Articles on Depression and Anxiety from Dr. Scott

Ambiguous grief can happen when you mourn a future, identity, relationship, or version of life you expected but never had. Learn why this invisible loss can feel so painful and how two practical frameworks, engaging with the life you have and understanding grief as pain plus time, can help you process what was lost without giving up on what is still possible.

Discover five types of optional anxiety including control, exhaustion, impression management, nutrition-related, and deception anxiety and learn practical ways to stop avoidable patterns from controlling your life.

Constantly needing other people’s approval can make you question your choices, hide your preferences, and depend on external validation to feel secure. Learn why approval seeking develops, how your relationship with yourself can reinforce it, and how practicing self validation and small acts of vulnerability can help you care what others think without losing yourself.