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Tag: Mental Health

Signs of Unhealthy Love: When It’s Time to Leave

All of us have our moments of insecurity. You probably recall that time you cyber-stalked an ex after a breakup … More

Dating, Emotional Abuse, Love, Manipulation, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, Relationships, Toxic Masculinity

Anxiety and Assertiveness: Why It’s Okay to Say No

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” -Lao Tzu Why We Can’t Say No … More

Anxiety, Assertiveness, Depression, Intimacy, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Relationships, Self-Esteem

Poverty and Mental Illness: How an Impoverished Childhood Almost Took Away My Life

Economic Justice For All “I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil … More

Anxiety, Depression, Economic Justice, Government Assistance, Immigrant, Martin Luther King, Mental Health, Personal Development, Poor, Poverty, Robert Kennedy, Self-Esteem, Welfare

Why Am I So Jealous?: Exploring the Link Between Self-Esteem and the Intolerance of Uncertainty

Why Do I Need Certainty? Since the beginning of time, there have been two existential certainties: death and the uncertainty … More

Dating, Jealousy, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Relationships, Self-Esteem

Science and Pseudo-Science in Psychotherapy: How to Distinguish Fake Treatments and Why It’s Important to

Psychology’s Pseudo-Scientific History I’ve been hesitant to write this article for months because of the backlash that I know will … More

EMDR, Freud, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Pseudoscience, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Science

I Wonder If You Noticed – A Poem

I wonder if you noticed My stare when I first noticed you I wonder if you noticed Our hands lingering … More

Love, Mental Health, Poem, Poetry, Romance

For All of the Deep-Feelers and Those Who Fear Judgment

For some, the ability to experience intense emotions is a blessing, a type of trophy that they can hoist to … More

Anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disoder, Growth, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, Social Anxiety, Trauma

The Happiness We Miss While Chasing It

What Will Make Me Happy? When I was in my teens, I believed romantic love to be the answer. When … More

Growth, Happiness, Intimacy, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, Relationships, Success

Searching for Meaning in a Sea of Insignificance

The question of our time, or rather the question of all-time, is can I create meaning in my insignificance? Most … More

Annie Hall, Anxiety, Depression, Existentialism, Meaning of Life, Medicare For All, Mental Health, Obama, Personal Development, Self-Help

Psychological Manipulation and the Need for Boundaries

Psychological manipulation can come in varied forms and from a multitude of individuals, some close to us and others who … More

Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Narcissism, Psychological Abuse

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