Guest Post: Helping and Compassion Fatigue by Thomas R. Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt (USMC Veteran)

When handling trauma, therapists, counselors, health professionals, caregivers, and others that are helping, seek to understand the person, get a pulse on the crisis, engage in triaging the most devastating issues, and offer interventions that help to restore, or create in some cases, stability.  None of these previously stated tasks are easy.  In fact, the …

Guest Post: 27 Self-Love Tips from a Therapist by Heather

Loving yourself is hard, but it’s something that everyone wants to do.  We all know that loving ourselves is important, but how can we actually go about doing this? If you’re like most people, then you’ve probably struggled with self-love for a long time and have tried dozens of different ways to make yourself feel …

Guest Post: Mania-Going 120 in my Honda Accord by Bipolar Inferno (Chris G)

I am manic, I am energized and I am hyper focused. I am going 120 on the highway with no idea of how dangerous it was. I am confused and I have this dopamine buzz. Neurotransmitters flooding the receptors. Looking out where I was glazed eyes in a trance delusions flowing like water throughout my …

Guest Post: I know now that I’m not Crazy by Kalie Dalbey

 I had symptoms starting at age 5. I felt sad and cried, but I  never understood why. When I was 31, I finally talked to a PA at my doctor's office about the way I felt.   She said it sounds like bipolar disorder. She put me on Depakote and it was like night and …