To end compulsive hair pulling, you’ll need to understand how important building the right support system can be.
We live in a culture that actively promotes an addictive mindset and a disbelief in the power of the individual to heal himself. You must escape this mindset if you areto end your trichotillomania . Often times outside voices, even when trying to be supportive, can trigger your self-doubt about being able to stop pulling. This self-doubt cannot only cause more hair pulling but it can cause you to lose faith in your ability to end your problem for good. Read the rest of this entry »

Ritalin is prescribed to 6 million children with ADHD every year and like all drugs comes with a long list of side effects including nervousness, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, insomnia, joint pains, headaches, increased blood pressure, fever, rapid heartbeat, abdominal pain, and psychosis.

Tom Sawyer may have been a layabout, a truant and self-indulgence. He may have picked fights with strangers for no apparent reason; but he was also resourceful, spirited and refreshingly clever. Huckleberry Finn was an illiterate outcast, but as a long term rafting companion he had no peer. Read the rest of this entry »