End of Year Anxiety: 4 Tips on Coping with Your Mental Health Pop the champagne and gather all your friends and family to say farewell to a year well-spent, while ushering in the new year… This should feel delightful, right? After all, we’re celebrating! As it turns out, New Years Eve actually spikes anxiety symptoms…
This is a second poem that I have written about ketamine therapy and what the experience was like during a maintenance infusion. The therapy continues to help with my depression and anxiety. It also helps to express and process my emotions.
USA Today Highlights Suicide Rates Among Active-duty Troops USA Today recently ran an article by Tom Vanden Brook titled, Suicide Rate Among Active-duty Troops Jumps to Six-year High, COVID-19 Stress Could Make it Even Worse,” highlighting the increase in suicide rates from 2019 to 2020 among active members. Veteran suicide rates always impact the KWC…
Ease Your Seasonal Blues with 5 Essential Tips Seasonal Affective Disorder is very common in areas like the Pacific Northwest. SAD, a major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern, typically comes around in autumn when there’s less light and ends around March or April. I moved from the sunshine state of California and have found…
Seasonal Stress and Anxiety: Causes and Management In 2020, making plans has become increasingly challenging. What will things look like in a week, or a month? Uncertainty has become both a major source of stress and continuously challenges us in how we live. At no time will that be more problematic for all than the…
This is a poem I wrote about ketamine therapy and what the experience is like. The therapy has worked wonders for my depression and anxiety and is even inspiring some prose throughout my journey.
Download and reduce stress with these color me calm sheets Taking care of yourself after or before treatment is just as vital to prepare yourself prior to a ketamine infusion. The power of art therapy may be the new topic for relieving stress for some, however the idea of using coloring to relieve stress goes all…
Friday the thirteenth in 2015, a girl and I both went for the ball, but only I went down. I laid on the ground in agonizing pain ─ not knowing that my life was never going to be the same. This was the day that my monster embedded itself in my left foot, turning my world upside down, and making every second of everyday a nightmare.
How I Found Relief with Ketamine Therapy For most of my life, I suffered from treatment-resistant depression, panic disorders, and suicidality. I’ve been to numerous doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and have been hospitalized a few times for suicide ideations, including one very serious failed attempt. When my father passed away in 2018, I felt like a…
Laugh Yourself Well Have you been thinking of trying yoga, but are not sure where to begin? How about jumping into Laughter Yoga and finding a lovely way to access the many benefits that lots of laughter can provide? At its core, Laughter Yoga is based on the premise that your body can and knows…