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Nobody Cares: An Existential Approach to Anxiety

In October of 2017, I was sitting in my professors office mid-panic attack, when she leaned over and said to me, “Rachel, nobody cares.”

AnxietyRachel HavekostFebruary 6, 2020existentialism, anxiety, existential, existential theory, existential therapy, most popular, editors picksComment

If You're Depressed, Keep it Simple.

I don’t know about you, but when I’m depressed, cooking breakfast is a chore, and showering is a marathon. P.L.E.A.S.E. is handy acronym and gentle checklist that is only asking you to do those bare minimum things daily, with the hopes of keeping you at a baseline that is manageable.

DepressionRachel HavekostJanuary 16, 2020depression, marsha linehan, brene brown, anxiety, p.l.e.a.s.e, dbt, dialectical behavior therapy, personality disorder, self-care, self care, coping skills, copeholic, editors picksComment

5 Love Languages: What They Are and How They Improve Relationships

I used to live by the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have done unto you. In love, I operated under the assumption that to show my partner I loved him, I should do what I would want him to do for me. After all, that’s how you express love, right?

Wrong.

RelationshipsRachel HavekostDecember 29, 2019coping skills, relationships, communication, love, love language, 5 love languages, therapy, therapy skills, therapy tools, communication tips, physical touch, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts, editors picksComment

Dealing With Loneliness

Do you ever get lonely? I do. Like all the time. As in right now, and earlier today, and yesterday. I get lonely a lot. I often wonder what loneliness is. I know it’s a feeling, or maybe a state of being. But what is loneliness, and how do I get rid of it?

Depression, Self-EsteemRachel HavekostDecember 28, 2019coping skills, loneliness, feeling lonely, self love, adler, alfred adler, psychology, the courage to be disliked, mean girls, bff, netflix, being alone, alone, lonely, editors picksComment