and imagine the CEO or…

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in today’s society. Many of our family members and friends are dealing with depression and we may not even know it. Depression plagues the minds of about 350 million individuals…

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has gained a lot of attention recently as more and more of its victims have come into the limelight. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) defines BPD as “a mental illness marked by an…

Recent statistics published by the Mental Health Foundation have shown that more than 450 million people in the entire world are struggling with mental illness. And out of them, ten percent are in the United States alone. Due to an…

Ralph Waldo Emerson once mused, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” What if we could achieve both? As…

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened,” wrote Anatole France. Those who have owned - and truly loved - a pet recognize that doing so forms a bond completely unlike any other. Our pets love us in a way that…