Why so Offended?

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 8-1-2022 “Judgmental people are always the worse violators of what they’re trying to preach against.” -EaE With technological advancements, especially during the onset of the pandemic, I found myself doing some heavy research. This research involved exploring the comment section under any type of meme, news, comment (etc.), that I knewContinue reading “Why so Offended?”

The Walking Zombie

(Depression, & the toll it plays on everyday life) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-7-2022        “Are you okay?”        “Are you sick?”        “What time did you get to bed?”         “Be positive!”         These are the terms that plague my daily life, as someone that works full time while struggling with major depression andContinue reading “The Walking Zombie”

Prevention is EVERYONE’s Responsibility. Every. Single. Day.

Elisa a. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5/27/2022 Though I’ve worked with people on an individual level for most of my career, we clinicians, tend to also notice things on mass scales. There’s individual think, and group think. Individuals have themes and thinking patterns, as do the masses. Naturally, after a crisis, many will go into psychological defenseContinue reading “Prevention is EVERYONE’s Responsibility. Every. Single. Day.”

Self Destructiveness Cont…

(Part 2- Reducing Self destructive tendencies) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-11-2022           Following up from the last blog post, you may have been able to gain some qualitative findings on your own self destructive tendencies. Some may have been very obvious, and other tendencies may have come at a bit more of a surprise toContinue reading “Self Destructiveness Cont…”

Self-Destructiveness

(Part 1- Qualitatively Measuring your Self-Destructive patterns) Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-2-2022 “In the quest to heal ourselves, we often and unintentionally, hurt ourselves instead.” –EaE       There are many measures, screeners, and scales we use in the world of mental health, but I recently started to express a concern that the measure of self-destructivenessContinue reading “Self-Destructiveness”

Mental Health Internet “Experts” Part 2

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-10-2022 After I published mental health experts, I immediately knew that I would need to do a part two. I had a great reviews, and also my blog could be centered around this alone. Because the Internet is throwing out horrible mental health advice at a pace that cannot be controlled.Continue reading “Mental Health Internet “Experts” Part 2”

Mental Health internet “Experts”

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-25-2022 This topic needs to get covered, and I finally got my collection together to make this happen. Now with social media, there are mental health influencers and gurus everywhere. There’s more talk on mental health than ever before. And I’m proud of the younger generation for being more open toContinue reading “Mental Health internet “Experts””

Mental health Mixed Messages

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-03-2022 Have you ever scrolled through a social media platform and read a quote about mental health that not only caused confusion and mixed messages, but also an endless series of arguments between people in the comment threads? Mental health is NOW a hot topic. Ironically, for the longest period ofContinue reading “Mental health Mixed Messages”

It’s okay to admit you were Brain Washed

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 1-7-2022 “I don’t feel like watching brain washed people get angry at other brain washed people, and then constantly argue about who is more brain washed” How many times in your life have you reflected back on your younger mental state, opinions, and behaviors? After reflecting, how often have you askedContinue reading “It’s okay to admit you were Brain Washed”

Cool feedback, but, wrong person…

Elisa A Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-10-2021 This topic frequently comes up. All across the world, those that suffer from mental illness get bombarded with “practical” advice that unfortunately cannot help their debilitating chronic symptoms. People may mean well, but if they use these punchlines, they may not understand what suffering with a chronic mental illness entails.Continue reading “Cool feedback, but, wrong person…”