How Women’s Trauma Contributes To Addiction

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Women’s trauma poses a risk for addiction at any age; in fact women’s trauma and addiction have a strong relationship. Anyone experiencing trauma is more likely to develop poor mental health, especially conditions like PTSD, depression, or anxiety. Coping with these symptoms in an unhealthy fashion usually means self-medicating with things like drugs and alcohol, […]

Here Is How Trauma And Addiction Go Together

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Trauma And Addiction Are Pieces In The Puzzle Trauma and addiction are inextricably linked and I’m going to explain why. The definition of trauma is a deeply disturbing or distressing experience. There are a few broad categories that easily fit this definition such as experiencing war, surviving an airplane crash, or being a victim of […]

How To Heal A Brain: A Story of Trauma, Addiction, and EMDR

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How To Heal A Brain, And Yes, Recovery Is Possible You can heal a brain, even though we don’t talk about it enough. Mental health is something most people prefer not to talk about unless mental illness enters the picture. If you have mental illness or addiction in your family, you know how challenging it […]

Johann Hari: Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong

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What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do — and if there might be […]