The pandemic upset our sense of control and lots of people's treatments, but there are new alternatives. In addition to telecounseling, there are lots of online support options. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ending-addiction-good/202008/sobriety-online-managing-recovery-in-virtual-world
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Sobriety Online: Managing Recovery in a Virtual World
The pandemic's upset to our routines has made it harder to divide working life and home life. For people who are seeing their spouses in contexts they're not used to, this can be uncomfortable, but it's also an opportunity to strengthen their bonds. https://blogs.psychcentral.com/healing-together/2020/07/coping-in-captivity-improving-couple-dynamics-during-covid-19/
The pandemic has upset many of our old priorities. But the key to avoid being overwhelmed is still to figure out what you value, and how you can act to fulfill your needs. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-flux/202007/5-tips-help-you-deal-when-life-suddenly-changes
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5 Tips to Help You Deal When Life Suddenly Changes
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It's easy to catastrophize during the pandemic, and that goes for your teen's schoolwork, as well. But when you learn to take a step back, you'll probably see that things aren't so bad. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-adolescent-mind/202008/back-school-back-stress
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Back to School, Back to Stress
Everybody is suffering from increased anxiety during the pandemic. Being able to name the specific emotions you're feeling will help you to reduce your fear of them. https://psychcentral.com/blog/practicing-emotional-awareness-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
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Practicing Emotional Awareness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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There are a lot of tough choices we have to make during the pandemic, and most of us are feeling the strain from that. But there may be ways you can streamline your decision making and reduce fatigue. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/license-shine/202009/six-tips-reduce-covid-decision-fatigue
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Six Tips to Reduce COVID Decision Fatigue
Traumatic experiences, including close brushes with covid, put people at greater risk for developing addictions. Therapy helps people to resolve excess stress and trauma, allowing our bodies to continue to self-regulate. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/balanced/202008/the-other-second-wave
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The Other Second Wave
During the pandemic, everyone's feeling vulnerable. Consequently, we have an unusual opportunity to build deeper relationships with our friends. This article contains some advice on how to get those conversations started. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-mind/202009/sharing-vulnerability-secret-closer-friendships
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Sharing Vulnerability: A Secret to Closer Friendships
If you and your partner(s) have different levels of risk-aversion, it may be hard to feel that you're on the same team. But one skill you might work on is capitalizing on each other's strengths. https://psychcentral.com/blog/simple-strategies-for-handling-covid-togetherness-issues-with-your-spouse/
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Simple Strategies for Handling COVID Togetherness Issues with Your Spouse
Anxiety buffers us against being surprised by negative emotions, but a lot of the things it causes us to focus on are unhelpful. One of the ways we can manage anxiety is to think more logically about the worst-case scenarios it keeps pointing us to. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-be-yourself/202007/3-ways-stop-worrying
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3 Ways to Stop Worrying
Everybody's under additional stress during the pandemic, but for people with substance abuse disorders, things have gotten especially dangerous. Care to prevent relapse is especially important during this time. https://www.addictioncenter.com/community/recent-statistics-show-opioid-addiction-covid-19-dangers/
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Recent Statistics Show Opioid Addiction And COVID-19 Dangers - Addiction Center
What exactly is resilience? It's not repression, but rather, the ability to adapt. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/202005/the-8-key-elements-resilience
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The 8 Key Elements of Resilience
You may have seen a lot of people praising the benefits of couples therapy, but how do you know if it's for you? This article will help you decide what you want out of it. https://www.thecut.com/article/couples-therapist.html
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A Beginner’s Guide to Couples Therapy
It's not always bad to take cues from others or rely on them to do things for you. But are you aware of when you're doing it? http://bit.ly/2vzTY2E
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25 Ways You're Borrowing Self from Others
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It's easy to get lost in negative thoughts, but it's seldom productive. This guide will help you get problems solved and cultivate a more positive outlook. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/truth-and-courage/202005/4-steps-tackling-mental-health-distress
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4 Steps to Tackling Mental Health Distress
Not everybody's self-care looks the same. Although there are some things that work for most people, your self-care is ultimately unique to you. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/my-pleasure/202008/does-self-care-stress-you-out
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Does Self-Care Stress You Out?
Every relationship changes us, and there are a number of ways a past relationship may be influencing our current one. It's important to be aware of those influences in situations where they're no longer helping. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/202007/when-old-loves-haunt
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When Old Loves Haunt
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Although lots of people are having a tough time during the pandemic, researchers found that loneliness was less of a problem than they'd feared. Our ways of remaining in contact while physically distancing seem to work. https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923170318/anxiety-depression-increased-during-pandemic-why-not-loneliness
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Anxiety, Depression Increased During Pandemic. Why Not Loneliness?
Some set-backs are easier to bounce back from than others, and some will result in you significantly changing your life. But moving forward always begins with self-love and figuring out what you value. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-life/202010/surviving-setbacks
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Surviving Setbacks
One of the most important lifeskills for sobriety is developing new ways of self-soothing. Making these skills a habit will help see you through moments of stress. https://www.addictioncenter.com/community/5-ways-deal-anxiety-youre-sober/
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5 Ways to Deal with Anxiety When You're Sober - Addiction Center
Sometimes, we become burned out because we're trying to use our work to fulfill a need it isn't able to fulfill. Preventing this requires not only firm boundaries, but for you to understand your own values. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2020/09/27/how-to-know-if-and-when-youre-being-too-hard-on-yourself/#660f1f727107
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How To Know If And When You’re Being Too Hard On Yourself
The term "anxiety" encompasses a lot of different things, but one of their commonalities is self-doubt. Part of managing it is figuring out what, exactly, makes the possibility of failure so worrisome. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/202008/what-s-the-opposite-anxiety-and-how-do-you-get-there
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What’s the Opposite of Anxiety, and How Do You Get There?
The challenges facing us are often more manageable when we break them into their component parts and separate which things we can and can't control. That's true even for things like stress from the ongoing pandemic. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/breaking-the-cycle/202011/building-resilience-during-the-pandemic
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Building Resilience During the Pandemic
