Hit snooze on your alarm a few times. Roll out of bed and rush through getting ready for the day. Grab a breakfast bar and coffee to go. Rush around and try to find everything you need for your day. Does this sound like your morning? If this sounds familiar, you may be stuck in …
During the winter months, our thoughts turn towards the holidays, family, and friends. This time of year provides the perfect opportunity to stop and practice some gratitude. And while it is nice to feel grateful, there are actual mental health benefits to expressing gratitude. The Mental Health Benefits of Gratitude Expressing gratitude is the practice …
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Positive thinking, or an optimistic attitude, is the practice of focusing on the good in any given situation. Positive thinking doesn’t mean that you ignore all negativity, but rather you acknowledge it without dwelling on it. People who are able to think positively can create a positive narrative around their life. Instead of focusing on …
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Self-care is part of the answer to how we can all better cope with daily stressors. These stressors can be exacerbated by heightened emotions during the holiday season. With all the hustle and bustle comes expectations of where you should be, what you should be doing, who you should be with. Neglecting self-care during this …
“Failure to launch” has become a popular phrase to describe young adults who end up back at home after graduating from high school or college. And while some individuals sail into adulthood without many bumps, for others, it can be a much rougher terrain. Why do some young adults struggle to enter adulthood? The failure …
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How often do we hear things like: “Oh, I’m so OCD! I line my pens up by color.” Or “My team lost last night and I’m so depressed!”. Mental health diagnoses are often thrown around as common vernacular, but these are real issues that affect people in very real ways. Because of that misuse of …
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One of the most popular tropes in young adult literature and film is the coming of age story. For young adults growing up in the digital age, the media has played a large role in shaping how they view themselves and the expectations they set for their lives, which has contributed to the phenomenon, “fear …
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Many young adults are conflicted about the autonomy they are given in young adulthood. As a teen, they may have pushed boundaries and tried to make their own rules. When it comes time to launch into adulthood, it is common for young adults to freeze and want to go back to what is comfortable. During …
Despite changing attitudes towards the drug, the prevalence of cannabis use disorder has decreased over the last decade among frequent users. However, these findings do not suggests that rates of using marijuana have actually declined. Young adults who smoke marijuana are becoming more aware of how they use the substance and its potential consequences and …
For many college students, it is true that there is no place like home for the holidays no matter how far away they roam. However, going home over winter break requires adjusting from a college lifestyle and back to following rules at home. It is also a period of time where young adults evaluate how …