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Navigating Emotions and Self-Medicating Behaviors
The chapter explores the impact of validating emotions and listening to others in mental health, uncovering the prevalence of self-medicating through drugs and alcohol to cope with emotional distress. It discusses the avoidance of true connection by numbing out and challenges individuals to face uncomfortable feelings for better mental well-being.