Misery May Be Vital to Our Mental Health

Misery may be vital to our mental health

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“Taking the good and the bad together may detoxify the bad experiences, allowing you to make meaning out of them in a way that supports psychological well-being,” the researchers found. Negative emotions also most likely aid in … Earlier this year …
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Transcript: Jon Currie

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The best definition I know of addiction is that it is a brain disease of compulsive seeking and using, which causes behavioural consequences and occurs in a social context. That tells us that there are three main pillars for treatment. We should be …
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Porn Addiction Relapse: The Pros and Cons of a Harm Reduction Approach

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Harm reduction by definition does not require the addict to go through withdrawal from an addictive behavior. This in turn means that the addict is continuing to use the behavior as a drug. As such the sexually addictive behavior keeps in place all the …
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Douglas' nerves over Liberace role

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In this high-definition age, hair and make-up always makes me very nervous. We were …. Tom Sizemore has revealed he was prompted to seek help for his drug addiction problems when he looked in the mirror and was terrified by what he saw. FILE – This …
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