BPD Love: Dating Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder

On their own, relationships are challenging. This is especially true during the teen years when many are exploring first loves, first bosses, and the other difficulties that come with forging new and lasting relationships throughout high school and beyond. Having a mental health condition that leads to frequent changes in emotions and mood adds a…

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How to Cope with Paranoid Personality Disorder

Someone who struggles with paranoid personality disorder suffers from paranoia and overwhelming distrust and suspicion of other people. These feelings occur even if there is no reason to be suspicious. A paranoid personality disorder is characterized by unrelenting mistrust of others even if they have done nothing worthy of suspicion. Teens (and most adults) with…

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How to Navigate the Complex World of Trauma Therapy

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When adolescents or teens experience trauma, the results can be detrimental to their physical and psychological health. Many long to feel a sense of safety and comfort again but are not sure how to process what they have witnessed or been through. Healing from a traumatic experience is a complex, seemingly unattainable challenge. Trauma-informed therapy…

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Psychology Principles to Improve Your Unspecified Anxiety Disorder

Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. Certain events, situations, or even people result in a twinge of fear or discomfort about what is to come—job interviews, big tests, first dates, new schools, etc. The list of potential anxiety-producing circumstances is long. For most people, the feelings of anxiety that result from day-to-day events subside…

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Unhealthy Eating and Teenage Brains – 10 Things You Need to Know Now!

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Although a significant portion of brain development takes place during early adolescence, the teen years are also a time of substantial change and development. The growth that takes place during these critical years can have a significant impact on their thinking and behaviors. Essential aspects of their day-to-day lives such as sleep, activity, socializing, and…

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24 Hours to Improve Teenage Drug Psychosis

24 Hours to Improve Drug Psychosis

Substance abuse of any kind can trigger a psychotic episode. Teens who struggle with substance use disorders and addiction are also prone to experiences of psychosis due to substance use. Episodes of drug-related or drug-induced psychosis often include scary symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions. In many cases, such symptoms are short-lived but often harmful.…

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Most Misunderstood Facts About Paranoid Personality Disorder

If your teen struggles with a paranoid personality disorder, they struggle with feelings of paranoia and an unrelenting mistrust and suspicion of those around them. These feelings are not reserved for strangers or community members. They also extend to family, friends, and loved ones the teen may know well. These feelings occur even when there…

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The Ultimate Rundown on Opioid Addiction in Teens

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Across the United States, the opioid epidemic continues to touch the lives of teens and adults. Whether a friend or family member, it is (likely) safe to say that almost everyone has been impacted in some form by an addiction to opioids. Adults and teens alike have watched as a friend, loved one, or next-door…

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Everything You Need to Know About Cannabis Counseling

Everything You Need to Know About Cannabis Counseling

Conversations about cannabis (weed, pot, marijuana, etc.) often introduce many different schools of thought. Opinions differ, often significantly around the topics of right and wrong, legal or illegal, harmful or not. Those who support marijuana use but whether recreationally or medicinally, often point to many arguments that “prove” marijuana is safe for at the very…

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The Parents Guide to Dealing with Amphetamine and Your Teen

The Parents Guide to Dealing with Amphetamine and Your Teen

Like opioid abuse and misuse, amphetamine abuse has become a significant challenge facing teens and adults across the nation. Prescription stimulants such as Adderall, drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and illegal amphetamines such as methamphetamine and ecstasy are highly addictive and potentially dangerous when used recreationally. Understanding more about how these medications…

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