With routines upturned and health concerns top of mind, many people are feeling an extra amount of stress these days, too much of which can be bad for one’s mental and physical health.
Teens juggle many things: fitting in at school, managing classwork and clubs, the daily tidal wave of hormones, and the ups and downs of high school romances.
For one Air Force senior enlisted leader, the problem of “combat stress” and the toll it takes on warfighters – and often on their families, too – continues to be an issue that the military community struggles to fully understand.
If you are alive, there is stress in your life, and in your family life. Some people wake up screaming. Some people can’t sleep. Some people stay in bed most of the day.
As a therapist stationed at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California, in the beautiful Mojave Desert, my job was to help the hardcore Marines rotating in-and-out of Iraq.
If there is one overriding element that Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Eric Serpico would like you to know about National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week, it’s that help is accessible, and care available.
Are we frustrated with the COVID-19 consequences? The restrictions of movement, isolation, and separation from our family and friends can be very frustrating.
Grab a warm cup of hot cocoa, a reindeer-shaped sugar cookie - or two - and snuggle up in a cozy blanket on the couch. It’s time for some Christmas movie magic!
