Living with chronic pain can be a life-changing journey. If you’re currently in this position, you may have noticed something unsettling along the way. Anxiety seems to make everything feel worse.

When your body is constantly in pain, it’s easy for anxiety to creep in and take control. Once anxiety flares up, it further fuels your pain. The connection between the two creates a vicious cycle.

Understanding this dynamic relationship is the first step in finding real relief.

The holidays should be filled with happiness and magic. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or so the song says. But let’s be honest, as joyous as they are, they can feel very overwhelming.

Between family gatherings, gift shopping, holiday parties, and endless to-do lists, the vibe may feel more stressful than celebratory. As a couple, that stress can double down if you’re not on the same page with each other.

Have you ever noticed that avoiding something you fear actually makes the fear grow? Maybe you’ve been dodging certain situations or places because they trigger your anxiety. It’s human nature to want to avoid things that make us uncomfortable.

Navigating a divorce is often considered to be one of life’s most emotionally overwhelming experiences. As you move through it, it can feel like your whole world is being turned upside down. This period marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one, but one that you weren’t necessarily preparing for.

Codependency is a negatively charged term that often surfaces in conversations about relationships and problematic dynamics. The full concept of codependency, however, is frequently misunderstood.

For many people, it can feel like a vague label applied to extreme cases or that is always about someone else. It’s worth noting that codependency is more common than you may think. It can present in subtle ways, impacting your emotional well-being, self-esteem, and boundaries in everyday life.

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.