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Personality Disorders

Things Narcissists Say In An Argument (& What They Really Mean)

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

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A person in a green long sleeve shirt sits on a bed looking into the distance after an argument with her friend who is a narcissist.

Trauma

How Common Is Sexual Assault? Look at These Statistics

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

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Young person dealing with sexual assault sits in the dark alone

Mental Health

Yes, Quitting Weed Could Benefit Your Mental Health

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

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Antagonistic Narcissism: Traits, Tendencies, & Treatments

January 6, 2025

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Why You’re Feeling Lost in Life—and What to Do About It

January 3, 2025

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How to Cope With Trust Issues, According to Therapists

January 2, 2025

Woman isolating herself because of her trust issues

A mother and daughter sit on a couch looking away from each other; the mother has her arms crossed and the daughter is resting her head on her hand. The two face challenges in their relationship since the mother has narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).

10 Symptoms of Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

An individual wearing a grey hoodie is experiencing narcissistic abuse. He sits alone on the floor with his back to the wall

The Long-Term Effects of Narcissistic Abuse

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Amanda Lundberg

A young man is showing signs of passive suicidal ideation.

Here’s What Passive Suicidal Ideation Actually Looks Like

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A young girl learns that emotional incest isn't what she thought it was.

Emotional Incest Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A family crowds around their daughters phone. She is the oldest daughter and is showing them what oldest daughter syndrome is.

What is Eldest Daughter Syndrome?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A young man experiences the effects from mixing Adderall and weed.

Here’s What to Know About Mixing Adderall and Weed

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Eli Muhrer

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

Woman feeling nauseous

The Link Between Stress and Vomiting

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Someone coping with BPD sits smiling hand-in-hand with their Favorite Person.

What It Means to Have a BPD Favorite Person

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A young person sits on the floor next to his guitar journaling, utilizing the tools he knows to manage his overstimulation.

Here’s Why You’re Feeling Overstimulated — And What to Do About It

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ethan Cohen BSN, RN

A young female in a white shirt wearing a colorful headband. She has been single for a long time and has encountered some psychological effects from it.

7 Psychological Effects of Being Single for a Long Time

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Young woman battling her anxiety using alcohol

The Link Between Alcohol and Anxiety—and How to Cope

Jordanne Greenberg is a clinical provider at Charlie Health.

Clinically Reviewed By: Jordanne Greenberg

Written By: Ashley Laderer

Exhausted frustrated young woman sit on couch at home hugging head due to pain panic attack feeling overwhelmed with her drinking problem.

The Link Between Alcohol and Panic Attacks—and How to Cope

Clinically Reviewed By: Rebecca Holland

Written By: Ashley Laderer

Here’s How Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety Works

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Sarah Fielding

Your Philosophizing Could Be Existential OCD

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Here’s What Actually Causes OCD to Get Worse—And Why

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A father learned how to help his teen that is living with anxiety.

How to Help Your Teen Living With Anxiety

Clinically Reviewed By: Clary Figueroa

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A young woman sits on a couch struggling with a phobia of growing up

Yes, Some Teens Have a Fear of Growing Up — Here’s How to Deal

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Britt Brewer

Psychiatrist talking with her client about anxiety medication

Considering Lamictal for Anxiety? Read This

Written By: Dr. Eli Muhrer, M.D.

A young girl with blonde hair looks into the distance as she grapples with thoughts related to emotional contamination OCD.

Are You Worried About Vibes or Is It Emotional Contamination OCD?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ethan Cohen BSN, RN

A new mom is having signs of postpartum anxiety.

Signs of Postpartum Anxiety That You Should Know

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Someone struggling with false memory OCD stares off into the distance.

OCD False Memories May Be Why You Doubt the Past

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ethan Cohen BSN, RN

A woman with agoraphobia sits in her home

Is It Social Anxiety Disorder or Agoraphobia?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A person with high-functioning anxiety sits at school holding her head.

Is It Nerves or High-Functioning Anxiety?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ethan Cohen BSN, RN

A person sits on a couch and puts her hand on her chest to calm shortness of breath during an anxiety spell.

Is It Shortness of Breath or Anxiety?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A teenager thinks that OCD episodes may be why she feels out of control.

OCD Episodes May Be Why You Feel Out of Control

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ethan Cohen BSN, RN

A teen does the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) screener.

