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I Just Feel Anxious! What Do I Do?
By
Linda Mintle
Sometimes anxiety hits and we don’t know why. We just feel anxious. But something is going on in your body that could be causing an anxious feeling. Your autonomic nervous system is constantly surveilling the environment and looking for safety or threat. If threat is detected that part of your nervous system activates and can…
Understanding People Who Cut
By
Linda Mintle
Sarah is doing something her family has a hard time understanding. She is harming herself by regularly cutting on her thighs and arms. College adjustment has been difficult and she finds herself among the approximately 15% of college students who engage in self-harm at least once. For teens, the numbers (35%.) are even higher. Talking with Sarah,…
5 Ways to Turn a Bad Day Around
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Linda Mintle
I have my cup of coffee and ready to face the new day. I opened my email and saw a rejection notice from a proposal I submitted. That immediately put me in a bad mood. Who likes rejection? Look, it doesn’t take much for some of us to go from good to bad when it…
Understanding the Suicidal Person
By
Linda Mintle
Sadly, it seems every week we hear about someone in the news who has died by suicide. Suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States (CDC). Young, old…suicide doesn’t discriminate. Yet, suicide is preventable. Why do so many people feel hopeless and despairing? We know mental illness…
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