Should You Tell Your Girlfriend, Wife, Partner, Family and Friends that You’re Suffering with Mental Illness?

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Andy Behrman knows firsthand that for men, there are few things more taboo than admitting to mental illness.

Emotional Maturity, Boundaries and Why Most of the People You Know Aren’t Actually Adults

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Shawn Maxam explains why most people continue to engage in unhealthy behaviors well into adulthood.

Cry Like You Mean It :-(

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Shawn Maxam explains why crying is a perfectly healthy behavior.

I am Just Giving Myself a Pep-Talk

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. -Malcolm S. Forbes The older I get the more emotionally isolated I become. I am not this way because I’m embracing some antiquated perspective of manhood or a masculine approach to feelings. It is rather a pursuit Charles Darwin would approve of. I have adapted [...]

How I Learned to Stop Worrying..​.& Love the Bipolar Disorder!

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. -Confucius Most of the time having Bipolar sucks! The medication, the talk-therapy, the occasional psych ward visit and best of all the unrelenting self-inflicted mind f*ckery of being emotionally/mentally unhinged. Controlling your disorder (and not having it control you) takes a combination of Dalia Lama restraint and [...]