Look to their behavior patterns for the answer. — Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are two mental health conditions with similar symptoms, are often diagnosed co-morbidly, and often include histories of profound childhood trauma. Both can include emotional dysregulation, especially when “triggered”, and both disorders share feelings of low self-worth and struggle with developing…

These keep me upbeat and productive — Creativity + ADHD = perpetual chaos inside my head. I’ve historically been bad at making life changes, even ones that are objectively good for me simply because there are always so many competing options dancing in my head. …

The world leader in drug prescriptions, by far, must prescribe less and “deprescribe” more, experts say — Overprescription of drugs and the ongoing use of unnecessary and harmful medications is out of control in the United States, the world’s top pill-popping country by far. Americans spend some $603 billion on prescription drugs each year, estimated at roughly 48% of the entire global market. The vast majority of…

Understand the bad relationship patterns that are often driven by shame, and how to recover from them — As a full-time relationship coach, I can say for sure that the greatest obstacle to helping people learn, heal, grow, and cultivate loving relationships with themselves and others is toxic shame. Hands down. This soul-eating emotion (as the founder of analytic psychology Carl Jung described it) tries to persuade you…

Here are some unexpected ways posture affects your overall health — My grandmother used to yell at me, “Shoulders back, sit upright!” It seemed to be an important thing to that generation: An erect spine and an upright, confident posture. But, like so many other old generational values now going out of style, the advice felt like last week’s questionable leftovers…

Your pain does not care about you. It does not care if you love, remember your soul, make love, live a meaningful life, smell a flower, hug a friend, find a purpose, express a freedom. Nothing. It doesn’t care if you abandon yourself or sabotage…

testimony from an expert When I see doctors praising antidepressants online, it plucks my last and final nerve. I ask myself, why, in 2023, are doctors still praising a treatment protocol from the 1970s that has turned 1 in 4 American women into wards of the healthcare state? Now, the…

The path of going into the darkness to bring back your light — I never resonated with the term “lightworker.” When it came online several years ago, I was already a decade into spiritual practice. Now, a decade later, I still eschew the label. Maybe it’s because I’m a Scorpio. Maybe it’s because my gene key and conscious sun in Human Design is…

How researchers proved the most advertised drugs are mostly junk — Table of Contents · If the drug is bad, buy an ad · Why even allow drugs with a low therapeutic value? · In summary: many new drugs don’t provide benefits, and ads keep them profitable Edit: some readers have noted that this story deserves additional context, so I’ve written a follow-up! …

The acetaminophen added to hydrocodone is to warn drug abusers not to take the drug, but it is killing them instead — America’s Protestant churches started a temperance movement in the 1820s that gained momentum in the early 1900s. It began with the suggestion of moderation. This led to urging people to resist the temptation to drink in the quest for complete abstinence. Ultimately, there was a call for the banning of…

African heart medicine that teaches the language of the human soul — “I’m starting to feel something”. A buzzing sensation rapidly floods my body. The nurse rushes over to hand me headphones and eyeshades. Within seconds, I get antsy. The urgency is overwhelming. The journey is about to begin and I need my vehicle to embark. I need the music. Iboga is…

How to know if you might be a junkie, plus small steps you can take to promote a healthier and longer life — Ultra-processed food, aka highly processed or junk food, now accounts for more than half of all calories consumed in the United States and the U.K., fueling soaring rates of obesity in adults and children and increasing the risk of physical disease, dementia and early death. But we just can’t get…

Imagine if you could turn that powerful mental energy to your benefit — Don’t mistake me for being flippant. Depression is a serious issue. I know it’s a serious issue. But I want to talk about depression in a new way because nothing I’ve read about it up until now has been very helpful. Let’s consider depression from another angle. Perhaps it would…

Are you a victim, a victimizer, or savior? — By Robert Butler “I don’t do drama!” Sound familiar? I’ve said it more than once, unconscious of the fact that I was still creating it. Anyone seeking to become more consciously aware, and to become truly present must understand the drama triangle and where they exist in it. Are we…

What does healing mean for the abuser? — I told him I wanted to kill him, because then and there, I did. He was a thousand miles away at least, so we fortunately never got the chance to learn if I was serious. I wasn’t, but I still said it. The pain cut me open like rotten fruit…

A discussion of trauma, resilience, and mental illness with psychologist Nick Haslam. — One out of four American adults now has a diagnosable mental health disorder. About the same proportion — roughly 27% of adults — is currently taking a prescription psychiatric drug. These figures are at all-time highs. Nevertheless, most analyses find that mental disorders are likely under-diagnosed and under-treated. Based on…

The team of Canadian and Dutch founders leveraged technology called photogrammetry in order to make scoliosis monitoring fast and safe for millions of patients. — Challenge Often in business, the goal is to keep ahead of the curve. When it comes to the new telehealth company Momentum Health (formerly SeeSpine), that goal is literal. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), that curve of the spine your gym teacher might have checked for in elementary school, is the most…

In 2018, the US FDA approved CBD for the treatment of two drug-resistant forms of epilepsy. — Epilepsy is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system that’s characterized by recurrent seizures. According to the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance, 7.46 of every 1,000 people have epilepsy — which is approximately 260,000 Canadians. Although epilepsy is highly treatable, approximately 30% of people have what’s considered drug-resistant epilepsy which requires…

How taking back responsibility and control over my reality allowed me to let go of the burden of victimhood — It was my first boyfriend’s father, an avid hiker and wildlife enthusiast, who taught me how to identify safe drinking water in the mountains. He taught me that while glaciers may look pristine, they house layers upon layers of accumulated dreck and pollution. Other times, bacteria, worms, and other pathogens…

Observations on suffering behind the locked doors. — We do crazy things when we’re desperate. It was August 2010, and I had spent nearly two years in agony with depression. It was so bad and unrelenting that I no longer found joy in anything. …