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According to the CDC, there are somewhere between 2 and 4 million brain injuries every year, 10% of which are due to sports. However,...

Each person who experiences trauma develops a different way to cope with what happened to them. Some of those coping mechanisms are...

We plan for a lot of different things in our lives, creating budgets, itineraries, schedules, savings accounts, right down to having...

Only a few decades ago, mental health was a misunderstood and stigmatized topic. Cruel and unusual “treatments” were used on patients...

Simone Biles’ decision to put her mental health ahead of competing in the Olympics has amplified the conversation around the issues so...

Mental health treatment, as many of us know, can be incredibly expensive, even if you have insurance. More and more people are seeking...

For those of us who follow pop culture news, the #FreeBritney movement has been all over social media. If you’re not familiar, in a...

After a year of lockdowns, restrictions, and limited gatherings, social settings are opening back up and public events are growing...

If someone is in crutches or in a cast, people can visually see that they are physically injured. They automatically know they will...

In 1949, the Mental Health America organization established May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Back then, no one talked about mental...

Mental illnesses? That isn’t me, I thought; I was only at this session because it was one of the dozens of rehabilitation appointments on...

When you undergo a trauma of any kind, there are often residual effects that can impact your life for weeks, months, or even years. When...

"What would you do if the worst thing that ever happened to you felt like it kept happening?" That quote is from former U.S. Army Captain...

This week, I came across a great resource called The PTSD Self-Test. Not only does this site have a wealth of statistics, resources, and...

Often, when we are making changes in our lives, other people butt in and offer their input. You move the sofa to the opposite wall, and a...

Most months, I do a column on helping or supporting someone else when they are dealing with an invisible illness or other struggle. As...

As the weather warms and we move into spring, most people start cleaning out their closets and garages. They pare down, open up the...

You’ve Got Some Nerve is a thriller of a memoir with never a dull paragraph. The author openly writes and shares her raw, expressive...

Loving someone with PTSD can be a frustrating, difficult rollercoaster. Trauma does a number on the brain, affecting trust, anxiety, and...

This month, we have focused on relationships, both with yourself and with others, and the impact on those relationships that trauma or...