Teen rage: Young Men And Their Brains
Teen Rage And Hurt Can Turn To Mass Shooting Teen rage comes from people being hurt and then hurting others, but what can we do about it? From the Washington Post: When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde, Tex., school massacre was a young man barely out of adolescence, it was […]
Treating A Case Of Toxic Anger
Toxic Anger Can Ruin Your Day Or You Can Let Go Have you ever had poison ivy? It’s a miserable rash that seethes, oozes, and blisters. It spreads quickly and can even scar. A recent brush with toxic anger affected me in a similar way. Here’s what happens when you have a run-in with with […]
Mass Shooting And Teen Mental Health
Mass Shooting Trauma Affects Teen Mental Health What Can We Do Can we protect schools and teen mental health from mass shooting by adding guards and fences? Do you really think that making schools like prisons will reduce the trauma and fear teachers and teens are experiencing right now? When schools look and feel like […]
Addict Death: Grief After The Final Goodbye
Grief Losing Someone You Lost Long Ago: An Addict Death Doesn’t Stop The Pain How can you say goodbye—again—to someone you’ve said this to so many times before? Addict death is not just once. It’s grief over and over. There were countless times I was sure I had lost my son, Josh, both emotionally, […]
Self-Care When The Bad News Is Too Much
How Can You Practice Self-Care When The Bad News Is Too Much Here’s what the experts say about trauma when there’s a mass shooting at school, and how self-care when the bad news is too much can help. A horrendous truth about our world right now is that there will likely be another news story […]
Quiz: How Well Are You Adulting In Covid
We may think we know how to handle ourselves. Heck, we’ve been around the sun a couple of times, right?