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

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Originally intended to highlight risk factors, ACE scores are now used by clinicians to diagnose individuals, despite overlooking resilience and individual variations in response to adversity. Jonathan Haidt has described the current generation as fragile due to being overprotected and less resilient.

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The Future of Mental Wellness: Technology and Self-Reflection

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For instance, it can be used between therapy sessions for documenting experiences, practicing skills, reflecting on things discussed in therapy, or to prepare for future sessions. Journaling apps like Mirror can be used anytime, anywhere, providing a consistent space for self-reflection, even in areas with limited mental health resources.

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10 Essential Tools for Managing Life Transitions

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We’ve found 10 powerful tools to help you manage life transitions with more confidence and resilience. This awareness allows you to approach challenges with self-compassion and develop effective coping strategies. Your mental well-being during transitions depends on recognizing these changes as natural life events.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

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Thanks to a variety of therapies and social factors, I had managed to develop a positive self-image and resilience that made life truly worth living again. Using self-monitoring forms, I documented my symptoms. The Vereniging Afbouwmedicatie has prepared a document that lists various options for obtaining customized medication.

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Why You Should Prioritize Self-Care In 2025

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When you prioritize psychological self-care alongside physical health, you create a foundation for lasting resilience and vitality. This heightened emotional intelligence builds resilience, enabling you to bounce back from challenges with greater ease. Your emotional intelligence grows through consistent self-care.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

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Other people have their own ideas about this; there is a document published by a group of authors, including Alberto Vásquez and Peter Stastny, in which they address crisis support, and I think they have a somewhat more conservative approach than me.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

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She documents cases where medieval Europeans commissioned dissections not out of scientific curiosity but out of care for their families. In that context, compartmentalization is a useful coping mechanism. How do you psychologically cope with reducing human beings to property ? But this detachment isnt always helpful.