I have been working on my emotional sobriety, in recovery from addiction and codependency, for 26 years. I’ve been in therapy longer than that. I’ve done yoga, read the books, and even built a private ...

Wanting to help others can be good for your health. But if you feel like you have to do it and put aside your own well-being to do so, it can be problematic. This is known as a messiah complex, savior ...

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) affects a child's ability to focus, sit still, and practice self-control. About 1 in 20 children have ADHD, but this condition rarely flies solo. Two ...

Last week, comedian Kathy Griffin took to social media to share her recent mental health struggles in a video. In it, Griffin reveals between deep breaths how she had an eight-hour panic attack the ...

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No one gets through life unscathed. But what trauma does to our brains is sometimes a result of factors outside of our control. This is especially true for children. When a fragile, growing brain ...

University of Michigan provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s toddler ravaging the living ...

Bread. Pasta. Potatoes. Cake. Many of our favorite things are packed with a biomolecule called carbohydrates. We need them – they are what allows our bodies to produce the energy required to maintain ...

The military-industrial complex is at once more and less than the name implies. As a catch phrase, it may be on its way to surpassing in notoriety “merchants of death,” the term that grew out of ...

Complex Core is a collection of everyday pieces that act as the foundation of anyone’s wardrobe with an emphasis on fit, fabric, and construction. Branding is kept to a minimum. The first Complex Core ...

Complex PTSD, or C-PTSD, refers to different things for different people. Among clinicians, C-PTSD is often used as a polite way to refer to someone with both Axis I and Axis II disorders—that is, ...