The mental and physical sensations brought on from anxiety are normal responses experienced universally. Anxiety can be represented as a physiological, emotional, and mental experience with three goals; (1) to alert us to danger, (2) to prepare us to confront the danger, or (3) to break away/run away from the danger. Within these 3 goals …
Just over four years ago, when Alyshia Hull arrived on campus at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, New York, she found herself surrounded by hundreds of other wide-eyed new students. But beneath her eagerness to start her first semester at college, Hull was battling something that made her feel entirely alone: anxiety. She had dealt …
I have a secret, and I am not alone. I am a mother, an actor and an activist — and like over 40 million Americans, I live with a mental illness. This Mental Health Awareness Month, I am joining the people nationwide who are standing up, sharing their stories and demanding that lawmakers defend our access to health …
