What is separation anxiety disorder (SAD)? Although it’s often associated with young children being separated from their parental figures, adults also experience separation anxiety. Separation anxiety for adults is characterized by the fear that something negative will happen to someone important in their life. Adults can experience significant fear and…
In early 2020 the world was exposed to a pandemic that created chaos, confusion, and anxiety when COVID-19 became part of everyone’s life. The unknown is always scary, but it seemed especially scary, yet oddly less isolating, knowing that everyone on the planet was experiencing the same event at the…
As humans have evolved over the years, their beliefs regarding health, safety, and psychological wellbeing have continuously grown. Most notably, the views related to child abuse and mental health have seen major developments in recent decades. Historical child abuse Thousands of years ago, what we now refer to as child…
Anxiety is characterized by intense feelings of unease, worry, and/or fear about an imminent threat, often referred to as an “impending doom.” These feelings often include catastrophic thinking, obsessive thoughts, rumination about ourselves and the world, feeling as if we’re losing control, and panic attacks. Anxiety is a psychological response…