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Why Does Doomscrolling Make Us Feel Relaxed?
Why Does Doomscrolling Make Us Feel Relaxed? 2560 1707 Long Island Counseling Services

Most of us are spending too much time on our phones. It’s an issue that seems so minor, but it’s causing us to neglect our kids/relationships, avoid responsibilities, and more. It also affects our mental health. Scrolling and phone time are known to increase anxiety and stress, prevent sleep, and increase the risks of burnout. If phone time causes so many issues, then why do we do it? And, relatedly, why don’t we notice that…

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How Executive Function Disorder May Impact a Relationship
How Executive Function Disorder May Impact a Relationship 2457 1639 Long Island Counseling Services

Maintaining healthy relationships – especially romantic relationships – is, for many, an important part of life satisfaction and emotional development. But, for those with executive function disorder, finding and maintaining these relationships successfully can be more challenging. That is because traditional relationships often rely on our executive functions, and when those struggle, a relationship can as well. What Are Executive Functions? Executive functions are mental processes that a neurotypical person traditionally has that helps them…

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Are There Any Subtle Hints That Therapists Can Use to Diagnose BPD?
Are There Any Subtle Hints That Therapists Can Use to Diagnose BPD? 2560 1707 Long Island Counseling Services

There are different types of mental health conditions and ways that people can experience mental health issues. Personality disorders can be especially challenging. Unlike conditions such as anxiety and depression, those with personality disorders often do not know that they have these conditions, because it is a part of their “normal” – their reality. Often, as therapists, we use a person’s own insight into themselves to know more about them and help them get a…

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Serving in the Military Can Lead to More Than Just PTSD
Serving in the Military Can Lead to More Than Just PTSD 2560 1707 Long Island Counseling Services

So much of the discussion around mental health in veterans revolves around post-traumatic stress disorder. Those that serve can experience significant trauma, and that trauma does have the potential to cause issues like PTSD. But the military’s affect on a person’s mental health extends far beyond PTSD. There are so many issues that can arise because of a person’s time serving – and what happens after – that can lead to mental health issues unique…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Our New Offices Are Now Open!
ANNOUNCEMENT: Our New Offices Are Now Open! 784 588 Long Island Counseling Services

Long Island Counseling Services has expanded! We are thrilled to announce that we have opened up two new offices, to make it easier for those on Long Island to find a therapist near them. Only a few years ago we operated an office in Melville and an office in Bellmore, though we moved our Bellmore office to East Meadow. Now, we have offices in two new locations: Rockville Centre, NY Huntington, NY Some of our…

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Anger Management, and What Happens When Dogs Have No Productive Outlet for Their Emotions?
Anger Management, and What Happens When Dogs Have No Productive Outlet for Their Emotions? 2560 1539 Long Island Counseling Services

Anger is, in many ways, one of the strangest emotions we have as human beings. It is a common one, yet also frequently unproductive. Happy makes you feel good. Sad helps release tension and emotions. Even emotions like anxiety can help drive you to change. But anger rarely has a positive benefit. Some people believe it might help motivate people to change. Others feel like it offers some form of protection. But anger, especially sudden…

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Does Anxiety Affect Your Long Term Heart Health?
Does Anxiety Affect Your Long Term Heart Health? 2560 1349 Long Island Counseling Services

Anxiety is a mental health condition. One of the symptoms of anxiety for many people, however, is fear over the person’s health. Anxiety causes such a wide variety of physical symptoms related to the heart – such as a rapid heartrate, trouble breathing, and lightheadedness – that it’s easy to understand why so many people have heart-related anxieties develop. Rest assured, your heart is designed to handle this. While everyone’s individual heart health may vary,…

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Why Neurotransmitters Are So Difficult for People To Understand
Why Neurotransmitters Are So Difficult for People To Understand 2560 1575 Long Island Counseling Services

Within our brain are chemicals, called neurotransmitters, that affect mood and mental health. When they’re functioning properly, we typically feel decent, we can cope with stress, and we respond properly to different emotional experiences. But many of us have neurotransmitters – especially serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine – that are not balanced properly. You may have too many of one, you may have not enough of another, but they are out of balance to what your…

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Social Anxiety, Halitophobia, and More On What Makes Us Confident
Social Anxiety, Halitophobia, and More On What Makes Us Confident 2560 1707 Long Island Counseling Services

The last post we made spoke about how and why addressing our phobias is important, even if it’s a phobia of something we do not often encounter. Today, let’s expand on the ways that phobias can affect our long and short term mental health. Let’s talk for a moment about social anxiety. Social anxiety is, itself, often considered a phobia. It is often referred to as “social phobia,” though it is sometimes treated differently than…

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Why it’s Not Just a Phobia – and Why You Deserve Treatment
Why it’s Not Just a Phobia – and Why You Deserve Treatment 2560 1703 Long Island Counseling Services

Phobias are a form of anxiety where a specific “thing,” called a stimuli, results in significant and extreme anxiety. For example, a person could have “Acrophobia,” which is a fear of heights. Or they could have “arachnophobia,” which is a fear of spiders. A person experiences a phobia when there is a specific living thing, item, event, or situation that causes them this fear. These anxiety responses can be intense – so much so that…

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