Dr. Stephanie Bloodworth, PsyD, LMFT-S
Individual, Relationship, and Family Therapist in Houston, Texas
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Why Funny Trauma Jokes and Stories Fall Flat
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Let’s talk about why the room goes quiet, or even sad, when you tell what you thought was a funny or strange story about your life.
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Reducing Mental Chatter with the 1 Brain Rule
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Let’s talk more today about brain chatter and what to do when it becomes too much. Some people notice excessive thinking the most at night when they’re trying to sleep. This can include having dreams full of constant conversations, to the point that sleep isn’t even restful. People might also…
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Staying Informed Without Overwhelm
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It feels like a pressing ethical requirement to stay informed, especially in an age where oppression and exploitation are quickly communicated to us through the internet. Many people who would not have known about the plight of less privileged groups are now aware of their struggles, as well as of…
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How to Sleep When Your Brain Won’t Shut Off
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Sleep is important, but it can feel impossible when your brain won’t shut off. There are guidelines for sleep hygiene to help establish your nighttime routine and make it easier, but there are still reasons you might not be able to fall asleep. If you deal with a lot of stress and…
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Annoying But Real Mental Health Tips
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Everyone has an opinion on mental health tips, but it’s hard to know what will actually work. We hear all kinds of ideas and suggestions and some of them are downright annoying. Things like “just change how you think about that” are obnoxious when you’re struggling with stress and mental…
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When You Can’t Think Positively
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There are times when you try as hard as you can, but you just can’t think positively. You see people making lists of things they’re grateful for. You hear that, especially when you’re going through depression or heavy self-criticism, thinking positive thoughts instead will help. Saying nice things to yourself…
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Stress and Survival Mode
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If you’ve lived a good portion of your life in survival mode, you might not be sure what exactly stress and de-stressing look like. You might not even be sure what the words functionally mean. You tell people everything you’ve been doing for the past x amount of time and…
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The Mental Torture of OCD
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When you think of OCD, or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, what comes to mind? Maybe someone who needs to wash their hands over and over? Or that person you work with who says “I’m so OCD” because they like to organize their desks? We have a lot of ideas of what we…
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Anxiety is a Parrot
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The constant chatter of anxious thoughts and feelings is frustrating and exhausting. Sometimes it feels like the harder you fight it, the louder and messier it gets! What gives? How do you make it just be quiet already? One of the ways I understand anxiety is that it is a…
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Self-Care Demystified
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Self-care is such a buzzword these days. When was the last time you heard it? This week? Today? 5 minutes ago? Wellness is an important concept in today’s culture and everyone is talking about “self-care.” But what does “self-care” even mean?? There are so many lists and discussions that try…
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Radical Acceptance and You
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Our minds can be a personal prison sometimes, locking us in and berating us for everything we “should” or “could” have done differently but didn’t. And sometimes it locks us in and plays looping video of events we might not have had control over, but that we can’t help but…
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Real Mindfulness Is Active
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“Mindfulness” is one of the latest mental health terms that has been co-opted and misappropriated by our society of trends. Mindfulness allegedly now has something to do with coloring books and a mythical state of letting everything go and being really super calm all the time. While attempting to guide…