June 2014 – Nevada Equine Assisted Therapy (NEAT)

A personal look at The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder of Hoarding

Jun 18, 2014

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in Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Children’s issues, Depression, Eating Disorders, Grief, Mental Health, OCD, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Teens

Most of us like to collect things. Maybe stamps, maybe coins, maybe dolls, or even hot rods. It is pretty much normal to do so. But, what’s normal can become abnormal when your collecting (Hoarding) begins to impact your life in negative ways. This article in the Boise Weekly by John Rember, takes a good…

The many faces of anxiety

Jun 18, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Asperger’s, Children’s issues, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, OCD, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Teens

Come on, we all feel anxious some times. Tests, blind dates, getting stopped by a police officer…these are the kinds of things that make most people’s heart beat a little faster. But for many, the simple daily things we do are anxiety provoking. CNN has done a great piece about ‘surviving’ anxiety looking at this, at times…

When there are things out children don’t know how to tell us

Jun 11, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Children’s issues, Depression, Eating Disorders, Grief, Mental Health, ODD, Other challenges, PTSD, Teens

The number of children who have been sexually exploited/abused is staggering, especially when you consider how often nobody ever even finds out that something has happened. The reported numbers have dropped over the last two decades, but the figures still indicate that an estimated one in four U.S. girls, one in six boys, has been sexually…

The challenges of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Jun 10, 2014

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Laurie

in Anxiety Disorders, Asperger’s, Autism, Children’s issues, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, OCD, Teens

All of us have things we want to do or have done ‘just so’. Come on, admit it. There is a right and a wrong way to put toilet paper on the spindle. And the lettuce has to go on the burger before the tomato, or tomato first, then the lettuce, or never, never, never…

ADHD is not always ADHD

Jun 7, 2014

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Laurie

in ADHD, Children’s issues, FAS, Mental Illness, ODD, PTSD, Teens

We all have a pretty good mental picture of what a kid with ADHD looks like, but what we see is not always what is going on. There are lots of reasons why a kid may show symptoms of ADHD, but we want to look more closely to see if that really is the case? This post…

Sad statistics about Child Neglect/Abuse

Jun 5, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Asperger’s, Children’s issues, Depression, FAS, Mental Health, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

According to this article in the Los Angeles Times, “1 in 8 children will experiences some form of maltreatment serious enough to be confirmed by government authorities”. How heartbreaking is that? The research was conducted by Yale University, USC, UC Berkeley, Columbia University and the University of Washington and the results have been published in the…

PTSD is complicated

Jun 3, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Mental Health, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Most of us can understand how a soldier who has experienced the violence of battle may have trouble adjusting when coming home to a ‘regular’ life. In this situation most of us can understand how ‘Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder’ could be a real problem. And it is. However, there are many, many other situation that can…

Death and grieving is a part of living and loving

Jun 2, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Children’s issues, Depression, Eating Disorders, Grief, Mental Health, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Teens

Once upon a time, when multi-generational families living together or at least close to each other was common, everyone, from the youngest child to the oldest family member, experienced the cycle of life. What’s more, people tended to be part of a larger community with shared experiences. Because of this connection, from birth to dying,…

Month: June 2014