As a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, I can say with certainty that my mental health has been deeply intertwined with my team’s performance. When the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018,... Read more »
Enmeshed parenting refers to a dysfunctional family dynamic in which parent-child boundaries are blurred, roles are mixed up, and a child’s autonomy is stifled. Family therapist Salvador Minuchin, a pioneer of family... Read more »
You’re in 8th-grade. It’s math class, and you’re trying to finish a geometry worksheet before the bell. The room’s abuzz — other kids are chatting, clearly already done. The overbearing fluorescent lights... Read more »
Enmeshment is a psychological term describing an extreme form of emotional closeness where personal boundaries become blurred or non-existent. In an enmeshed relationship, individuals are overly involved in each other’s lives to... Read more »
Every anxious person knows the feeling of an event sending their ruminating mind into turbo drive. You feel deeply upset, and your thoughts keep looping back to what happened. You’re scattered, distracted,... Read more »
You promised to love and cherish until death do you part— but does “for better or worse” include an increasing diversion of political views? With the country increasingly polarized over vaccines, abortion... Read more »
The lie many of us tell ourselves daily is, “I’ll be happy when…” We tell ourselves that happiness, peace, or success is just around the corner—after we get the promotion, lose weight,... Read more »
If you’re like most people I know who have decided to leave alcohol behind, you’d do just about anything to avoid slipping up. Slip-ups have a bad reputation. We’re taught to equate... Read more »
When I was growing up, the question “Do you want to step outside?” was usually a euphemism used in B movies for “do you want to fight?” That was when people still... Read more »
by Rachel Conrad, MD, and J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD Imagine being a college student like Alex, who was experiencing increasing anxiety and depression as the academic year progressed. During the spring... Read more »