Mental Illness
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Leon’s Existential Cafe
Unseen Talent: How Our Environments Prevent Us From Shining
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people…
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The Stigma of Mental Illness: Why We Need to Understand Ourselves
The stigma of mental illness drives us apart, and reduces the likelihood of improvement. Can we use empathy to help…
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I’m Sorry I Couldn’t Love You More – A Poem about Regret
A poem about unrequited love and the deep-seated regret that resulted from being emotionally unavailable to someone I cared for.
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Creating Self-Compassion: How Self-Acceptance is Possible
What's the difference between self-esteem and self-compassion? This article articulates a healthy way of feeling good about oneself.
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Spotting Psychological Manipulation: How to Evade the Potential Abuser
How can you spot the con-artist and manipulator? This article discloses the red flags that creep up when we encounter…
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Finding Meaning in Suffering: My Rebellion Against Cynicism
Often, a therapist is asked to use his own methods on himself. This is my story of using Viktor Frankl's…
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Big Black Hole: A Poem about the Illness of Depression
Some continue to classify depression as a weakness, depsite the medical evidence to the contrary. This poem exhibits what it's…
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The Ethics of Violence: Why Trauma Doesn’t Excuse Brutality
In the context of a dialgoue between Baldwin and Lorde, this article explores the ethics of violence, asking, does trauma…
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Searching for Life’s Meaning in a Vast Sea of Insignificance
Everyone we love will someday wither and perish, leaving traces of their lives behind. In a world of ceaseless transience,…
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Fostering Self-Acceptance: How We Can Regain Control of Our Self-Image
Why do most of us feel badly about ourselves, and is it possible to stop the negative self-talk? This article…
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