Category Archives: Mental Health

Overcoming the Discomfort of Setting Boundaries

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When you are recovering from addiction, you will most likely learn how to set healthy boundaries to facilitate a life of happy, healthy, sober fun. However, setting boundaries is not always as easy as it seems, especially when those you love continually cross them. Learning how to set boundaries and enforce them will help your […]

How Do You Know You Have Depression If You Do Not Feel Sad?

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People tend to think depression means someone who is always crying and looks upset for the whole world to see. The truth is that depression comes in varying degrees, and you might not be able to see it in someone, such as if someone were to post endless selfies on Instagram to hide their depression. […]

Effects of Social Media on Mental Health

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In the age of selfies, photo-sharing apps, and new technologies, everyone seems to engage with social media in some way. You can find people of various ages, genders, backgrounds, and more using multiple social media apps. While this is harmless when used in healthy ways, using social media for too long and for the wrong […]

Why is Addiction and Mental Illness Commonly Linked to Each Other?

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Normally when someone is struggling with addiction, they also have an underlying mental illness. They may not even be aware they have it until a therapist diagnoses them. Mental illness and substance abuse tend to go hand-in-hand because you may be abusing drugs to calm down your mental illness symptoms, or you have a mental […]

How to Control Intrusive Thoughts

Intrusive thoughts occur in the majority of human beings, but for some, they can be more persistent and troubling. Persistent intrusive thoughts can be especially prevalent if you are currently recovering from addiction. Knowing how to manage these thoughts can help your healing journey and keep you on the path to recovery. Next time you […]

Why Telling Men to “Man Up” Hurts Their Mental Health

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If you are a man that has struggled with mental health in the past, you have most likely heard the phrase “man up.” You may hear this come from a friend, family member, coworker, or someone else in your life that isn’t comfortable seeing men be vulnerable. With all of the stigma surrounding mental health, […]

How Drug Abuse Affects Memory Loss

It is no secret that drug abuse and addiction have drastic physical consequences on a person’s life. However, some of these consequences go unnoticed due to how they affect the body. One such repercussion of drug abuse is memory loss. Many that experience memory loss do not realize they are even struggling with it; this […]

How Can Social Media Negatively Affect Your Sobriety?

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Before social media, it was hard to tell how much drinking your peers have done when you are not around them. Now with social media, your peers are probably posting plenty of pictures of themselves with drinks in their hands. By learning how to have a healthy relationship with social media, you will not allow […]

5 Affirmations for Self-Forgiveness

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