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Addiction and Mental Health
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The Link Between Addiction and Mental Health Addiction is not just about substance misuse; it can also involve behavioral patterns like gambling, gaming, or shopping. When someone struggles with this condition, they often face co-occurring mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, or PTSD. According to the Substance Abuse and…
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How can you understand Suicide?
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When someone you care about attempts to take their own life, it can stir up a variety of major intense feelings for them. In times of turmoil, your dear one may have felt or believed they were a weight on you and those who care for them. Witnessing a loved one…
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Thoughts
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I don’t know about you but I am a person who spends quite a bit of time to myself and often in silence with my thoughts. When we lose someone dear to us it’s easy to get in our heads a lot. Though there are days of sorrow we donât…
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Connecting Mental Health with Creativity
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There is a link between expressing creativity and mental health. Going back to the 1800s, Vincent Van Gogh, a painter, took his life in 1890, and Sylvia Plath, a writer, took hers in 1963. They were just two of many on a long list. Other famous names include Kurt Cobain,…