The Boston Bombings, Triggers, and Self-Care

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Some things you can do if news coverage of stories about abuse, violence, and/or trauma are triggering you.

Golf: “Time Suck” to Avoid #1

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Scott Behson pisses off half his readership by pointing out how golf takes you, your time, and your money away from every other important thing in your life.

Don’t Give Up Your Life

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If your family will not be kind to you this holiday season, please: be kind to yourself.

Genetic Despair: Depression and Me

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Noah Brand never felt depressed. He just was.

Habits and Contradictions

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Jimmy ValenTime on the habits one forms, being the son of addicts.

What Freedom and China Have to Do With ObamaCare

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“I saw that in the literal sense, China was freer than America.” Discipline, cigarette smoking, the quarter-life crisis, and the Affordable Care Act all figure into Brandon Ferdig’s essay on freedoms and their limits.

Waiting for Superman

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Shawn Maxam explains how the only person who could save him — was himself.

Sandusky, Triggers, and Self-Care

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Some things you can do if news coverage of abuse stories is triggering you. From the Executive Director of MaleSurvivor.