Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you verbally responded “yes” but on the inside you were screaming “no?” Have you ever felt energetically drained after spending time with another person, but you can’t figure out why you feel that way?

These feelings may be indicative of a lack of boundaries or poorly enforced boundaries. Healthy boundaries in a relationship are guidelines that help define what is and isn’t considered okay behavior. Not only do they protect your time, energy, and well-being, but they also help form more respectful connections.

For women, ADHD is much more subtle than men’s symptoms — and looks nothing like bouncing off the walls.

Due to the complex nature and variance of symptoms, ADHD in women is frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed. Let’s shed some light on the hidden struggles that women face with ADHD and how therapy can be a helpful step forward.

In today’s economy and uncertain climate, navigating a job search can be quite stressful. Many of the old rules for obtaining a job have gone out the window.

Unfortunately, stress doesn’t help you put your best foot forward. Taking active steps to manage your stress is going to be your best move as you enter this new chapter. Here are five ways to handle any stress that comes your way.

Anxiety can creep in at any moment, regardless of the day or time. Coming across an online news article. Dealing with a tight work deadline. Even having too much or poorly timed caffeine can set you off.

There are countless factors that can trigger you to feel anxiety, including biological influences. For women, this can be even more complex due to our relationship with hormones.

Changing jobs, whether it was a choice made within your control or not, is never easy. You’re uprooting your current working life and making way for new experiences. With that comes many uncertainties, new relationships, and a change in time demands. It’s a lot to process.

Modern society places a high value on productivity and efficiency. Yet many still struggle with the art of procrastination.

There’s this human phenomenon to put off tasks, often important ones, until the last minute. For some it increases the drive to do good work. For others, it’s a sort of coping mechanism.

From the moment we wake up each morning until we go to sleep, there seems to be a need to be on and connected at all times. There are endless stressors and constant sources of stimuli.

Unfortunately, the human brain is not made to process this amount of information each day without some type of relief. This is especially true considering current events in the world.

Do environmental stimuli like lights and sounds bother you a little more than you feel they should? Is your social battery drained at the end of each day? If you answered yes to these questions, then you might be a highly sensitive person.

Highly sensitive people and empaths often get used interchangeably at a very general level. Both are linked to feelings and emotions but are in fact very different traits.

Calling someone sensitive is usually a subjective opinion. But the term Highly Sensitive Person is also a concept in psychology. Being deemed a highly sensitive person (HSP) is not a diagnosis but is instead a label based on where you land on the sensory-processing spectrum. 

Looking ahead to the holidays fills us with excitement — or does it? On paper, this is the time we’re all supposed to put aside the daily stress and grind. Joy is the keyword. Traditional gatherings are where that joy is spread, right? Well, sometimes. For many folks, the holidays are when an anxiety disorder rears its ugly head. 

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health conditions on the planet. It’s said that as many as 70 percent of visits to general practitioners are related to stress and anxiety. How many more folks are in this struggle but have not been diagnosed? This is possible because anxiety symptoms cover a lot of ground. They can be overlooked or blamed on other issues. 

Everyone can relate to feeling scatterbrained in times of stress. When anxiety is present, you may misplace your keys or forget where you parked your car. If scenarios like this are uncommon and have an obvious cause, they’re rarely cause for concern. However, people dealing with an anxiety disorder can struggle with chronic memory issues. 

Anxiety disorders are so common that it may feel invisible. After all, when so many people experience anxiety, it shifts our baseline expectations. People all over the world are struggling but do not even realize an anxiety disorder is the cause.

Anxiety feels bad at any time. It can be an all-consuming feeling of dread, worry, and fear. You may find yourself distracted from handling basic daily tasks and obligations. Your hands shake, your voice trembles, and your stomach feels like it’s been tied into a knot. As tricky as all this can be, nighttime anxiety can amplify stress in some frustrating ways. 

Anxiety is the most prevalent mental health issue on the planet. It takes many forms, can impact people of all ages, and has a tendency to escalate at night. Not for everyone, mind you, but for enough folks to make this a very relatable problem.

Codependency, on paper, may sound like you’ve found your soulmate. Meanwhile, it actually involves a marked decrease in independence as you gain more and more of your value from something external: your relationship. To keep this going, you must make unhealthy sacrifices and avoid analyzing your emotions. 

The concept of codependency was long associated with addiction but it covers a lot more ground than that. In fact, it is more often used today to explore the dynamics of dysfunctional, one-sided relationships. Such patterns usually involve boundary issues. A codependent couple is made up of two partners who seem to have lost track of the line that separates them. 

If we were to believe in pop culture, we’d trust that retirement is a stress-free paradise. In reality, like any of life’s major transitions, it is a mixed bag of obstacles and revelations. “Stress-free” is not a realistic appraisal of any period in our life. Someone who is about to retire may have genuine concerns about adjusting to “free time” and a loss of identity. 

Ask someone to describe anxiety symptoms. You’ll probably hear plenty about sweaty palms, shaky voices, and racing heartbeats. Probably the only aches that stand a chance of being mentioned is a headache. In reality, chronic pain is a common indicator of an anxiety disorder. It can range from unexplained tension and pain to diseases like fibromyalgia or arthritis.