Freedom Health

Did you know more than 50% of individuals diagnosed with a mental health disorder avoid treatment due to fear of being treated differently? Furthermore, despite the availability of appropriate treatment, only 25% of adults receive anxiety treatment care due to concerns with stigma. We need to change this perspective, and the only way to do […]

Did you know caffeine and nicotine are major contributors to anxiety, yet more than 80% of U.S residents consume them on a daily basis!  But despite anxiety being among the most common health conditions in the country, it is often dismissed as mild uneasiness or ‘just stress’.  If you are reading this, chances are, nature […]

Did you know, over 40 million individuals in the U.S battle with anxiety every single day? That’s over 19.1% of the U.S population!  Yet, we tend to ignore the feeling as a mild uneasiness.  It is ok as long as it is temporary. But the moment anxiety becomes more than just a temporary, short feeling, […]

When you are struggling with anxiety, finding the right support at the right time can make all the difference. The problem is the stigma around mental health and more so, around anxiety. 16% of anxiety disorder patients have been found to have suicide ideation in just the last month; yet we believe it is ‘just […]

The thing about anxiety is that it can be triggered from factors that we least expect from. That’s not even the worst part as these so-called factors have crept into our daily lives as items we frequently use. For instance, caffeine. Or even sugar. Most of us can’t start our day without coffee. But let’s […]

7% in itself doesn’t seem like a big number; but let’s put it this way: the total population in the U.S. is about 340.1 million. A 7% of it faces an anxiety disorder. That’s about 23.8 million, or 23,800,000 human beings, in a single country, facing anxiety disorders.  Sure, most of us face some anxiety […]

Mood disorders sometimes have layers that stay out of sight. For instance, a person treated for bipolar disorder may also rely on alcohol to sleep, take stimulants for energy, or carry unresolved trauma that fuels both mood shifts and substance use.  These hidden problems can blur both conditions’ symptoms and raise the chance of relapse […]

A mental health disorder is not a bad day you can shrug off, and it’s certainly not a steady path you keep walking. Even after treatment, bipolar symptoms can edge back in; sometimes so softly you barely notice at first.  A study conducted on bipolar relapse showed that 25.5% of 2649 treated patients experienced at […]

You’ve been managing your moods, sticking to your routine, maybe even feeling more like yourself again, but lately, the edges are starting to blur.  There are energy spikes that keep you up all night and sudden dips that make even basic tasks feel heavy. You’re not sure if it’s stress, burnout, or something more, but […]

The median age for bipolar disorder is 17.5 years, with most cases emerging between 12 and 24 years. Moreover, grim stats bring to the surface that roughly 15% of people with bipolar disorder die by suicide if their condition remains uncontrolled.  That timeline is brutally short. For example, a Sherborn teenager who swings from sleepless […]