Teens Mental Health – Anxiety and Smartphones CHILDHOOD CANCELED – April 3, 2024 - Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation,” published last week, argues that the smartphone-driven “great rewiring of childhood” is causing an “epidemic ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinterventionInterviewMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Psychodrama Therapy Gave Me 10 Years of Therapy in One Day TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT – April 3, 2024 - I sat in front of my “real father” as he stared right through me like he always does. “I don’t see you,” he said in a stern voice. “You never have,” I whispered quietly back. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesinterventionMental Health
Discovering Truth about Our Brains and Addiction IT’S ABOUT TIME – April 10, 2024 - Ronstroem hopes to help answer one critical question: how does drug abuse influence reward pathways in the brain? Specifically, his research focuses on uncovering how some dr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesMental Health
Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids OR IS IT TOO LATE? – March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online. The numbers are horrifying: r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids SOUL DAMAGE – March 31, 2024 - “We’ve never seen anything like this. There’s massive evidence of harm,” Jonathan Haidt says. “It happened in many countries at the same time, at a specific point in time: the mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024cell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Screen Time Addiction Needs to be Dealt with NOW DISTRACTIONS FROM ONESELF – April 1, 2024 - Getting addicted is the most logical thing for the brain to do. Sure, accomplishing a goal such as finishing an economics chapter, or going to the gym, would release... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
A Psychologist Explains The Struggles Of ‘Floating Duck Syndrome’ NOT PECKING – March 28, 2024 - Just as the duck’s graceful movements belie the intense effort required to propel itself forward, so do those affected by floating duck syndrome endeavor to present an image of success ... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Rapper Takura Reveals His 7-Year Battle Against Drugs WE’RE ALL ONE – April 2, 2024 - The rapper sat for an interview and revealed that he abused drugs for seven years. He said he started taking drugs in 2017. Takura said he ended up going to drug rehab this year. Check... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Seriously Mentally Ill People Should Consider a High-Fat Keto Diet GRILLED CHEESE THERAPY? – April 2, 2024 - After four months on a ketogenic diet, 79 percent of participants showed a “clinically meaningful improvement” in psychiatric symptoms. Researchers theorize that the d... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents SELL SELL SELL LIE – April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on these products around the globe. These drinks, targeted to young kids, may promise un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaharm reductioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthTrauma
Anne Lamott’s Meditations on Life – Love and the Cycle of Aging REGISTER NOW SOBRIETY BECOMES HER – Happening Tomorrow April 10, 2024 - In a series of deeply personal Washington Post columns, Anne Lamott has explored aging from the miracles that age makes easier to see to the “superpo... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Friends: The Fisherman and the Stork TRUE LOVE – March 30, 2024 - Thirteen years ago, a poor fisherman in a small village was retrieving his net from a lake when he heard a noise behind him and turned to find a majestic being standing on the bow ... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMental Health
Podcast Examines Perils of Intense Meditation AUDIO – EXTREME IS EXTREME! – March 31, 2024 - The four-episode series focuses on retreats held by the Goenka network, teaching a popular meditation technique called Vipassana. Participants follow a strict schedule, ... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Intoxicants Can Be a Life Saver For People with Mental Illness WHO’S TO JUDGE? – March 26, 2024 - A decade ago, while working in a women’s prison, I met a young woman whose story would leave an indelible mark on me. She had endured severe abuse at the hands of men, and I ... Read More...April 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental Health
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up WHY BOTHER? – Feb. 27, 2024 - Shrier’s new book Bad Therapy, an astute and impassioned analysis of the mental-health crisis now afflicting adolescents, may cause a similar emotional meltdown in some corners of Americ... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMental HealthteenagersTrauma
Psychiatrists Detail Harrowing Case of Internet-Induced Erotomania YOU MEAN GLORIA FROM MODERN FAMILY ISN’T AVAILABLE? – March 28, 2024 - Erotomania manifests as a persistent, delusional belief that an individual, typically of higher social status, is in love with the person experie... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
