Category: Mental Health Archives
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SPLIT: Effective Horror Film or a Step Too Far?
**TRIGGER WARNING** *This post contains an in-depth review of the new movie SPLIT. This post will contain specific references to mental disorders, suicide, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. Proceed at your own risk.* If you have been with me for any amount of time, you will know that movie reviews are not my niche. However,…
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Sunday Confession: I’m A Man and I’m Ashamed of My Body
I’ve been dieting hardcore for the last three weeks. I’m surprised that I’ve come this far because my typical pattern goes a little like this: Get fat -> Get motivated -> Get thin -> Get hungry -> Repeat So, to be three weeks in and still going strong is significant. I feel better. I feel more…
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This Civil War of Our Mind
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation…
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Bullying, Suicide, and What We Can Do To Help Bring Change
The words “Freshman year of High School” should be enough to make any person, no matter size, appearance, or personality, shiver. Often times, the few months preceding one’s entry into high school are plagued with horror stories of what happens to “Freshies.” From being on the receiving end of an old fashioned swirlie to being…
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Understanding the Angels and Demons of Social Media: What Good is it Doing for Your Social Health?
2016 is now officially in the rearview mirror and our New Year resolutions have taken full effect. While change seems to be on the horizon for many, the culture we live in, with its technological advancements, is still very much the same. We have been a technologically driven society for many, many years. It’s no…
Confessions 