Is Individual or Couples Therapy Right for You?
It’s a very good question, particularly if you find that your relationship with your partner is a large part of what you want to address.
To understand how a weighted blanket can improve mental health, Woman’s World reached out to our therapist, Gergana Markov for some expert advice.
Depression symptoms like pervasive sadness, low energy, and lack of motivation are associated with lower serotonin levels. Research shows that the feeling of being held and supported can increase serotonin levels and activate the production of oxytocin, endorphins, and dopamine known as the ‘love and pleasure’ neurotransmitters, which results in improved mood and a greater sense of happiness.
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It’s a very good question, particularly if you find that your relationship with your partner is a large part of what you want to address.
Anytime you lose anything, whether that thing be a person or a time period of your life, it is fundamentally the death of something.
It feels increasingly true that the noise on how we should feel about our bodies gets louder, but building a better relationship with your body is possible.