PTSD: The Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event....
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- May 2
- 3 min
Mental Health Basics
By Michelle Wagner Public Health Educator With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s a good time to consider what we mean when we...
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BTTF
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Combat Stress with Self Care
By: Tiffanie Herring, BTTF Member Wellness is a big topic of conversation these days. A term we’ve been hearing more often is...
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BTTF
- Mar 7
- 3 min
More on Self-Injury
By: Michelle Wagner, Public Health Educator, Breaking Through Task Force Co-Chair Approximately two million cases of self harm or...
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BTTF
- Jan 31
- 4 min
What Parents Need to Know About Teen Dating Violence
By: Michelle Wagner, Breaking Through Task Force Member Every February, Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month provides...
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BTTF
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Suicide Awareness & Prevention Townhall Held
The Breaking Through Task Force, Saving Lives Task Force, Be Resilient OBX, and Dare County Department of Health & Human Services...
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BTTF
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
Suicide Documentary & Education Initiative Seeks Community Participants
The Breaking Through Task Force has partnered with The Saving Lives Task Force, Be Resilient OBX and Dare County Department of Health &...
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BTTF
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Gardening is good for the soul.
By: Jerry Vipond, Community Member I love Spring! It’s a time of renewal when we emerge from winter’s deep slumber. The days grow...
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BTTF
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
More about Self-Harm & Self-Injury
By: Christine Vipond, Breaking Through Task Force Member Have you ever gotten so mad at yourself that you ate so much ice cream that you...
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BTTF
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
One member's journey to discover she had ADHD
By: Katy Haslar, Breaking Through Task Force Member I’ve been seeing mental health providers since I was 23 (I just turned 39 for the 8th...
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BTTF
- Jun 29, 2021
- 4 min
Learning Self-Compassion
By: Jenna Gwaltney, LCMHCA, NCC Holland and Associates Counseling, PLLC Imagine this: your best friend comes to you with eyes full of...
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BTTF
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Bad Days, COVID-19, and Help
By: Nancy Proctor, Breaking Through Task Force Member I’ve been categorized as part of the vulnerable older population. COVID has made...
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BTTF
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
COVID-19, Political Unrest, and Anxiety
By: Marie Shelton, MS, LCMHCA Holland and Associates Counseling, PLLC Living during this time of a pandemic and political unrest, anxiety...
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BTTF
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Self Harm Help
by Holland and Associates Counseling, PLLC. When someone you know, love and care about is self-harming it can be a scary and overwhelming...
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BTTF
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
All about Eating Disorders
By: Karla Coughenour, MA, RDN, LDN, LCMHC 119 West Woodhill Drive, Unit 5 | Nags Heads, NC 27959 | 252.455.2805 We are surrounded by...
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BTTF
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
BTTF Member shares how she copes with grief during the holidays
By: Betsy Robinson, RN, PHN II Ten years ago, on December 25th, my mother and my husband’s family came to our home to celebrate the...
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BTTF
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
BTTF Member Susan Lee shares her experience with a loved one who tested positive for COVID-19
It’s August 1 and you take your loved one, who has been coughing several days and now has chills and shortness of breath, to the doctor. ...
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BTTF
- Sep 11, 2020
- 4 min
A look at how Disney Pixar’s Inside Out might help us relate to our feelings regarding COVID-19
Written by: Rebecca Woods, MSW, LCSW, LCAS-A, Breaking Through Task Force Co-chair Disney Pixar does a beautiful job of highlighting 5...
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BTTF
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
BTTF Member Betsy Robinson shares her struggles with an eating disorder & depression
I grew up in an environment of secrecy, where having any type of mental illness was a sign of weakness
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BTTF
- May 1, 2020
- 4 min
Community Member shares impacts of living and working near New York around September 11, 2001
As I stood there, I see a plane heading directly for the second tower.
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