How To Use Your Recovery Capital To Succeed
Reading Time: 5 minutesRecovery capital is best known within the field of addiction, but I believe it has applications outside of that, such as within mental health
Addiction
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Breaking The Skin Picking Habit: Advice and Information
Reading Time: 6 minutesSkin picking is a common habit that you’ve likely engaged with yourself at some point. But how can skin picking become a problem?
Teaching Children About Bullying For Better Mental Health
Reading Time: 14 minutesTeaching children about bullying is important not just for our own children, but for all children, producing lifelong benefits
Life With BPD And The Chronic Feelings Of Emptiness
Reading Time: 10 minutesLife with borderlines personality disorder can be hard. If you’re also experiencing chronic feelings of emptiness, then you’ll find it harder
The Little Known Truth About Thought Suppression
Reading Time: 8 minutesThought suppression is a common coping strategy, but it’s a flawed safety and avoidance behaviour. But there are two great alternatives
The Outstanding Potential Of Music Therapy In Addiction
Reading Time: 5 minutesLots of creative activities can be beneficial to our mental health, and some of these have been turned into treatments, such as music therapy
Suicidal Ideation: What It’s Like Living With Suicidal Thoughts
Reading Time: 10 minutesSuicidal ideation is more of a problem than many people think. To help highlight this, this article includes two personal experiences of suicidal ideation
Muscle Dysmorphia (Bigorexia): I Want Big Muscles
Reading Time: 7 minutesThere’s a hidden disorder hide among men, especially weight lighting men, and that disorder is called muscle dysmorphia, but what is it?
Promiscuity And Self-Esteem: What You Need To Know
Reading Time: 8 minutesPromiscuity often gets a lot of bad press, because people misjudge promiscuous people, essentially slut shaming people. But is this fair?
Alcohol And Relationships: Do You Need Alcohol To Socialise?
Reading Time: 7 minutesAlcohol and relationships, the way we use alcohol to socialise, have long been a point of concern, as going to the pub is all us Brits know