On WittedRoots.com, the Disorders + Conditions sub-category will highlight various diagnoses that exist within mental health + emotional wellness, especially as it relates to millennial women of color.
Living With High Functioning Anxiety As A Woman Of Color
What is High-Functioning Anxiety? Chaos. Storms. Deep Breathing. It’s no secret that every day women of color are superhumans not afforded the luxury of roles in Marvel movies. Quiet as it’s kept, the rest of the world is blessed to…
What Is High Functioning Depression In Women Of Color?
Most picture depression as someone who avoids their loved ones and favorite activities. Someone who has difficulty sleeping and is always crying. Mental illness presents in many forms. In some cases, people hide depression instead of wearing it on their…
Maternal Depression In Women of Color
Emptiness. Loss. A heavy feeling in your core and the Sahara Desert in your throat. Depressive episodes alter our emotional, physical, and mental states. For women having just given birth, a depressive episode is most likely “maternal depression.” Women of…
Self Harm: How To Help Someone Who Self Harms
Your friend tells you something very personal. They confide in you that they’re depressed and that they self-harm sometimes when they’re feeling overwhelmed. They’ve been doing this for years, and you’re the only person who knows. What do you do?…
The Rise In Substance Abuse + Substance Use Disorders During The Pandemic
This pandemic has been hard on all of our souls. It’s been particularly hard for people who were already facing mental health disorders, including substance use disorder. Preliminary research has shown that problems with drug and alcohol addiction have gone…
Re-Entry Anxiety: How To Cope with Lockdowns and Re-Openings
After a year of living in a global pandemic, we’re finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel: post-vaccination life. Many places around the world are gearing up to open society back up again, which –…
The Face of “Madness”: An Exploration Of Schizophrenia
On any given day, we may encounter someone diagnosed with a mental illness, but never know because it is not physically obvious. However, one mental illness that is often strikingly obvious, when left untreated, is schizophrenia. Oftentimes, we see persons…
Generational Trauma: The Unseen Something Inherited Through Generations
Of all the things that we could possibly inherit from our families, generational trauma is unfortunately something that could be one of them. When we think of trauma, we think of negative experiences that may occur during, but not exclusive…
How To Deal With Anxiety And Depression?: My Heart Is On Fire And My Mind Is Sweating
What Is anxiety and how to deal with anxiety and depression? Let me just say this before we get too far into this: don’t go self-diagnosing; this piece is not for that activity. But I do want us to be…
What Is Dermatillomania: The Skin Picking Disorder?
What is dermatillomania, the skin picking disorder? Everyone has bad habits — those pesky little behaviors like nail-biting or foot-tapping — that they would all like to cease. I have a particularly bad, “shameful” habit of picking at my fingers,…