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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder involving fear of gaining weight, food restriction, distorted body image, and a lack of insight into the severity of the condition.  According to the [...]

Do you ever avoid going to sleep despite knowing you'll wake up exhausted the next morning for doing so? You might be experiencing "revenge bedtime procrastination," the intentional sacrifice of [...]

On social media, people only portray the version of themselves that they want others to see.  Constantly viewing people's seemingly perfect lives on social media feeds and comparing oneself to [...]

The honeymoon phase is a beautiful beginning stage of a relationship when two people feel intrigued, thrilled, and infatuated with each other. Frequent quality time, intense physical touch, [...]

Somatic symptom disorder arises when a person is experiencing symptoms such as pain, weakness, and shortness of breath that interferes with daily life and is unrelated to medical illness. [...]

When it comes to personality disorders, many think of challenging conditions, such as narcissism and borderline personality. Many do not know that there are 3 clusters and ten personality [...]

A people-pleaser is an individual with an emotional need to please others at the expense of their own needs or desires. Some common characteristics of people-pleasers are: Saying yes to others, [...]

Forming a new habit seems so simple: “just” set our alarm clock for one hour earlier each morning and go for a jog, “just” turn off the television and take 10 minutes to meditate in the evenings, [...]

What does it mean to dissociate?  Is it daydreaming, losing focus, mind drifting, having an out-of-body experience, or not feeling in control?  Dissociation is a symptom and disorder [...]

Cannabis Use Disorder in Adolescents   With new research recently becoming available, the discussion of cannabis/marijuana use has been a popular topic in the news lately.  While there [...]