Sadness is a natural, common human emotion, and those of us living with addiction and mental health issues are no strangers to it. We experience sadness from the pain of our traumatic experiences, from our relationships, from the losses we’ve sustained. Learning to work with our sadness consciously and mindfully enables us to move through […]
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Many of us struggling with addiction also struggled with mental health issues long before we became aware of our addictions setting in. We may have been living with mental illnesses since childhood, often without realizing it. What are some ways in which we harm our mental health? Knowing these things can help bring us more
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Depression can change the outlook of how you see the world where you feel sad all the time and think it will not get better. It is important to realize that it will always get better for as long as you are alive. By surrounding yourself with positive people, tasks, and finding reasons to live,
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Having a personality disorder is still misunderstood because there is a giant stigma around it. People would just prefer to think that those with a personality disorder are choosing to be this way and will never change. It is important for those who know someone with a personality disorder to practice empathy and compassion so
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Millenials are a demographic of people who were born between 1981-1996. The stress of finding a job and being able to afford a place of their own is different than what previous generations before them went through. By making sure that you eat right, exercise, and use social media to help with career growth, those
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Anxiety is one of the most common and most debilitating mental illnesses we struggle with, and for many of us, it can be a major contributor to our addictions. What are some natural ways in which we can manage our anxiety so that we feel calmer, more centered and more at peace? Healing our anxiety
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Sometimes we don’t realize when we have a problem. It hasn’t hit us yet that our behaviors have become addictive and that we are acting in compulsive ways. Sometimes we are in denial about how problematic our habits have become. We might avoid thinking about the issue altogether. Here are some ways to recognize when
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Cognitive behavioral therapy is changing your negative thoughts into positive thoughts which has made a big impact in the mental health community. We would not have had this effective form of therapy without psychiatrist Aaron Beck who has made a number of accomplishments for those with depression. Because of Beck, depressed patients are more understood
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Being a kid is the time when you begin questioning everything around you like if a person is exhibiting unusual behavior. They may be afraid to talk to you about what they have seen or things they have heard of. It is important to be as open with your kids as possible so that you
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Many of us who struggle with anxiety have developed thought patterns that contribute to and exacerbate our anxiety. Over-worrying, pessimism and catastrophizing are examples of these kinds of thought patterns. We tend to think in worst-case scenarios, and we let our worries and fears overwhelm us. Many of us also dwell on the past, bringing
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