Personal Growth Article Listings
Drug Addiction is a Response to a Struggling Existence
The tragedy of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death allows us to look back on how drug use has consumed the lives of many within the entertainment industry. The first statement usually muttered is, “well if they were doing drugs, then I...
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The Opposite of Depression Is Not Happiness, But Vitality
When we think of depression, we think about a general feeling of sadness and unhappiness. This would be an accurate statement. Those who suffer from depression often feel isolated, unhappy, gloomy, or hollow. It is not something to be...
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The Technological Impact on Autism
There is a small start up business in Philadelphia making a lot of noise in the autistic community. Michele McKeone, a teacher at South Philadelphia High School, noticed a need for autistic children she taught to learn technological...
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Getting Help: Treatment Can Influence Outcomes
It's easy to see examples of what mental illness can do to a person if you walk through the downtown area of any large city. You'll see homeless people struggling just to survive, and most of these individuals have reached these dire...
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An Antioxidant Battles Damage Caused By Cocaine
A Fighting Chance For Addicts Is it possible to reverse habitual behaviors of drug abusers? Specifically the behaviors of those who abuse cocaine? Dr. Laura Corbit and Professor Bernard Balleine from the University of Sydney may have...
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Do You Know Why You Do Anything Twice? If Yes, You...
Understand why you keep going back for more! If you know why you do anything twice, you understand addiction. Addiction begins in the need to survive and feel pleasure, both of these primary human concerns are directed and supported...
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Sometimes, All We Need Is A Little Fun
“We know at the present time that all animals, beginning with the ants, going on to the birds, and ending with the highest mammals, are fond of plays, wrestling, running after each other, trying to capture each other, teasing each...
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Virtual Reality Helping Autistic Children Learn
If you follow the technology industry at all, you may have heard about Facebook buying the virtual reality headset known as “Oculus Rift.” If you haven’t heard about it, Oculus Rift is designed to immerse the user into...
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Doctors That Kill
Another doctor has been found guilty of writing prescriptions for painkillers for numerous patients that didn’t need them. Dr. Al Bussam in California has been writing prescriptions for addicts for several years. In his office in...
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