Nutrition and Addiction Recovery
We know that drugs can affect the way we think and cause a lot of damage to our lives mentally as well as physically, bringing a lot of stress. Substance abuse can also ruin our [...]
Can Alcoholism Be Cured?
Physical diseases like diabetes or high blood pressure can be cured since they are physical diseases that a doctor can see. Diseases that are more psychological like alcoholism cannot be cured as the brain does [...]
Somatic Symptom Disorder
When someone is obsessively worrying that any minor physical problem can be a serious illness, you might have somatic symptom disorder which used to be known as hypochondria. This is having excessive and unrealistic worries [...]
How Can I Handle Criticism Better?
Criticism can be hard to take in because you are more concerned that someone found a flaw in you instead of trying to work through it. We are all trying to achieve perfection and we [...]
Dear Evan Hansen: A Musical That Tackles Mental Illness
Musicals have the power to get through an audience not just with their powerful dialogue but with songs that send a message of what the characters are feeling. If we can leave the show learning [...]
How is Cocaine Linked with HIV?
HIV is a retrovirus that infects the immune system cells. There are studies that shows that cocaine exposure can make it easier to contract HIV. It is important to abstain from cocaine to prevent being [...]
How Being Assertive Will Make You a Stronger Person
Being assertive means that you know what you want and are not afraid to express your wants to other people. It does not mean that you need to be aggressive in which you use scare [...]
What Are Some Useful Family Therapy Techniques?
There are no perfect families as all families have issues that they need to overcome. Luckily, there are plenty of methods that family therapists use in order to put together a broken family. Family therapy [...]
How to Fall Asleep When You Are Nervous
It can be hard to fall asleep when we have so many worries that we know we have to tackle. That stress can keep us up all night and make it harder for us to [...]
How Do I Live a Healthy Lifestyle?
Living a healthy lifestyle means taking care of yourself in a way where you body and your mental health is not in danger. Smoking, doing drugs, and drinking alcohol would not be a way to [...]