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8 Stages of Grieving after a Suicidal Death
Twenty years ago, my best friend took her life. She was plagued by severe bipolar and despite medication and treatment, she was unable to get better. She had a genius...
PMS, PMDD and Somatic Trauma: 10 Ways to Prevent Self-harming During Your Period
I didn’t attend Thanksgiving this year. With neither my family nor my friends. I had to be alone and to take care of myself. Because that’s what my period self demands....
We Need to Feel Seen
Source: IPINMG.com This meme appeared on my Facebook feed last week and I knew immediately that it would
How Your Partner Can Control Your Brain
A new study sheds light on how a person could influence and control the mind of someone else. Research on mice reveals that our brains are affected by those around...
14 Things You Need to Start Doing for Your Emotional Health
What does it mean to be emotionally healthy and what can we do to improve our emotional health? According to familydoctor.org,...
Childhood Injuries and Bipolar Disorder
Can a severe physical injury later lead to bipolar disorder? Most agree there’s a genetic component to BP. Studies suggest that some environmental factor causes the genes responsible for the disease to express themselves
Ignorance Is Bliss?
This morning at breakfast my partner and I had a conversation. It was about my life and my ADHD and my not knowing as a child. She was pondering what I might have done with my life if I’d had a diagnosis....
Today I Love The Random Dancing Snowflakes
Today I love the random dancing snowflakes as they wander here and there, left and right, back and forth and North and South, East and West, and always down, slowly down to settle until they stick or melt or get caught up in a breeze or wind and start the dance all over again....
Is It Possible For Kids to be “Too Far Gone” to Improve?
Too many times over the past five years, I’ve heard educators say things like, “There’s not much we can do for this kid. He’s already (blank) years old so we might as well just spend our time helping kids who can actually benefit from
Comparing Rates of ADHD Diagnosis Across Doctors
Many of us with mental health conditions know that the same symptoms can be interpreted differently from one doctor to the next. Practically, this creates obstacles for ADHDers seeking treatment....
How Nightmares Help Us Face Our Fears When We’re Awake
A new study finds that when we wake up from a bad dream, the brain regions linked to emotional control tend to respond better to fear-inducing situations. The findings, published...
Those More Tolerant of Classroom Cheating More Likely to Tolerate Unethical Behavior in the Workplace
A new study finds that students who are tolerant of cheating in the classroom may let that tolerance spill over into their careers later on, tolerating unethical behavior in the...
Long-Distance Skiers Have Less Depression and Vascular Dementia, But Not Alzheimer’s
In a new Swedish study, researchers compared 200,000 people who had participated in a long-distance cross-country ski race between 1989 and 2010 with a matched control group from the general...
Regular Use of Prescription Drugs for Pain and Sleep Significantly Increases Risk of Frailty
A new study shows that people who self-reported regular use of prescription drugs for pain and sleep had a 95% increased risk of frailty compared to those who did not...
Tending the Family Heart Through the Holidays
