Murray Center for Behavioral Wellness

Murray Center for Behavioral Wellness Serving up bite-sized mental health tips for families who’ve said “WTF is happening?” at least once this week. (Us too.) Therapy-ish tips for life’s chaos.

Kid meltdowns? Teen eye-rolls? Your own? We got you—no judgment, no jargon, no couch required.

“Gaslighting” has become the word for everything.A disagreement. A different memory. A bad argument.But not everything t...
05/07/2026

“Gaslighting” has become the word for everything.
A disagreement. A different memory. A bad argument.

But not everything that feels confusing or hurtful is gaslighting.

Real gaslighting is a pattern. It’s intentional. It’s about control. And it happens over time.
That doesn’t mean what you experienced wasn’t real.

You can feel hurt, confused, and destabilized… without it being a calculated manipulation.

The distinction isn’t about being technical, it’s about clarity. Because when everything gets labeled the same, we lose the language for what actually happened.

Save this so you have the language when you need it.
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"Narcissist" has become the internet's favorite diagnosis for anyone who left you on read or made the relationship about...
05/05/2026

"Narcissist" has become the internet's favorite diagnosis for anyone who left you on read or made the relationship about them.

And look, they might have been genuinely difficult. That's real. That counts.

But NPD is a clinical diagnosis that affects maybe 1% of the population. When the word gets applied to every selfish ex and emotionally unavailable situationship, it quietly lets bad behavior off the hook and muddies a real condition that seriously impacts people's lives.

Here's the reframe: you don't have to name what's wrong with someone to trust that something was.
Your experience is valid either way. Swipe to see the difference.
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Most people think of social anxiety as fear of crowds or public speaking. But a lot of the time it's quieter than that.I...
04/29/2026

Most people think of social anxiety as fear of crowds or public speaking. But a lot of the time it's quieter than that.

It's carrying an umbrella after the rain stops and suddenly feeling like everyone noticed. It's replaying a laugh from three days ago at 2am. It's the mental exhaustion of monitoring yourself through every ordinary moment.

Social anxiety doesn't always look like panic. Sometimes it just looks like being really, really aware of yourself, and really tired from it.

If this resonated, you don't have to keep managing it alone. We're here.
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We’re hiring therapists 🌿The team is supportive, the vibe is good, and the clinical work is strong.If you’re skilled, re...
04/28/2026

We’re hiring therapists 🌿

The team is supportive, the vibe is good, and the clinical work is strong.

If you’re skilled, resilient, and a genuinely good human to work alongside, we want to meet you.

Apply amy@murraycenter.com. Or send it to the therapist who just popped into your head.


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We’re hiring therapists 🌿The team is supportive, the vibe is good, and the clinical work is strong.If you’re skilled, re...
04/28/2026

We’re hiring therapists 🌿

The team is supportive, the vibe is good, and the clinical work is strong.

If you’re skilled, resilient, and a genuinely good human to work alongside, we want to meet you.

Apply amy@murraycenter.com. Or send it to the therapist who just popped into your head.


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04/26/2026

The hardest part about this?

It’s not the apps.
It’s the pressure.

Because once “everyone else has it,”
you’re not just setting a limit…

you’re going against your kid’s entire social world.

And at this age, that matters more than we think.

Their brain is wired for:

* peer approval
* comparison
* instant feedback

So rejection hits harder.
And social media amplifies all of it.

That’s why timing matters.

Not just if they have it…
but when.

Waiting until around 14 isn’t extreme.
It lines up better with how their brain actually develops.

And yeah… they might not like it.

But this isn’t about keeping up.
It’s about setting them up.




04/25/2026

Screen time isn’t just a habit problem.
It’s a brain problem.

If your kid loses it when you say “time’s up,”
that’s not random… and it’s not because you’re doing something wrong.

These apps are designed to make it hard to stop.

So when you set limits?
Yeah… it’s going to feel like a fight.

That doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It means you’re holding a boundary most people avoid.

Save this for when you need a reset…
and send it to a parent who’s in the trenches with you.

The post-social spiral is real. And if this list felt a little too familiar, that's worth paying attention to.Social anx...
04/22/2026

The post-social spiral is real. And if this list felt a little too familiar, that's worth paying attention to.

Social anxiety doesn't always look like avoiding people. Sometimes it looks like showing up and then spending the next three hours in your head about it.

We can help with that.
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"I'm so OCD" has become shorthand for being neat, particular, or detail-oriented. And we get it, the phrase is everywher...
04/20/2026

"I'm so OCD" has become shorthand for being neat, particular, or detail-oriented. And we get it, the phrase is everywhere.

But when we use a clinical diagnosis to describe a personality quirk, we accidentally make it harder for people who actually have OCD to be taken seriously. OCD isn't a preference. It's an exhausting, often invisible cycle of intrusive thoughts and compulsions that can take over someone's day.

Words matter, especially when they're attached to someone's lived experience.

If you've ever wondered whether what you're experiencing goes beyond a quirk, we're here to help figure that out.
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Executive functioning is the quiet engine behind your child’s everyday routines. When it’s running low, behavior struggl...
11/18/2025

Executive functioning is the quiet engine behind your child’s everyday routines. When it’s running low, behavior struggles show up loud.

Here are 8 FACTS that finally connect the dots & explain the behaviors you see in your kid every day.
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ADHD isn’t about missing focus — it’s about misfiring brilliance. When your brain learns to channel its chaos, it become...
11/18/2025

ADHD isn’t about missing focus — it’s about misfiring brilliance.

When your brain learns to channel its chaos, it becomes rocket fuel.

Drop a “same!” if you’ve ever accidentally become an expert in something you discovered three hours ago.

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