Too many people still see a diagnosis of substance use disorder as a personal failing. Despite decades of research, it still appears that the average person views addiction as something they did to themselves. In reality, substance use disorder has many of the same characteristics as other recognized mental...
Mental illnesses can be debilitating and impair a person’s functioning. This often creates challenges in work performance, family life, and social interactions. Many people with this disorder need to take time off work for appointments, treatment, or to recover from a depressive episode. They may request accommodations, so they...
Do your friends and family often tell you that you’re overreacting? Are you extremely perceptive? Do small changes in your environment bother you? According to psychologists Elaine and Arthur Aron, these little quirks may mean that you are a highly sensitive person. What is a Highly Sensitive Person? Research on highly...
Melancholic depression is a form of major depressive disorder that involves persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness, combined with apathy, fatigue and suicidal thoughts. If you’ve lost interest in daily activities, struggle to find any joy in life and feel that little or nothing can improve your mood, you...
If you’ve ever experienced a traumatic event, you know the lasting impact it can have on your life. Recovering from such an experience is possible, but it will likely take time. Emotional trauma, as opposed to physical trauma, can be especially difficult to treat due to its ambiguous nature....
Paranoia is the unfounded feeling that people are watching, judging or otherwise out to get you. For example, you might feel paranoid when you are tired or stressed out, or during occasions when you are uniquely vulnerable, such as walking alone after dark. While paranoia is a hallmark of mental...
For many of us, living with addiction has been a very isolating experience. We’ve essentially been alone with our drug or behavior of choice. There are many different reasons why we isolate. Sometimes we’re ashamed of the mistakes we’ve made and the ways in which we’ve hurt other people....
Anger is one of the emotions we seem to have a particularly tough time letting go of. We stay attached to our anger – sometimes for years, sometimes for our entire lives. We hold grudges. We feel like we can’t forgive, and we allow our anger to destroy relationships...
Anxiety can be so distressing, uncomfortable and debilitating that we want to avoid feeling it as much as possible. As we work towards healing, we learn that the more we resist an emotion, the stronger it gets. When we shun and reject our anxiety because we’re avoiding trying to...
Anxiety is one of the more common mental health issues, and it often accompanies depression, addiction and other challenges, making them even harder to manage. When we learn more about ourselves and our anxiety, we are better equipped to handle the complexities of our issues and can work to...
One thing many of us have in common is that we live with the voice of our inner critic dominating our thoughts and directing them in negative, self-destructive ways. We often struggle with pervasive feelings of self-doubt, low self-esteem and low self-worth. Our inner critic belittles us and puts...
Learning how to manage our anxiety is one of the most important parts of our recovery. Many of us living with addictions and mental health issues find that our anxiety can often exacerbate the other challenges we’re facing. Dealing with our anxiety can help us to navigate the issues...
When we think of codependence, we usually associate it with romantic relationships. We don’t necessarily think of codependence and addiction as being related, but in many ways they are. Codependent relationships are characterized by their members being excessively emotionally dependent upon each other and not having healthy emotional boundaries with...
Anxiety is something many of us with addictions and mental health issues experience on a regular basis. Some of us experience it daily, some of us when we are going through a crisis. Anxiety can be debilitating for many of us. Sometimes we aren’t sure why we feel the...
Recovering from our addictions and mental and emotional health issues can be some of the hardest work we’ll ever do in our lives. Healing and coming to terms with our trauma, fears and pain can be daunting and scary, and sometimes our fear can make us avoid the recovery...
Panic attacks can be terrifying. When we are panicking, we might alternate between intense feelings of fear, sadness and shame. We might experience suicidal thoughts and feel so afraid we feel like we can’t go on living. We may feel like we’re losing our minds or like we’re having...
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