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The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus

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The result is a form of “marketing” that encourages self-diagnosis and the embrace of disorders as identity by watering down the definition of mental suffering—and, paradoxically, minimizing understanding and compassion for those who are truly struggling. .’ Still, this extreme openness isn’t completely new — especially online.

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Dostoevsky: A Psychologist We Can All Learn From

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His intuitive grasp of how childhood trauma could repress and obliterate memory, fuelling the repetition compulsion of self-destructive patterns of behaviour, was central not only to psychoanalysis, but also our modern understanding of psychological trauma. Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov, c.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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In her twenties, from an affluent, predominantly white neighbourhood, she was referred to me by her family doctor. Other influential figures like Patricia Resick and Charles Marmar emphasized the importance of addressing both objective events and the subjective experience of trauma.

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How Mad Studies and the Psychological Humanities are Changing Mental Health: An Interview with Narrative Psychiatrist Bradley Lewis

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Terms like “broken brain,” “childhood trauma,” “unresolved grief,” and “family dysfunction” come to mind. He was keenly aware of societal injustices, and his stories often highlight humans striving amidst overwhelming challenges. This heightened awareness leads him to a breakdown.