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Self-Awareness: A Key to Emotional and Relationship Health

Love & Life Toolbox

When new therapy clients sit down in front of me for the first time, my curiosity is always piqued around not only who they are and what kind of help they are seeking, but also their level of psychological awareness. Even if this type of awareness is clearly lacking, this doesn’t mean good work cannot be accomplished together.

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Rethinking Relationships: Embracing Individuality

The Online Therapist

By fostering self-awareness, open communication, and mutual respect, we create relationships that thrive not on dependence, but on appreciation. True connection doesnt come from losing ourselves in another person but from standing confidently beside them, growing independently while sharing our journey.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

Still, you and your family should be aware of the possibility of side effects in the future and being made aware does not mean the doctor softly saying “Well, there are some known side effects, but how about we try this?” Many were not aware of these risks prior to starting them. Millions of others share this experience.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. Efforts at Self-Regulation Being placed in psychiatric hospitals at a rate of almost once per year was greatly disturbing, and it provided me with motivation to get my situation under control.

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The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus

Mad in America

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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A Psycho-Spiritual Journey

Mad in America

I was also acutely embarrassed and ashamed about what had happened to me so I tried to hide my experiences from everyone, even to the point of self-denial. A Mad Priest I joined a peer self-help organisation called Grow. This is essentially the same as a ctive listening which raises the level of conscious awareness in the group.

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Reframing Mental and Emotional Pain from a Buddhist Psychology Perspective

Mad in America

Ill will and aversion can be directed internally (negative self-talk, self-harm) or externally (hurtful words, violence). Therefore, mindful awareness when faced with challenging conditions—those we dislike or even hate—is a powerful coping skill to regulate and cope with distressing thoughts and emotions. Sloth and Torpor.