Mental Health Blog

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What You Need to Know About Depression

The word depression is often thrown around easily when used to describe feelings of extreme sadness, but some aren’t aware that the clinical definitio

Unpacking Burnout and How to Cope with It

From stay-at-home parents to healthcare professionals to retail workers, stress levels are high and so are the levels of burnout associated with it. W

An Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

Have you found yourself in a continuum of negative thought patterns? Do you feel as though these thoughts are taking a toll on your emotional and ment

OCD and BFRBs: How Are They Related?

Upon leaving our houses, some of us have the occasional anxious questions of “Did I lock the door?”, but we usually try our best to quell them with re

Understanding Anxiety

It’s completely normal to feel anxious, but it all depends on the intensity and duration to determine whether or not you would need the help of a ment

Coping with Depression and Anxiety During the Holidays

For many of us, the holiday season means a break from work, spending time with family, and sharing laughs while baking holiday cookies — and yet the c

Signed, a cop with PTSD

I was talking to a colleague recently and was asked what injured me enough to suffer from PTSD. How did I know it was PTSD? What were the signs and sy

Three Things to Know about being with an Officer with PTSD: A Series for Spouses

Note: This list was compiled by spouses of officers for spouses of officers. The London Spousal Support Group is a group of individuals who meet twice

Living with Uncertainty

The psychological difficulties that have arisen from the pandemic seem to have appeared in every aspect of our lives. Little did the entire world know