It can be hard to fall asleep when you have so much on your mind. You are distracted by all of these thoughts running in your head that you forget to breathe, your body seizes up, and your breathing and heart rate quicken. By using mindfulness, you will be aware of your body and will […]
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Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a form of therapy that changes your negative thought patterns. There are a number of reasons why something decides to take this form of therapy so that they can be aware of their thought patterns and how it is taking over their life. One of these reasons is if you are struggling
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Ryan Reynolds plays a superhero, Deadpool, who fights evil. But just because someone plays a superhero does not mean that in real life, they are not in need of one themselves. Recently, Ryan Reynolds broke the stigma of anxiety by coming out about his own problems in hopes that others will seek help as well.
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The way drugs get their hooks into you is via the brain’s reward center. The chemicals typically trigger the release of the body’s feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine. However, there comes a tipping point. Do you know how it works for alcohol and dopamine? What is Dopamine? Your brain releases dopamine when you do things that trigger
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Why do people begin abusing drugs or alcohol? In addition to genetics and social conditioning, there’s the possibility of co-occurring disorders. What are they? Most importantly, what should you do if you struggle with these conditions right now? What are Co-Occurring Disorders? When someone struggles with chemical dependency and a mental health disorder, therapists call
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For those living with addiction, many of us experience what we often refer to as hitting “rock bottom,” that time and place where we feel we’ve fallen as low as we possibly can. In this place, there are some common things many of us think, feel and experience that are memorable and that stay with
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When we’re recovering from our addictions and mental health issues, it can really help to start visualizing the lives we want for ourselves, to help us work to manifest them. Very often we get caught up dwelling on our painful pasts, or on our current difficult circumstances. We tend to think negatively, complain and be
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Our fears can impact our lives in all kinds of ways, many of which we aren’t yet conscious of. As we practice mindfulness and become more self-aware, we learn to take more notice of how our fears are showing up in our experience. One of the most common fears that impacts so many of us
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Living with addiction and mental health issues can cause us to isolate ourselves, out of fear, shame and embarrassment. Self-isolation can be especially harmful to our health and can cause our conditions to worsen. Solitude, on the other hand, can be powerfully beneficial to our healing and recovery. What is the difference between solitude and
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Our addictions and mental health issues thrive and fester from our inability or unwillingness to push ourselves out of our comfort zones. Our depression, anxiety and addictions rely on our staying comfortable and complacent in a place of fear and self-destructiveness. Even though we’re experiencing tremendous pain, because it is familiar to us, because it
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Bayview Recovery Center provides varying levels of care with a focus on outpatient treatment programs at our Tacoma, WA drug rehab center. Our treatment methods allow our clients to have the most accessible and effective recovery experience possible.
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