Wanted: Therapy Without the Cost: Enter Author Lisa Ferentz
‘Finding Your Ruby Slippers’ is therapy from the comfort of your own couch.
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Tag: depression
Neurofeedback: What It Is, What It Does, What You Need to Know
Neurofeedback provides an alternative to medication for children and adults. It treats the electrical transmissions in the brain directly, providing long term solutions for health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge tells you what you need to know about neurofeedback.
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Your Co-worker Has Anxiety. Now What?
What do you do when faced with an anxious co-worker? Dakster knows.
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Here Is What Christmastime Means to Me
The darkness will pass, it whispers. Keep your candle lit.
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No Midori for Me – Back to Mead
Midoris are dandy, but Dakster has her own system that’s cheap and easy.
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Why I Named My Anxiety
Dakster has a new name for her anxiety. Meet Khan.
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On Letting My Gifted Son Do His Own Thing
With the highly gifted child comes great responsibility. Here’s how I helped my son through his roughest time yet dealing with a mind so far ahead of his emotions.
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Having Anxiety Means…
What is anxiety? Dakster explains.
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Happy New Year!! Again. And Again.
What do you do when the New Year doesn’t give you a fresh start? You celebrate again!
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Dakster Dances Anxiety Away With the “Macarena”
Dakster gives us the 411 on how she dances her anxiety away in her latest video, “Macarena Cosplay Style.”
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Practice Makes Easier Panic Attacks
Dakster has learned so many tools to help with her anxiety and depression, but none of them offered any relief during the worst of her panic attacks. She shares a technique she’s trying to help her work through some of her emotions.
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Changing the World: One Panic Attack at a Time
Dakster knows more about anxiety and depression that she cares to, but it doesn’t stop her from teaching and supporting others like her.
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Dear Ashley Eckstein, Thank you. Again.
Read what Ashley Eckstein had to say about Dakster’s open letter to her this week. Get the tissues ready.
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Dear Ashley Eckstein, You Saved Me
Dakster recounts when Ashley Eckstein saved her from herself.
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Body Image and the Geek
Body image does not discriminate. I was only 10-years-old when I started down a dark path to a “better” body.
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Simple Isn’t Always Simple for Anxiety and Depression Sufferers
Simple tasks for you might not be so simple for someone with anxiety or depression.
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Dear WikiHow…
Dakster writes a letter to WikiHow, about depression and why hiding it is bad advice.
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A Journey Through Anti-Depressants
Dakster takes us on her personal journey through anti-depressants. WARNING! This post may be hard for some readers.
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What Not to Say to Someone Who Is Depressed…
There are a lot of people out there who have depression, and just as many people who have no idea how to talk to someone with depression. To help those of you who are lucky to not suffer like the rest of us, here is a list of phrases to avoid and alternate suggestions to help.
Continue ReadingIf You Spank, Don’t Console
First, don’t spank. Corporal punishment makes depressed kids who act out. But if you insist on whacking your children to teach them things like kindness, please avoid being an otherwise good parent. A study published Monday in the …
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