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KDH Team: Oct 18, 2026, 9:24:17 AM
Imagine you walk into the grocery store with a short list. The lights are bright. A cart rattles behind you. Music is playing overhead, and someone nearby is wearing strong perfume. By the time you reach the second aisle, you want to leave. You call it social anxiety, but it may be something else.
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KDH Team: Oct 5, 2026, 9:18:04 AM
If you've ever wondered whether you need a therapist, a prescriber, or both, you're in good company. More people are reaching out for mental health care than ever before. Gen Z and millennial adults averaged more than four mental health visits a year in 2025, more than twice the rate of baby boomers and the silent generation. Eight percent of all...
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KDH Team: Jul 17, 2026, 11:29:28 AM
Oprah Winfrey has a strong aversion to chewing gum. Nicole Kidman suffers from lepidopterophobia (fear of butterflies and moths). Johnny Depp has described a deep fear of clowns. Indiana Jones is terrified of snakes!
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KDH Team: Mar 27, 2026, 4:33:38 PM
I chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
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KDH Team: Mar 24, 2026, 10:11:02 AM
What Is EMDR Therapy? A nervous-system healing that starts with how humans process fear. People often arrive in therapy acutely aware of their current symptoms. They know their trauma history or at least know what happened, but they may not understand why their body still reacts as if the danger is present. They can tell the story clearly. They’ve...
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KDH Team: Jan 29, 2026, 7:01:51 AM
This is a question parents often ask when they call to set up an appointment for their teen. Teenagers are often emotional, "difficult" to be around, isolate in their rooms, and with today's social media epidemic - they tend to "always" be on their phones. Some of these are normal developmental issues, i.e. teen angst, however some are indicators...
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KDH Team: Dec 31, 2025, 9:55:42 AM
Phew, anxiety, quite a loaded word. Beyond being a topic of much study and interest in the field of mental healthcare, it has become a trending topic in the pop culture zeitgeist. While lots of the messaging around anxiety is very unserious, anxiety is a serious emotional and neurological response that can become a chronic condition. Awareness of...
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KDH Team: Aug 1, 2025, 1:25:10 PM
What's the difference between ADHD and autism in adults? ADHD and autism are distinct but overlapping. ADHD centers on attention, impulse control, and executive functioning - trouble starting tasks, staying organized, and regulating focus. Autism centers on social communication, sensory processing, and a need for routine and predictability. Many...
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KDH Team: Jul 25, 2025, 12:48:17 PM
What are the signs of late-diagnosed autism in adults? Common signs of late-diagnosed autism include lifelong social exhaustion or masking, sensory sensitivities, a strong need for routine, burnout that looks like depression, literal thinking, and a long-held sense of being "different." Many adults - especially women, LGBTQIA+ people, and people...
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KDH Team: Jul 25, 2025, 10:48:23 AM
What happens during an adult ADHD assessment? An adult ADHD assessment usually includes a clinical interview about your history, standardized cognitive and attention testing, behavioral rating scales (often completed by you and someone who knows you well), and screening for co-occurring conditions like anxiety, trauma, or autism. It ends with a...
