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10 Ways Substance Addiction Can Change Your Personality

Gateway Foundation

Substance use disorder significantly impacts a person’s life, damaging health, relationships, careers, and finances. People in addiction recovery are at an increased risk of returning to substance use , even years after quitting. These conditions commonly co-occur with substance use disorders.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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The Fear Of Leaving The House When Having Mental Illness

Blurt It Out

We may have post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of past experiences. Paranoia can also form part of our illness(es). Recovery isn’t linear. Photo: Team Design Unfortunately, some of us haven’t always had the best experiences when leaving the house. Trauma could have exacerbated or triggered our mental illness(es).

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