How You Can Reset Your Frame of Mind in the New Year
Maintaining a positive mindset is kind of a chicken-or-the-egg situation. Negative experiences will create a negative mindset. However, there are a lot of self-help gurus on the internet who say you have the power to choose positive thoughts every single day. But is...
4 Reasons You Need Both an Academic and a Mental Health Adviser
Success in college goes beyond being able to memorize facts about the Roman Empire, submit an essay about “Hamlet” a minute before the deadline and properly use a graphing calculator. It’s about making sure you know the end goals that you’re working toward, the steps...
4 Signs It’s Time to Talk With Your Parents About Your Mental Health
Mental health challenges are on the rise in teens. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows that, in 2021, 44% of high school students reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. Prior data showed that mental health was...
Suicidal Thoughts: What Are They and When Should You Seek Help?
Most people think of mental health as something that doesn’t require much maintenance — until they start having symptoms of a condition like anxiety or depression. The truth is that we all go through different seasons with our mental health, and some are more...
Why Functional Freeze May Be Mistaken for Depression
If you’re feeling numb, detached and burnt out, there are treatments that can help you start feeling like yourself again. However, symptoms that look like depression on the outside may have different causes. Functional freeze is a response to trauma or ongoing stress...
8 Tips for Stay-at-Home Moms Juggling a Busy Household and Depression
Keeping up with cooking, cleaning, feeding, homework, driving to after-school activities and everything else your family needs is challenging on a good day. For busy stay-at-home moms with depression, doing everyday tasks can be miserable, when you’re able to do them...
5 Steps Your Teen Can Take Today to Start Feeling Better About Their Mental and Physical Well-Being
Teenagers have a lot of things that they need to balance. They have to focus on getting good grades while still putting time aside for extracurricular activities. They want to make fun memories with their friends without neglecting family time. They need to think...
7 Psychiatrist-Recommended Interventions for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Struggling with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can feel overwhelming when the seasons change. Lightfully Behavioral Health supports adults across California with personalized, evidence-based care for SAD and other mental health challenges. Click below to learn more about 7 psychiatrist-recommended interventions for SAD and how Lightfully can help you.
Emotional Exhaustion: What Is It and How Can It Be Addressed During Treatment?
Anyone can get emotionally exhausted. Emotional exhaustion is sometimes linked to mental health disorders like anxiety and depression. However, it can also occur as a natural response to prolonged or intense emotional duress. College life is full of responsibilities...