What Is the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) Screener?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Elizabeth Kroll

Parents learn what not to say to their daughter who has OCD.

Here’s What Not to Say to Someone With OCD

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young woman is using 5 tips to stop a panic attack.

Here’s 5 Tips to Stop a Panic Attack

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A teenage girl is an empath and may have more anxiety.

Yes, Empaths May Have More Anxiety—Here’s How to Cope

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A young woman learns what not to say to her friend who has anxiety.

Here’s What Not to Say to Someone With Anxiety

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Eleanor Blaine, a freelance writer at Charlie Health

Written By: Eleanor Blaine

A young man is talking to his mother. He is experiencing violent thoughts that may be harm OCD.

Are Your Violent Thoughts Harm OCD?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Dr. Rasna Kaur Neelam

A young woman is experiencing how alcohol affects anxiety.

Here’s How Alcohol Affects Anxiety

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A teenage boy doesn't know if he has nerves or situational anxiety.

Is It Nerves or Do You Have Situational Anxiety?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

Forest when the sun is starting to rise

How to Actually Deal With Your Climate Anxiety

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young woman experiences what existential anxiety really feels like.

Here’s What Existential Anxiety Really Feels Like

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A young woman sits in bed. She has not been feeling like herself, and is figuring out if she has somatic symptom disorder or illness anxiety disorder.

Somatic Symptom Disorder vs Illness Anxiety Disorder: What’s the Difference?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Dr. Rasna Kaur Neelam

A young woman sits with a therapist. She has treatment-resistant OCD which may be why her OCD symptoms won't improve.

Treatment-Resistant OCD May Be Why Your OCD Symptoms Won’t Improve

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A teenage girl works on multiple devices to make a school project perfect

Yes, Perfectionism Can Cause Anxiety

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A teen lays in bed alone on her phone

How to Overcome Social Anxiety: 5 Effective Tips From an Expert

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Dr. Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW

A new mother in a white shirt sits in a therapy session with her hands on her temples as she talks about her postpartum OCD symptoms.

Postpartum OCD 101: Signs, Differentiation & Treatment

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

Mental Health FAQs

A woman goes to therapy for the stages of psychosis she has been experiencing.

What Are the 5 Stages of Psychosis?

A man talks to his friend outside.

What Mental Illness Causes Excessive Talking?

A young couple is in therapy using 5 tips for managing life with an alcoholic partner.

How Do You Manage Life With an Alcoholic Partner?

A young woman is overcoming abandonment issues from childhood by doing virtual therapy.

How Do You Overcome Abandonment Issues From Childhood?

A man has a narcissistic father that is talking to him.

What Do Narcissistic Fathers Say to Their Children?

A woman is wondering how to stop a manic episode immediately.

How Do You Stop a Manic Episode Immediately?

A woman is experiencing a nervous breakdown.

What’s the Difference Between a Psychotic Break and a Nervous Breakdown?

A young woman is experiencing PTSD-like symptoms from cheating.

Can You Develop PTSD From Cheating?

A young woman is in recovery from codependency, her friends are giving her a hug of support.

Recovery is Possible: 8 Signs You’re Healing From Codependency

A young woman is learning how to deal with a negative friend in her life.

How Do You Deal With Negative People?

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Mental Health & Relationships

Friends embracing

Attachment Style Quiz

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A family is talking about how to deal with manipulative people.

Here’s How to Deal With Manipulative People

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A woman wonders how long it takes to get over her ex.

How Long Does It Actually Take to Get Over Your Ex?

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A young woman is having relationship issues due to attachment trauma.

Is Attachment Trauma Causing Your Relationship Issues?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A young female in a white shirt wearing a colorful headband. She has been single for a long time and has encountered some psychological effects from it.

7 Psychological Effects of Being Single for a Long Time

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young woman needs a guide for how to detach from someone.

A Guide for How to Detach From Someone

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A couple, one is on the back of another, who are in love, not limerence.

Are You in Love or Is It Limerence?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A woman is dealing with the toxic person in her life.

7 Tips for How to Deal With Toxic People in Your Life

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Future Faking Is a Relationship Abuse Tactic You Should Know

Clinically Reviewed By: Clary Figueroa

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Common Signs of An Abusive Relationship, According to Therapists

Clinically Reviewed By: Meghan Jensen

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A man comforts his partner who has bipolar disorder.

