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With Anxiety, It’s Always Something

My Brains Not Broken

While I’ve improved how I manage anxiety over the years, there are plenty of ways my anxiety manifests that I’ve never been able to get a handle on. No matter how much I try to manage anxiety in every possible area of my life, there always seems to be something that makes me anxious. The Mayo Clinic.

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How Perfectionism Impacts Mental Health

My Brains Not Broken

According to the “Journal of Clinical Psychology, “People who’ve been diagnosed with anxiety tend to display more perfectionistic traits than the average citizen.”

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Never Say These 3 Things to Someone With Anxiety

Social Work Haven

Anxiety is one of the most common mental illness. According to Trevor (2017), anxiety is a normal healthy reaction. BUT, there are things you should never say to someone with anxiety. So, what is anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry and apprehension about what’s to come. 3: Just get over it!

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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

One might wonder, why and how I shifted from community care-based healing work to becoming a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. Clinical Social Worker Violeta A. This was community care that in the Field, we might call an “intervention” at the meso level. But for many of us, this was culture. Moral of the story?

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If We Know There’s a Stigma, Why Is It Still Here?

My Brains Not Broken

According to the Mayo Clinic, Stigma is when someone views you in a negative way because you have a distinguishing characteristic or personal trait that’s thought to be, or actually is, a disadvantage (a negative stereotype). The Mayo Clinic.

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Why the DSM Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

For many people with SPD, their constant need to re-regulate their senses to adapt to the stimuli around them, creates symptoms of distractibility, irritability, anxiety, and depression. So where is SPD in the DSM 5?

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My Journey Through TRU

Center for Child Protection

The sessions are led by Miriam Jansky, Chief Clinical Officer, Vanessa Barahona, Director of Clinical Services, and Shanna Schuelke, Clinical Services Coordinatorall from the Center for Child Protection. Lifes challengeswhether rooted in trauma or notconnect us in ways we often overlook.

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