Adult Temper Tantrums Are a Thing And the Pandemic Has Made Them Even More Prevalent Erin Bunch
There s only thing more mortifying than watching a grown adult throw a temper tantrum:
being a grown adult throwing a temper tantrum. In all likelihood, you ve been on at least one side of that equation, either shrinking from someone who seems to have lost all control of their emotions or having lost the ability to regulate your own.
It can be tempting to label this behavior as crazy, and while some adult temper tantrums are due to mental health struggles (which do not, for the record, make you or anyone else crazy ), others are simply a hazard of being alive. Stress, unsurprisingly, can be a trigger, which is why the pandemic may have made temper tantrums more prevalent than they were before.
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Black Mental Health Professionals Provide 4 Journal Prompts For Fostering Black Joy 12 Shares
Two mental health professionals we spoke to ahead of Black History Month, registered psychotherapist Meghan Watson and licensed professional clinical counselor Shani Tran, defined journaling as one tool to get in touch with, reflect on, and identify Black joy (you can check out more of their tips here).
Finding that joy within the individual self, Watson said demanding space for them to be happy is essential as it characterizes someone by more than just their trauma. While putting pen to paper will in no way erase racial trauma, both therapists expressed that it s a step to focus on their joy despite adversity. The reason why we re differentiating joy and Black joy is because there s so much trauma out there, she noted. We need to separate and clarify this is something that
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