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Addiction is a complex mental health disorder that almost always stems from underlying psychological or emotional concerns. One of the most common struggles that co-occurs with addiction is trauma. Although your traumatic experiences may only be temporary life events,...
One of the most common pieces of relationship advice is to communicate honestly and frequently. Although we always hear about the importance of communication in a relationship, it can be difficult to actually put this into practice. Communication is a skill that...
Addiction is challenging enough to deal with on its own, but it's even more painful when coupled with depression. Many individuals who struggle with addiction also struggle with a co-occurring mental health disorder. In order to truly and fully recover, you have to...
If you're dealing with love addiction recovery, then you should know that self-care is important. However, if you're like many love addicts, self-care might feel like a foreign concept. That's because love addicts have a very hard time practicing self-care when...
Love addiction—which is also called pathological love—is a type of behavioral addiction where the person becomes addicted to falling in love with someone. This process of falling in love gives the person a dopamine hit that they seek to repeat. Like any other...
Love addiction is a type of behavioral addiction where the addict becomes addicted to the feeling of being in love. It's important to realize that love addiction is not simply a nice way to refer to sex addiction, but that it's actually an addiction in and of itself....
When someone is called a high-functioning alcoholic, it usually means that they’re able to cope with and carry out their daily lives despite technically having an alcohol use disorder. One of the primary traits associated with alcoholics is that they lose interest in...
Are you stuck in a codependency triangle? You might be in one and not even know it. Codependency is a popular term in current psychology circles and many relationship experts help clients recognize it. The codependency triangle has several different names, but they...
Depression is a complex but often serious mental condition that affects different people in different ways. It alters a person's mental state and can have physical effects as well as mental ones. Depression doesn't just affect the person suffering from it, but also...
After you go through addiction treatment, it's normal and good to feel free and clear on your newfound path to sobriety. However, along with those good feelings of getting free from drugs or alcohol comes feelings of apprehension at the possibility of relapse. It's...
Does your relationship have trust issues? If you're having issues in your relationship related to poor communication, negativity and unrealistic expectations, it's possible that you or your partner has trust issues. It's almost impossible to take a relationship to the...
You might think of trauma as something that has more of an emotional and psychological impact with physical manifestations. However, the effect of trauma on the brain can actually change the physical structure. The result of changed brain chemistry and physical makeup...
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