Category: Mental Health
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When Your Mind Lives in Worst-Case Scenarios
Introduction: Living Ahead of Reality Sometimes my mind starts preparing me for the anxiety, grief, or trauma of an event before life has even decided whether it’s actually coming or not. I’ve always known how exhausting that is. This experience was just another reminder of it. Side note before I start: although this blog was…
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Part 2: Dopamine – The Chemical That Drives Human Behavior
Introduction When most people hear the word dopamine, they immediately think of happiness or pleasure. Social media has turned it into the “feel-good chemical” — but dopamine is far more complex than that. Dopamine is deeply involved in motivation, movement, learning, survival, focus, memory, addiction, decision-making, and even how we respond to stress. It helps…
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Part 1: Happy Chemical Series
Why Your Brain Keeps Choosing What Hurts You Understanding the hidden chemicals driving your behavior – “The Happy Chemicals” Content Warning: This article discusses addiction, mental health, and behavioral patterns. If you are currently struggling, you are not alone. Please see the Resource section below. Introduction If I’m being honest—my entire life, I never really…
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I Got My 5 Years — Then Accidentally Overdosed
Don’t Worry — I Still Have My Clean Time (A lesson on Essential Vitamins) Five years sober.No alcohol. No drugs. And somehow… I still managed to “overdose.” Now this sounds very dramatic. I still have my clean time. It wasn’t an overdose as what probably comes to mind when you hear that. It was an…
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