7 WAYS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH
Facebook can affect your mood. So can Instagram. It can provoke elation or depression. Exposure to online spaces like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook feeds is called “emotionally contagious” and can affect your mental health. Now there’s research data to back it up....
How Hot Is Too Hot: Tackling The Climate Crisis Discussion
What is the climate crisis, and how is an individual’s mental health affected? Just what, exactly, is climate change? Of all the hot-button issues making their rounds in public discourse, perhaps none have received the same level of attention as climate change. And...
Months after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Gaza’s children still traumatized
The Israeli-Palestinian struggle remains one of the most tumultuous, traumatic conflicts of history. Series of wars and ensuing agony have been circulating news for decades. The most recent war-cycle happened not too long ago – in May 2021, and it was deemed as some...
5 Activities to Stay Positive: How Can Music Help Kids
There are many different activities that kids can take part in indoors that make them feel good and help them to stay positive. A large amount of these involves music, which is known to be a great way to boost your mood depending on what you listen to at any given...
Stigmas Around Mental Health in a Jewish/Christian Scientist Family
When I was a kid, I genuinely thought that my mom had a weekly appointment to shrink her head. She already has a very small head, so this was incredibly confusing to me. It was only when my mom took me to see a therapist myself at around 10 years old that she...