‘Safe, Simple, Cost-effective:’ Acupuncture as Opioid Alternative VIDEO – THE RIGHT KIND OF NEEDLE – March 21, 2024 -For Kayla Rath, a correctional officer in the armed forces, this method has made a major difference in her life — both at work and at home. I can say that in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 26 2024Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
23AndMe and Ancestry Reveal the Frightening Extent of Incest in the US ALCOHOLIC BEHAVIOR? – March 19, 2024 - People born of incest may feel like they cannot reproduce for fear of giving birth to a baby with life-threatening genetic anomalies. One such person is 64-year-old Te... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 26 2024Mental HealthTrauma
Study Sheds Light on Narcissism’s Impact on Romantic Burnout IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME ME ME – March 20, 2024 - Narcissism, which involves a strong focus on oneself, can lead to problems in how people connect with their partners. The research breaks down narcissism into two main t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 26 2024Mental Health
Loneliness Worse than Smoking, Alcoholism, Obesity VIDEO – JOIN A 12-STEP GROUP? – March 22, 2024 - Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary discusses a new study that suggests loneliness can lead to premature death on ‘Varney & Co. WATCH@Fox ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancylonelinessMar 26 2024Mental Health
Screens Poison Kids’ Minds HIJACKED BRAINS – March 22, 2024 - Teenagers are inundated with notifications, with one study estimating they get 237 pings a day. “Smartphones and social media fundamentally changed the way teens spend their ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMar 26 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Kids’ Phone-Based Existence InHuman CHILDHOOD CANCELED – March 21, 2024 - “Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve never met chose her to join the first permanent human settlement on Mars … Would you let her g... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMar 26 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Three Months After Leaving Patton State Mental Hospital She Was Dead AUDIO – SCANDAL or FATE? – March 13, 2024 - The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly $121 million over five years to oversee and review reentry homes in Los Angeles County, Taxpayers paid about $5,... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health
Walking Can Cut Disease and Death WALK ON THE MILD SIDE do do do – March 6, 2024 - For people with low and high amounts of sedentary time, getting any number of steps higher than 2,200 per day was linked with lower odds of developing car... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health
What I Have Learned Through Childhood Trauma THIS TOO SHALL PASS – March 2024 - I will never say that my trauma in childhood was a positive thing. In an ideal world there would be no such thing. However, for many of us it is a fact of life. Most of us have had ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 19 2024Mental HealthTrauma
The Profound Impact of Alcohol & Drugs on Your Brain WHAT DAMAGE? – March 10, 2024 - Each of your brain cells has your genetic code stored in long strands of DNA. For all that DNA to fit into a cell, it needs to be packed tightly. This is achieved by winding the DNA ar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 19 2024Mental Health
Therapy Dog Helping Women Overcome Addiction VIDEO – PAWS WHEN AGITATED – March 7, 2024 - “I’ve created meaningful friendships. Ozzie is a part of that,” said Abbey Colburn, a client at the Adult and Teen Challenge of Western Wisconsin. Ozzie is in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Single Dose of LSD Provides Immediate & Lasting Relief from Anxiety UNLESS YOU SWALLOW IT – March 7, 2024 - Professor David Nutt, director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit at Imperial College London’s division of brain sciences, who researches psychedelics, said in an email that t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 12 2024Mental HealthPsychedelics
Anxiety Drug Killed My Son and So Many Are Dying From It HOW MANY MORE? – March 3. 2024 - The drug that helped Alex Cottam turn his life around was also the one that ended up killing him. Alex, a 27-year-old software engineer, had been prescribed pregabalin to help h... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 5 2024Mental HealthTrauma
Mark Zuckerberg – “It’s Not My Fault.” IT NEVER IS – Feb. 23, 2024 - FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM CEO is arguing he can’t be held personally liable for accusations that his platforms have led to kids being addicted to social media. A ruling in the bill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 27 2024internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction