When you hear the word ‘ketamine’ what comes to mind? Substance abuse, horse tranquilizer, and k-holes might be your first thoughts. In recent years, research has highlighted promising results for ketamine therapy as an effective treatment for Post Traumatic Stress...
What Does it Mean to be Neurodivergent?
In recent years, there has been a much-needed spotlight on neurodiversity – or the acknowledgement that there are natural variations in the human brain. Neurological diversity is not a model of disability, instead the concept of neurodiversity explains a natural...
Sexual Repression, Shame, and the Link to Suicide
TW: This article contains themes of suicide. If you are not in a safe headspace for this kind of topic, please exit the page and take care of your mental health. If you need immediate support, please go to the nearest emergency room, or call the Suicide Prevention...
5 Ways Diet Culture Can Mess with Your Self-Esteem
Diet culture is concept that has the ability to create long-term physical and emotional harm on society. People of all ages, genders, backgrounds, body shapes and sizes can be impacted by the insidious nature of diet culture. Understanding the problematic dynamics can...
How Does Purity Culture Trauma Impact Sexuality?
There are some topics that people tend to tread lightly around. One of those topics is religion. Although discussions about religion deserve sensitivity and open-mindedness, there are some problematic elements that are too harmful to ignore, such as purity culture...
Breaking Trauma Bonds One Step At a Time
Breaking a trauma bond can feel insurmountable at times. Its often a relationship that feels draining, crazymaking, or outright toxic. There’s a part of you that knows the relationship is unhealthy and wreaking havoc on your mental health, but the idea of leaving is...
8 Ways to Identify Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental illness characterized by intense emotional reactions that can affect mood, behavior, self-image, and relationships. According to recent studies, the condition affects 1.6% of the general population. As common as BPD is...
10 Surprising Signs of Childhood Emotional Neglect
When looking for signs of childhood abuse, for many people, thoughts of a parent physically hurting or neglecting their child might come to mind. Physical harm is an important facet of child abuse to recognize. There is another type of abuse that’s covert and often...
Understanding Grooming in Adult Relationships
When grooming is discussed, it’s often in the context of adults using the manipulation tactic to abuse and exploit children. However, children are not the only population at risk of being groomed. Many adults in toxic or abusive relationships will experience grooming...