Nightmares Have Unique, Damaging Impact on BPD Sufferers Borderline PersonalityBy Promises AustinApril 21, 2015People with borderline personality disorder often have nightmare-related problems that are separate and distinct from other significant sleeping issues, according to new findings from a group of German researchers. People affected by borderline personality disorder (BPD) have an unusually high level of exposure to chronic sleeping problems that can substantially reduce their ability to remain…
Are You Texting More Than Talking? Other AddictionsBy Promises AustinApril 20, 2015When you’re together, you feel that you’re completely in sync. There’s never a lull in the conversation. He makes you laugh. He always gets the door. He helps his elderly neighbor bring in her groceries. And the sex? It’s amazing. You feel like he could be “the one.” But there’s just one thing: You rarely,…
5 Surprising Ways Meditation Can Help Reduce Stress Personal ResourcesBy Promises AustinApril 17, 2015While stress is nearly unavoidable in this non-stop world and it’s all too easy to fall prey to ever-present stress, this doesn’t mean you have to live with it. Indeed, stress is best when banished because unchecked stress can lead to potentially fatal heart attacks, strokes, ulcers and many other serious medical conditions. What’s a…
Staying Sober Through the Worst of Times Staying SoberBy Promises AustinApril 15, 2015Attaining peace and serenity in sobriety isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely easier when life is going smoothly than it is during difficult or challenging times. At some point in your sobriety, you will have to deal with situations that feel overwhelming or painful. No matter what happens, you don’t have to drink or drug.…
College Students Under Stress Turn to Alcohol Alcohol AbuseBy Promises AustinApril 14, 2015New findings from a team of Canadian researchers indicate that the presence of short-term or acute stress has a significant impact on the amount of alcohol consumed by college undergraduates. Compared to the general population, college students in the U.S. are heavily affected by a highly dangerous, drunkenness-inducing pattern of short-term alcohol consumption known as…
How to Deal With Stress in Addiction Recovery Addiction Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Mental Health, Personal Resources, RecoveryBy Promises AustinApril 13, 2015There are certain things you can count on as you go through life sober, and one of them is that you will feel stressed from time to time. Sooner or later things happen in life that challenge your feeling of serenity and leave you feeling overwhelmed and anxious. The question isn’t if you will experience…
Panic Attacks Linked to Fear of Bright Daylight Mental HealthBy Promises AustinApril 13, 2015A small study from the University of Siena in Italy suggests that photophobia—fear of bright light—is associated with panic disorder (PD). Certain features of panic disorder led the researchers to suspect that a fear of light might be connected to panic disorder. Exposure to fluorescent lights has been known to trigger panic attacks, and it…
The Power of Acceptance in Addiction Recovery RecoveryBy Promises AustinApril 8, 2015Wouldn’t it be great if you got exactly what you wanted all the time? In a perfect world, the people around you would act the way you wanted them to act and they would say what you wanted them to say. You could work when you wanted to work at a job you totally loved,…
Nearly Half of Marijuana Users Transition to Other Drugs, Study Finds MarijuanaBy Promises AustinApril 7, 2015New findings from a group of Spanish and American researchers indicate that nearly one-half of all people who use marijuana/cannabis will eventually transition into additional forms of drug use. Marijuana/cannabis use is increasingly acceptable in American society, and this acceptance may lead to a significant underestimation of the short- and long-term harms associated with the…
Social Media Affects the Brain Like a Drug Mental HealthBy Promises AustinApril 4, 2015Facebook continued to be the most popular social media site in 2014, but evidence is mounting that much of its lure is due to social media addiction, which shares many similarities to drug addiction in the brain. Seventy percent of Facebook users interact with the website every day, according to a new Pew Research Center…
