Recognizing The Signs Of Codependency

Codependency is a sign that a person did not receive the nurturing required in childhood to help them grow into an emotionally healthy adult. It can be difficult for adults to recognize their own codependent tendencies and behaviors and even more difficult to seek…

What Anxiety Actually Is, Because It’s More Than ‘Just Worrying’

When we hear the word anxiety we tend to think it´s “just worrying”. The reality is that it is far more than that. It’s waking up tired even though your day just started, that feeling when someone has read your text and…

Locked On the Psych Ward — An Investigative Look into America’s Largest Psychiatric Hospital Chain

I’m starting with the long read this time — because the individual vignettes are that gripping and the larger implications are that disturbing. For anyone who has…

Webot, an Artificially Intelligent Chatbot

Isn’t it surprising to know that scientists know so little about depression but it is the leading cause of disability worldwide. One thing we do know is that talking seems to help. Many Americans who have a mental illness have gone at least a year without…

I Was Diagnosed With Schizophrenia At The Age Of 17, So I Started Drawing My Hallucinations To Cope With It

A different reality, disembodied eyes, voices telling you to light things on fire, creatures crawling out of vents. Kate was diagnosed with…

How Do You Know You Have Bipolar Disorder?

Sometimes over-the-top, erratic, and over-reactive, at other times dark, intense, and apathetic — these are all terms that may be used to describe those going through the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. But with it being a cyclical illness, it can…

Magic Mushrooms, Euthanasia and Opioid Treatment: SonderMind Weekly #12

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Brutally Honest Cartoons, Surgeon General takes on Addictions, and Exercise vs Depression — SonderMind Weekly #10

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