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15 Positive Affirmations for Anxiety
If you have an anxiety disorder, simply thinking good thoughts won’t be enough to completely eradicate the symptoms you have been experiencing. But positive...
ADD vs ADHD: What’s the Difference?
At Montare Behavioral Health, we treat all variations of ADHD. A common question we receive is, “What’s the difference between ADD vs ADHD?” Two...
Social Media and Mental Health: What are the Positive and Negative Effects?
Social media has had a huge impact on society, especially on a person’s mental health over time. It’s changed the way we communicate and...
Vitamin D: The Connection to Depression and Anxiety
Do you have a vitamin D deficiency? There’s a large chance you might as an American. Around 42% of Americans have a vitamin D...
Why Trauma Survivors Often Feel Unsafe During Calm Moments
After trauma, the brain may continue scanning for danger even when the present moment is safe. Quiet can feel unfamiliar, exposed, or like the pause before something bad happens....
How to Treat Misophonia
Misophonia is a condition in which particular sounds, or sometimes the sight of someone making those sounds, trigger intense emotional and physical reactions. Common responses include anger, disgust, anxiety,...
What Is ARFID?
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, commonly called ARFID, is an eating disorder in which a person consistently limits the amount or variety of food they eat. The restriction may be...
What Is Emotional Incest?
Emotional incest is a form of family role reversal where a child becomes responsible for meeting an adult’s emotional needs. It does not usually involve physical sexual contact. Instead,...
Can Withdrawal from Effexor (Venlafaxine) Kill You?
Effexor, the brand name for venlafaxine, is a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed for depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder. For many people, Effexor can...
5 Days Without Alcohol: A Mental Health Guide to Feeling Clearer, Calmer, and More Stable
How Does 5 Days Without Alcohol Impact Your Mental Health? Going five days without alcohol can be a powerful mental health reset. Even if alcohol is not an everyday...
Wellbutrin Withdrawal: Symptoms, Timeline, and How to Stop Safely
Wellbutrin is a commonly prescribed antidepressant, but stopping it suddenly can still lead to uncomfortable physical and emotional symptoms. While Wellbutrin withdrawal is often different from SSRI withdrawal, some...
Military Sexual Trauma and Mental Health: Understanding the Impact of MST
Military sexual trauma can leave wounds that are difficult to explain, especially when the trauma happened in an environment built around trust, order, loyalty, and service. For many survivors,...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: Why Rejection Feels So Overwhelming
Rejection hurts. For most people, being criticized, excluded, ignored, or misunderstood can bring up sadness, embarrassment, anger, or worry. But for some people, rejection does not just hurt. It...
Brainspotting Therapy: How It Helps the Brain Process Trauma and Emotional Pain
Brainspotting therapy is a focused type of therapy that helps people work through trauma, anxiety, emotional pain, and distress that may feel difficult to explain with words alone. It...
Fearful Avoidant Attachment: Craving Closeness, Then Shutting Down
Fearful avoidant attachment can feel confusing from the inside. You may deeply want love, closeness, reassurance, and emotional safety, but when someone gets too close, something inside you pulls...
Limerence: When a Crush Becomes an Obsession
Most people know what it feels like to have a crush. You think about someone often, you feel excited when they text you, and you may daydream about a...
Mental Health Challenges Military and Veteran Spouses Face After War
Military spouses and veteran spouses often carry emotional burdens that receive far less public attention than combat trauma itself. While veterans may return home with visible or invisible wounds...
Part 3: Mental Health of GWOT Veterans After the Global War on Terror
The Global War on Terror, commonly referred to as GWOT, became one of the longest periods of sustained military conflict in United States history. Spanning more than two decades,...
Part 2. Mental Health During and After the Cold War
The Cold War was unlike most conflicts in modern history. Rather than a single battlefield or defined military campaign, it was a prolonged psychological and geopolitical struggle that lasted...