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What To Do When You Think Someone is Suicidal: A Guide to taking Action

What to do when you think someone is suicidal

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Someone is waiting to help 24-7; you just have to reach out. Mental Health Hotline is geared towards putting you in touch with local resources, and is not appropriate for a suicide crisis.  You’re […]

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The Impact of Stress on Mental Health: What You Need to Know

The Impact of Stress on Mental Health: What You Need to Know

Stress is a natural reaction to life’s daily pressures. Some levels of stress can be beneficial and help your body adjust to certain situations. However, ongoing, chronic stress can have negative impacts on your mental health. It can ultimately lead to everything from depression and sleep disturbances to substance abuse. This article examines the link

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Understanding Shopping Addiction: Signs, Symptoms, and Help

Shopping Addiction - What to KNow

Many people enjoy shopping, whether it’s the satisfaction of finding a great deal or visualizing how great they’ll look wearing the latest release from their favorite designer. Others, however, feel an irresistible urge to buy things even if they don’t need the items. Left unchecked, compulsive shopping, or spending addiction, becomes a vicious cycle that

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What is Dissociation

What is dissociation? What it looks like

Defining what dissociation is may be challenging, but it’s a phenomenon most experience to a certain degree. It could be arriving home after work only to realize you don’t remember the journey. You may become lost in a daydream while you’re supposed to be paying attention to a lecture, or you may feel detached from

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Video Game Addiction Hotlines

The proliferation of online gaming has enabled gamers around the world to connect and build digital friendships surrounding common interests. These habits can sometimes resemble gambling addictions or are other forms of compulsive addictions. Gaming can and is a healthy outlet for many people, however, in some cases the relationship people have with gaming can

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Domestic Abuse Hotline Options

Every 3 seconds, someone in the United States experiences intimate partner violence. By adulthood, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will have a history that includes at least one episode of severe violence from a partner, according to statistics compiled by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence . Getting out of abusive

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