Why You Feel Anxious Even When Life Is Going Well
You can have a good life and still feel anxious. When anxiety shows up during calm seasons, it’s often your nervous system, not a personal failure, trying to protect you.
You can have a good life and still feel anxious. When anxiety shows up during calm seasons, it’s often your nervous system, not a personal failure, trying to protect you.
This article explores the powerful connection between chronic illness, including POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) and MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) and mental health. Learn how nervous system dysregulation, medical trauma, and chronic stress contribute to anxiety, depression, and emotional exhaustion, and how trauma-informed therapy approaches like EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) can support healing, regulation, and resilience.
Many perfectionists struggle to slow down, feeling guilty for resting or “not doing enough.” In this post, Morgan Silverman, LPC, LPCC, explores why rest can feel unsafe for high achievers and how to rebuild a healthy, compassionate relationship with stillness. Learn how to release guilt, restore balance, and reclaim peace without losing your drive or passion.
Life transitions, like career changes, moving to a new city, becoming a parent, or adjusting after divorce, are an inevitable part of growth. However, they often come with stress and uncertainty. Sometimes it becomes so overwhelming that we need to rely on a little outside...