How Do I Explain My Depression to a Loved One?
Depression is quite a common mental health disorder. In Canada alone, one study found that 11.3% of adults indicated meeting the criteria for depression at
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Do You Know the Difference Between Emotional Transparency and Emotional Vulnerability?
Successful recovery from substance abuse and alcohol addiction requires tapping into difficult emotions, often for the first time in many years. However, for many, experiencing
How to Identify and Manage Your Emotional Triggers in Recovery
Maintaining sobriety while in recovery is difficult, even in ideal circumstances. But unfortunately, life is anything but perfect. Frustrations, disappointments, setbacks, and negative emotional states
How Traditional Ideas of Masculinity Can Hinder Recovery
Receiving counselling and treatment for a substance addiction is one of the most courageous things someone can do. It requires introspection, honesty, and vulnerability. In
The Importance of Introspection: Curiosity Can be Enlightening
Our nervous systems are amazing threat-detectors, but what happens when they get left on? How do we let them know that we aren’t in danger