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How to Talk With Your Adolescent About Their Drug or Alcohol Use

…hile failing to notice or give value to the potential risks and downsides. Drinking and drug use further heightens the dopamine response. This prompts more reward-seeking behavior that raises the risk of dependence. The adolescent’s impulsiveness and their own sense of logic (which Siegel explains in Brainstorm) also lessen the risks adolescents perceive to their health and survival. To admit, or even understand, that using has become a problem is…

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How to Stop Anxiety

…te or 32-minute version here. Anytime you’re feeling anxious, psychologist Dr. Lisa Firestone highly recommends trying the 4-7-8 breathing pattern in which you inhale for a count of four, hold your breath for seven seconds and release the breath for a count of eight. Repeat this cycle five times. This practice has been proven to release serotonin in the brain that naturally calms you down. It also interrupts shallow breathing, a common symptom of…

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Coping Suggestions for the Suicidal Person

…es and crisis centers around the world. Click here to locate a therapist in your area Return to our Suicide Prevention Advice Page Related Articles: The Do’s and Don’ts of Suicide Prevention Helper Tasks – How You Can Help Someone Who’s Suicidal Suicide: The Warning Signs Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk Busting the Myths About Suicide…

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Suicide Prevention for LGBT Teens

…g Teens – Hotline, Live Chat and Message Boards Click here to locate a therapist in your area Coping Suggestions for the Suicidal Person The Glendon Association “Save a Life” Brochure Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk” Suicide Prevention Resource Center for Teens…

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Addiction: The Causes of Abuse and Dependence And How to Break the Cycle

…what is going on for them, and recognize the signs that it is time to seek help. Warning signs that drinking or substance use needs professional treatment include: Recurring binge drinking, or drinking or using to excess. An inability to leave unfinished alcohol behind (for example, a person without alcohol dependence may leave wine served with a meal unfinished; a person with a dependence problem is unable to leave unfinished alcohol behind) Feel…

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Falling Out of Love

…struggles, to some degree, to stay connected to our loving feelings,” said Dr. Lisa Firestone, co-author of Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships. “Early experiences of feeling hurt or rejected can injure our ability to connect with and sustain our loving feelings. Giving and receiving love actually challenges our core defenses, early adaptations we formed to protect ourselves against the ways we were hurt.” While none of us choose to fall out of…

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Commitment Issues: Why Some People Have Them and Others Don’t

…ship can also help us to earn a more secure attachment style. According to Dr. Lisa Firestone, “One of the proven ways to change our attachment style is by forming an attachment with someone who had a more secure attachment style than what we’ve experienced. We can also talk to a therapist, as the therapeutic relationship can help create a more secure attachment. We can continue to get to know ourselves through understanding our past experiences,…

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The Anti-Self Vs. The True Self

…t of suicide we fail to learn to recognize the warning signs and learn the helper tasks that can save a life. By educating ourselves in the dos and don’ts of suicide prevention, we equip ourselves with the tools to help someone we may encounter who is in need, be it a co-worker, friend, relative, neighbor or acquaintance. The most important “don’t” is never ignore someone you’re worried may be suicidal. Never assume they are just joking or seeking…

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Teens Suicide Prevention: Teens

…ons for the Suicidal Person The Glendon Association “Save a Life” Brochure Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk” Suicide Prevention Resource Center for Teens Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Teens American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Teen Suicide Prevention Campaign National Suicide Prevention Lifeline The Jed Foundation – Students Teenline – Teens Helping Teens – Hotline, Live…

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I Hate My Life

…our real wants, goals and desires from undesirable outside influences. As Dr. Robert Firestone wrote in his book The Self Under Siege, “Differentiation is a universal struggle that all human beings face if they wish to fully develop themselves as individuals.” Firestone outlines four essential steps to the process of differentiation that can help individuals live free of imagined limitations. According to Firestone, in order for our real, authent…

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