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For years, we’ve talked about depression as if it were one thing — with a standard checklist of symptoms and a trial-and-error path through treatment. A powerful new study challenges that idea in a big way. Using thousands of MRI scans from the UK Biobank, researchers found that people who share the same symptoms —
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Today we understand better than before how language can subtly influence mental health. Gaslighting tactics which invalidate people’s emotions represent harmful behaviours that create permanent emotional damage. Respectful communication establishes trust and understanding between people while nurturing empathy. This article illustrates the differences between everyday words used in gaslighting and polite words used in respectful
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Mental Health Awareness campaigns that help destigmatise mental illness and normalise our general discourse surrounding mental health have gained momentum as more and more people have become aware of the importance of tackling the topic of mental health in a tactful, empathetic, and authentic manner, whilst promoting an approach based on kindness and transparency. Partly
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Match made in hell In a relentless and often uncompromising pursuit of perfection and admiration through various methods of enhancing one’s self-image, the narcissist (person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder) inevitably feels drawn towards those who exhibit codependent traits: they maintain and boost the narcissist’s self-image, providing narcissistic supply, as well as enabling their toxic ways
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Have you ever had a feeling that the world around you is unreal or unfamiliar, that living is like navigating the dream world, that there’s a veil between you and the rest of the world, or that you are an external observer of your own mental processes or body sensations? Perhaps you felt detached from