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Author: Katelyn Gemelli
My high school psychology teacher and a course in abnormal psychology has helped me to discover a love for psychology and has made me strive to try to make a difference in the lives of those impacted by mental health. Furthermore, from volunteering as a Crisis Counselor for a crisis text-line, I have seen firsthand how challenging mental illnesses can be to live. My aim is that, over time and with the aid of The Humanology Project, people can get the help they need for their mental health/illnesses without fear or concern of judgement. A little about me includes my favorite place in the world being the Poconos Mountains, and that I have an unhealthy obsession with reading books, and Game of Thrones.
The Media’s Portrayal of Parental Addictions
Parents dealing with drug addictions is the latest trend in media and news outlets coverage. It seems like every time you turn on the news,…
A Matter of Life and Death
Imagine: you work or go to school full-time, maybe you do both. You may come home and study, do laundry, clean, cook dinner and, on…
Where Drama Meets Disorder
When we think of someone having a mental disorder, we often think of someone staying in bed for days, experiencing crippling anxiety or abandoning their…
BPD: Different Stigma for Different Genders
When it comes to a physical illness such as a heart attack, gender differences can be undeniably obvious. According to Harvard Medical School, some of…
Seeing Eye-to-Eye on Personality Disorders
In a world full of millions of people, there is said to be about sixteen types of personalities when it comes to the Myers-Briggs Type…
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Fact or Fiction
We all have that friend who can’t stop taking selfies. That sibling that must look at themselves every time they pass a mirror. That co-worker…
A World of Bias
According to a recent study, conducted by Gawda and Czubak, it was found that the prevalence rate for having at least one personality disorder (abbreviated…
Celebrities and Media to Spark “Stigma Revolution”
What is the one major commonality shared between every mental illness that exists? Lack of awareness. The awareness does not have to be in regards…
The Game of Addiction
Ask any kid in the past ten years what their favorite pastime is and it is guaranteed that video games will be one of the…