Category: Human Condition
Essays about the human endurement.
Posted on May 6, 2021
by Kēphen
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These past several years I have really been noticing a significant rise in bravado, grandiosity, self-aggrandizing, and a false sense of social importance, particularly among young American men. This pretentious view that one is special and important, and that the choices they make have… Continue Reading “The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Adulthood, American Youth, Behavioral Health, Bravado, Delusion, Grandiosity, Humble, Humility, Hype, Hype Beast, Hype Culture, Legend, Lessons on Living, Mental Health, Pretentious, Reality Check, Self-aggrandizing, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Self-Importance, Self-worth, Temperance, Youth
Posted on April 24, 2021
by Kēphen
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Your first question after reading the title is probably “What is emotional impotence?” Emotional Impotence is a term sometimes used in behavioral health, also often called toxic positivity or chronic optimism, and refers to the act of compartmentalizing or dismissing negative and often traumatic… Continue Reading “How to Practice Empathy and Prevent Emotional Impotence”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Advice on Expressions of Sympathy, Apathy, Chronic Optimism, Emotional Impotence, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Understanding, Empathy, How to Practice Empathy, How to Talk to a Grieving Parent, How to Talk to a Grieving Spouse, Human Connection, Human Interaction, Social Behavior, Social Skills, Speaking to the Bereaved, Sympathy, Talking About Grief, Toxic Positivity
Posted on April 8, 2021
by Kēphen
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[Warning: this article contains discussions of suicide, caution is advised for readers who may be triggered by this subject] This writing was never intended for this website, but I have a lot to say and no other internet medium allows me unlimited space to… Continue Reading “Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Glass”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Coronavirus and Mental Health, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Depression, Hypermania, Hypomania, I Quit My Job, Major Depression, Mania, Mental Breakdown, Mental Health, Mental Health Condition, Mental Health Issues, Mental Illness, Mood Disorder, Pandemic and Mental Health, Psychiatric Episode, Unemployment
Posted on February 11, 2021
by Kēphen
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In this episode of the Ardent Axiom I reflect on how important hope is on the journey of recovery, as well as the other factors that aid in the process of healing after a mental health crisis or struggle with a substance use disorder.… Continue Reading “The Power of Hope on the Journey of Recovery”
Posted on February 8, 2021
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Posted on October 24, 2020
by Kēphen
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I’m a descriptive writer, I love details, analogies, essays and creativity. Someone told me one night that I write because it’s how I come to understand things. That through my writing I come to terms with things that once tormented me or that continues… Continue Reading “Companionship: Love Not Lust”
Category: All, Human Condition, LGBTQ+, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Bisexual, Companionship, Dating, Gay, LGBTQ+, Male Bonding, Masculinity, Men, Relationships
Posted on September 12, 2020
by Kēphen
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My personal interest in behavioral health started two decades ago, through the things I began to experience at the age of 14. I’m sharing this because that teenage version of me would have benefited from someone else defying stigma and having the courage to… Continue Reading “Recovery: Hope is the Spark”
Posted on July 24, 2020
by Kēphen
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I see/hear a lot of debate about wearing masks and whether or not they are worth wearing. I see people sharing posts on social media from randomly named quacks they don’t know, or worse the poster is clearly a fake account but the sharer’s… Continue Reading “To Mask or Not to Mask”
Category: All, Environment, Human Condition, Politics, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, ASAP Science, Cloth Masks, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Evidence for Wearing Masks, Lab Studies on Masks, Mask, Mask or No Mask?, Respirators, Science, Science Vs., Virus Protection
Posted on June 12, 2020
by Kēphen
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When Life Hurts the Most We are all broken, none of us are lucky enough to get through life unscathed. What sets some apart from the rest is that they learn and grow and become stronger in the broken places. Who are you? Who… Continue Reading “When Life Hurts the Most”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Anxiety, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Broken, Choice, Courage, Depression, Emptiness, Fear, Fitness, Gratitude, Happiness, Hope, Hopelessness, Insight, Introspective, Lessons on Living, Life, Meaning, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mindfulness, Peace, Peace is Every Step, Power of Belief, Purpose, Recovery, Sadness, Self, Suffering, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Teen, Thrive, Tragedy
Posted on June 12, 2020
by Kēphen
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Start a Conversation that Matters I can’t begin to tell you how much it astounds me when I ask someone to talk to me about how they feel, to share with me the pain they are afraid of that they harbor within, and their… Continue Reading “Start a Conversation that Matters”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: Addiction, Alone, Anxiety, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Broken, Compassion, Depression, Emotional Connection, Emptiness, Healing, Hope, Hopelessness, Human Connection, Loneliness, Loving Kindness, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mindfulness, Sadness, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Thrive
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The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth
Posted on May 6, 2021 by Kēphen
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These past several years I have really been noticing a significant rise in bravado, grandiosity, self-aggrandizing, and a false sense of social importance, particularly among young American men. This pretentious view that one is special and important, and that the choices they make have… Continue Reading “The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Adulthood, American Youth, Behavioral Health, Bravado, Delusion, Grandiosity, Humble, Humility, Hype, Hype Beast, Hype Culture, Legend, Lessons on Living, Mental Health, Pretentious, Reality Check, Self-aggrandizing, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Self-Importance, Self-worth, Temperance, Youth