Here’s an Essential Guide to Vacationing in an RV One of the best ways to experience summer is by exploring the country in an RV. Road trips are now becoming more and more popular in America, with the demands for recreational vehicles continuing to go up. The fact that you can travel around without having ...Read More
5 Effective Relaxation Techniques for PTSD Sufferers Relaxation is one of the main methods recommended by mental health experts to treat patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This simple option mitigates their extreme reactions to events that cause them fear and anxiety. These are at least five relaxation techniques recommended by experts for people ...Read More
How Meditation Can Help Veterans with PTSD Many of our nation’s heroes who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are known to be still in a hyperactive state. This is true even though a long time has already passed since they came home from their tour of duty in some foreign war zones. ...Read More
On September 29th, Show You Care for Our Heroes In 1899, when veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection came back home, they faced numerous challenges. Wounded and sick, they had no one to lean on except themselves. Our former soldiers were left alone — no medical care, no benefits, and no pension ...Read More
What You Need to Know about Gold Star Mother’s Day A lot of people may not know this, but here in the United States, we celebrate two Mother’s Days. One is celebrated in May and the other (the less popular one) in September. The latter is observed to honor the Gold Star Mothers of the ...Read More
How to Help Your Children During Your Spouse’s Deployment A unique weight of challenges that are often unacknowledged by most of us is constantly being faced by military-connected children. In fact, since military kids tend to worry about what will happen to them, the effects of deployment are not that different from those of divorce. ...Read More
3 Mental Health Benefits of Fly Fishing for Veterans with PTSD One of the most enjoyable stress-relieving hobbies that allow you to freely enjoy the beauty of nature is fly fishing. Did you know that fly fishing offers great mental health benefits? For this reason, countless military veterans who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder ...Read More
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day Did you know that one suicide takes place somewhere every 40 seconds? This explains why it’s one of the 20 leading causes of deaths across the globe. In the United States alone, suicide rates went up by 30% from the year 2000 to 2016. Although it hasn’t been ...Read More
How Meditation Can Help PTSD Sufferers Did you know that according to the American Psychiatric Association, some 3.5 percent of the U.S. adult population and an estimated one in 11 people will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within their lifetime? PTSD is due to traumatic events caused by a natural disaster, a serious accident, ...Read More
On September 5th, Do Something Meaningful that Will Help the Needy Throughout the year, there are a lot of days that are just plain weird or even silly. We have Waffle Day, Donut Day, and even a day when everyone is encouraged to kiss redheads or gingers! However, on September 5th, we celebrate a special ...Read More
