What is Avoidant Personality Disorder? Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) is a real and serious mood disorder. Most of AVPD is caused by trauma. Some of the key ways to tell if you have avoidant personality disorder is: continued feelings of inadequacy extreme fear of being rejected, ridiculed, disliked or criticized feeling socially inept or awkward even…

We all want to be happy. But many of us think happiness is out of our reach, beyond our control. That if you want to be happy you have to work really hard for it. But that’s not true. Being happy doesn’t always take a lot of work. It can come from simply being in the…

Your crown chakra is important when it comes to depression. If your crown chakra is out of balance, depression is one of the side effects. The crown chakra The crown chakra connects you to higher levels of consciousness. It helps you to go beyond your busy mind and be one with the divine energy. Physically,…

  Clutter impacts your mental health. The impact of hoarding on your mental health is that it causes parts of your brain that deal with pain and conflict to go berserk. Instead of leading a life that feels positive and calm, hoarders feel psychological pain. The hoarder’s brain A hoarder’s brain sparks into action when he…

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