What to Know When Dating Someone With Bipolar Disorder

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A couple who has experienced relationship OCD has healed from it.

Here’s What Relationship OCD Looks Like (and How to Heal)

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A woman is overthinking after being cheated on.

Overcoming Betrayal: How to Stop Overthinking After Being Cheated On

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

Overcoming Avoidant Attachment Is Possible — Here’s How

Clinically Reviewed By: Meghan Jensen

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A man holds his friends hand who is currently healing from a breakup.

7 Signs You’re Healing From a Breakup

Clinically Reviewed By: Meghan Jensen

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Teen and their parent talking about their codependency with them partner

Here’s How to Stop Being Codependent

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A person dealing with reactive abuse in her relationship crosses her arms as she looks at her partner.

What Is Reactive Abuse?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

Couple in the middle of a fight look away from each other

Yes, Being in a Toxic Relationship Affects Your Mental Health—Here’s What to Do

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young woman realizes friendship breakups really hurt and is wanting to learn how to heal.

Yes, Friendship Breakups Really Hurt—Here’s How to Heal

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young couple doesn't know if they are experiencing infatuation or obsessive love disorder.

Is It Infatuation or Obsessive Love Disorder?

Clinically Reviewed By: Sarah Lyter

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young couple struggles with dismissive avoidant attachment in their relationship.

Everything You Need to Know About Dating Someone With Dismissive Avoidant Attachment

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A young woman is feeling green with retroactive jealousy and wants to learn how to cope.

Feeling Green With Retroactive Jealousy? Here’s How to Cope

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

A young woman experiences narcissistic financial abuse and is learning ways to cope.

Narcissistic Financial Abuse Signs You Should Know (and Ways to Cope)

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Alex Bachert, MPH

A young couple doesn't know if they are in love or if it is a trauma bond.

Are You in Love or Is It a Trauma Bond?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Charlie Health Editorial Team

Two siblings are navigating whether they have a sibling rivalry or a toxic relationship.

Do You Have a Sibling Rivalry or a Toxic Sibling?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ethan Cohen BSN, RN

A teenager is having conflict avoidance and wants to know what it looks like and what to do about it.

Here’s What Conflict Avoidance Looks Like (and What to Do About It)

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A young couple walks away from the train. They are experiencing separation anxiety in their relationship and are interested in ways to cope.

What Separation Anxiety in Relationships Looks Like (and How to Cope)

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A young teenager sits with her friend. She is hyperfixating on her friend.

6 Tips to Stop Hyperfixating on a Person

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Dr. Rasna Kaur Neelam

A young couple sit on their couch at home. The female realizes her partner gaslights her in their relationship.

What Gaslighting in a Relationship Actually Looks Like

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

A young man looks out of his window upset. He wants to fix his attachment issues and us using therapist-approved tips to do this.

5 Therapist-Approved Tips for How to Fix Attachment Issues

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah Fielding

A young woman and man argue at home. Stonewalling could be hurting their relationship.

Stonewalling Could Be Hurting Your Relationship

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A chosen family of three teen friends sit together smiling

Why Chosen Family Is Important During the Holidays (and Year Round)

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Ashley Laderer

A young woman sits on the couch, away from her boyfriend. She is in an abusive relationship and is feeling like it is so hard to leave.

Why Are Abusive Relationships So Hard to Leave?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

A young woman sits at her home. She is a survivor of intimate partner violence and it has affected her mental health.

Here’s How Intimate Partner Violence Impacts Survivors’ Mental Health

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

A young woman in an orange sweater hugs her partner in a yellow shirt. She is dating someone with depression and uses tips to help her partner.

Dating Someone With Depression? Here’s Tips for How to Help Your Partner

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

A young teen boy deals sits with his parents who are not taking care of his needs

Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style: What You Need to Know

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Dr. Rasna Kaur Neelam

A young woman sits on her bed after arguing with her partner. Her partner has toxic behaviors that affects their relationship.

How to Stop Being Toxic in Your Relationships

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

A teen girl in glasses sits at her computer dealing with anxiety

Do You Have an Anxious Attachment Style?

Clinically Reviewed By: Dr. Don Gasparini

Written By: Dr. Rasna Kaur Neelam

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