Caplyta Destination Mind Talks: How to Navigate Mental Health Issues, From MDD to Anxiety

Loneliness is not just rising, it has been declared a public health crisis—but it’s tough to know where to turn to get the help you need. Whether you’re experiencing signs of burnout, looking for ways to manage isolation or simply aiming to improve communication as you navigate conversations about mental health, we’ve got you covered with expert advice and tactical strategies that will leave you feeling better supported (and empowered).

– Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist & Author

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I was six years old, sitting cross-legged on the carpet outside my mother’s bedroom, watching her and her friends gather around the television like it was delivering breaking news. The door was half open. The volume was low but urgent. Someone was fanning herself with a magazine. Another woman laughed too loudly. On the screen, a woman was talking about menopause in the careful, coded language of daytime TV. I didn’t understand the words, but I understood that something was happening to their bodies, and it mattered.

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If you are struggling with a clinical depression and you are thinking about sharing it with the people you work with, I’d first have you consider, ‘What would be the benefits of sharing it? Do you need extra support? Has your performance changed in some way?’ Because, at the end of the day, sharing your diagnosis is completely up to you.

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For the last 15 years, when I’m looking at a patient who has depression or anxiety, one of the things I recommend is a media and phone detox. If you can do it consistently for 72 hours, I can almost guarantee you’re going to feel more peaceful, more content and certainly more present in your life.

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What we want to make sure we don’t do is what is called ‘bright-siding.’ Taking them to the bright side of the situation. Making them aware of the positive. Because what happens is they feel like you don’t understand them in the moment.

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– Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist & Author

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– Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist & Author

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Emotions aren’t a sign of failure. They’re information. And many times, we have this expectation that we should be able to regulate when we’re at a 10. So, we’re just getting stress and input all day long, then we burst out crying or we get angry. It is impossible to regulate at a 10, so the most helpful thing you can do is learn your body more at a 5 or 6.

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– Tory Eletto, Marriage & Family Therapist

@nytherapist

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In order to be transparent with what we’re going through, you want to be able to reach out for presence. So, something simple like: ‘Hey, I just need you to be with me today’ or ‘I’m having a hard time today.’ It really allows you to just own what’s going on without over-explaining or having to do anything else.

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@nytherapist

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Stress has a physical toll on your body and sometimes people get very stuck in the middle of that cycle meaning they get input, they feel stress, but they get stuck there. The cycle part of it is how do we take in what we’re going to take in—you know, if we’re scrolling or whatever we’re doing—then how do we get it out of our bodies so we’re not holding and sitting in tension?

– Tory Eletto, Marriage & Family Therapist

@nytherapist

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