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The Art of Healing

I'll Be Scared for a While

Refusing to have my feelings is not meeting my needs. When I feel the need to be scared for awhile I allow myself to feel scared. My needs include the feelings I need to feel for awhile in order to clear my system of stress response.

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Addictions and Dual Diagnosis

For some, reality is too hard to handle in some ways. It seems that the addict is someone who feels pain more readily than the rest of us. They salve the pain by using alcohol or drugs. Then, we counselors try to convince them they don't need it.

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Buzzed:
The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Third Edition

Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Third Edition The public's misinformation, they say, is only compounded by the fact that most descriptions of drugs' benefits and risks are oversimplified, inaccurate and politicized. Marijuana, for example, is portrayed by some organizations as a wonder drug, and by others as a dangerous contagion. The authors' guide aims to avoid such pitfalls.

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New Help for Smokers.

Visit Our Addiction Forums

Have your visited our new mental health forums - bulletin boards area? It's a place where people with psychiatric conditions or their family members and friends can post questions regarding the mental health issues that confront them today. We encourage you to post your questions and to offer your advice and experience. Sharing is helpful to everyone.

 
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Radio Show Archives

"Borderline Personality Disorder"

Many therapists don't even want to bother with BPD patients, seeing them as "difficult" and "manipulative." But many borderline patients are in enormous psychic pain, suffering from deep depression, suicidal tendencies, eating disorders and self-harm behaviors. Callers share their experiences of living with Borderline Personality Disorder and being in relationships with BPD patients.

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Addiction News

Name by Name, a Push to Change Drug Laws

Ashley O’Donoghue walked slowly up and down a stretch of 125th Street in Harlem on Saturday with a clipboard in his hand. As hip-hop music boomed from a health fair in the plaza in front of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, Mr. O’Donoghue, a 25-year-old grocery store worker, nervously asked passers-by, “Do you know about the Rockefeller drug laws?”

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More Addictions News

'Casual' Smokers Have A Greater Risk Of Hazardous Drinking And Alcohol-use Disorders

Potential New Drug For Cocaine Addiction And Overdose

Alcohol Dependence Among Women Is Linked To Delayed Childbearing

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The Pain of Depression

As you’ve seen on TV, depression can have both emotional and painful physical symptoms.

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Powerful Documentary Films at HealthyPlace.com

Watch four of the most powerful mental health videos you have ever seen. These are stories about sexual molestation, rape, eating disorders and teens trapped in abusive relationships.

What makes these mental health films different and so moving is that they describe the impact of physical and sexual violence and misperceptions on their victims.

You can watch them using your windows media player. We've also set up special bulletin boards for your feedback.
 

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How Would You Like to Journal With Us?

journalerSharing your life with others, especially people you don't yet know, can be difficult. Writing a journal also takes some time, energy and real commitment. Imagine pouring your thoughts and feelings out a few times a week.

One of our journalers says he "found it very helpful in the life of recovery I live today and have been living for over half my life to keep a diary. Putting it online may help others too."

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