Postpartum anxiety, while less talked about than postpartum depression, is still a pervasive issue. It’s the feelings of anxiety, worry, and dread that can arise after having a baby. These worries can manifest as preoccupations and become as serious as recurring panic attacks.

It’s impossible to escape social media nowadays. So much of our lives have become entwined with it—we shop, talk to friends and family, and creatively express and promote ourselves online. However, researchers are now finding the many complex links between social media use and mental health issues, particularly eating disorders.

It’s easy to distract ourselves nowadays. Whenever we’re bored, we can just scroll on our phones or stream something new on television. Over time, this can make us feel flattened out—there are neither the highs of achieving something we love nor the lows that push us to try harder. This makes it hard to know what we truly enjoy doing.

If you’ve been living with anxiety, you might be wondering which therapeutic approach is right for you. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most common therapies for problems like depression, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse, and other mental health issues. As an older therapy, it has a wealth of scientific backing proving its effectiveness. Here are four ways CBT has been shown to help manage anxiety.

It’s normal for kids to be a bit shy. In fact, it can just be a phase many children grow out of. But if your child is consistently avoiding participating in school, skipping friend hangouts, or worries people will make fun of them, they may have social anxiety. Here’s what social anxiety is, what it looks like, and how to cope.

Everyone knows caring for a newborn is hard, even in normal circumstances. But for millions of women around the world, postpartum depression (PPD) makes the time after childbirth even more difficult. Knowing how PPD looks and feels is the most important step in getting help. With proper treatment and care, a new mother can feel healthy and emotionally stable again.

While we talk a lot about therapy and medication as treatments for depression, there’s not as much discussion of treatments you can take into your own hands. While medication is one of the most reliable and effective treatments for the chemical imbalances that can cause depression, there are other ways of looking after your mental health that can alleviate depression’s symptoms.

Grief doesn’t discriminate. Children, just like adults, can experience devastating loss and its difficult emotional journey. However, unlike adults, kids struggle to express their feelings openly. As caregivers, parents, or educators, recognizing the signs of grief in children is the first step in supporting them as they cope with these complicated emotions.

Our culture glorifies high achievements. Many people see perfectionists as hard workers with enviable traits. But perfectionism can lead to impossible-to-achieve standards, which take a toll on the perfectionist’s mental and physical health. Here’s why perfectionism is damaging to your mental health and how understanding and addressing it is a crucial step towards healing your inner voice.

Substance abuse is an all too prevalent issue that affects millions of people worldwide. People struggling with substance abuse often experience devastating consequences, losing everything from friendships to jobs to their lives.

For years, therapists have been calling substance abuse a “family disease.” While it seems obvious to focus on the person struggling with substance abuse, everyone is harmed by addiction. Family dynamics and traumas associated with substance abuse are varied and complex. Understanding how substance abuse hurts families is an important step in recovery.

We tend to think of anxiety as being high-energy: nervous, on edge, irritable. Depression, on the other hand, is low-energy: down, sluggish, fatigued. But even though anxiety and depression seem different on paper, they’re actually intertwined.

If you’ve been living with unprocessed trauma, you might not know how to get started healing. After all, there are so many approaches to therapy that it’s hard to know which to choose from.

Eating disorders in teens are far too common. Studies show that up to 10% of people will develop an eating disorder at any point in their life, and the rates of eating disorders in adolescents doubled after the onset of the pandemic.

Puberty is a tough time. Your teenager’s brain and body are changing rapidly, and they’re trying to adjust to fluctuating hormones, new responsibilities, and big emotions. It’s no wonder that anxiety among teens is very common. If your teen has been struggling with excessive worrying, feeling overwhelmed, or having trouble sleeping, you should learn the best ways to support them. Here are several tips for parenting your anxious teen.

Depression isn’t adults-only. As a parent, worrying about your kid’s mental health is normal since they’re vulnerable to depressive episodes, too. If you’re wondering whether your child is depressed, you’re not alone. Signs of depression in children can be harder to spot than in adults, especially since they can have difficulty discussing their feelings.

You’ve seen it in movies: the girl gets dumped and eats a tub of ice cream while crying. Someone accuses the overweight character of “eating their feelings.” But emotional eating isn’t just a plot point in Hollywood. Emotional eating is using food to calm or distract from emotions like stress, sadness, and pain.

Eating disorders have devastating consequences. They can permanently damage the brain and body. In fact, they’re one of the deadliest mental illnesses—getting help is the most important thing you can do. While it’s a long journey, healing is possible.

In a world where a wide range of substances are easily accessible, including alcohol, prescription, and recreational drugs, the line between responsible usage and abusive behavior can get blurry. Many people indulge in these substances occasionally for relaxation, socializing, or pain management.

The pandemic affected pretty much every aspect of our lives, and researchers are still studying the extent of its damage. In addition to the effects on the body such as heart issues and chronic conditions, COVID severely impacted people’s mental health. Studies are beginning to show just how harmful COVID has been for those suffering with eating disorders.