Fri.Feb 14, 2025

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Parents, are you worried about burnout? Here are 3 red flags to watch out for

NPR - Mental Health

2024 advisory. That leaves parents with less time for themselves, their partners and leisure activities.'/> Parenting can keep you on your toes all day. But if you find it so physically and mentally draining you can't enjoy family time, it may be a sign of burnout. Here's what you can do about it.

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The Neuroscience Behind Attachment: Healing from Codependency

The Online Therapist

I read a lot of self-help books and they are mostly all the same. Change your thinking and change your life. However, there is one book that I have returned to many times. It is not technically in the self-help genre, more technical, but it holds information essential to understanding how we see relationships.

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A Victim Re-Victimised

Mad in America

Trigger warning: This story contains graphic details of domestic violence and sexual assault. I was at my girlfriend’s house, desperately searching for my phone and car keys. The only items that could provide me with the ability to flee. Two objects she had deliberately deprived me of, knowing that I would be trapped, her prisoner, without them.

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Can the Invisible String Theory Actually Help You Find Your Person?

Very Well Mind

This mythological theory posits that a metaphorical string connects us to the people destined to be in our lives. Learn how to use it to your advantage, but maybe don't take it too seriously.

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Understanding Gray Area Drinking: How Social Drinking Becomes Addiction

Clear Behavioral Health

When having a stressful day, its normal to want to find something to relax and unwind with. Simply grabbing a glass of wine or beer seems harmless at firstuntil it leads to another glass and soon after, another. Something that seems like no big deal ends up being a bigger issue than anticipated. What is Gray Area Drinking? If you are concerned about your drinking or have even a slight suspicion that it might be getting out of hand, you might be in whats called the gray area.