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On August 30, the United States withdrew the last of its military troops from Afghanistan. News outlets documented that historic moment with a grainy, green-tinged night vision photo of a lone soldier boarding a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport. The man in the photo – Army Major Chris Donahue, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division –…

I grew up with video games and have followed their technological development over the years. As such, video games have been and have been a huge part of my life to this day. These games are a source of entertainment and relaxation, and can even provide opportunities for social interaction and connection. They can help improve a person's cognitive skills,…

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N o Employees come to work every day completely free of personal problems and struggles. However, people with mental illness face additional adversity in the workplace. Just showing up and completing tasks can be an uphill battle for employees bombarded with intrusive, obsessive, or critical thoughts. traumatic flashbacks; depressive episodes; Anxiety triggers; and other challenges. To make matters worse, there…

Last spring, the Colorado Children's Hospital declared a "state of emergency" for the mental health of young people. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pediatric emergency rooms and inpatient departments of the hospital system were increasingly crowded with children and adolescents with severe mental illness, many of whom were suicidal. "It was devastating to see that suicide became…

I was an ugly kid, but I doubt you would think so when you look at my elementary school pictures. Most of the time I looked like any other child. Nothing about me was exceptional either way. I was neither particularly attractive, nor did I look particularly unhappy. But ugly children know who they are. It is the children who…

Dealing with animals, especially dogs, regularly elicits an immediate onslaught of warm fuzzies from me. I also experience this among fellow buyers when I walk through the pet shop with my long-haired German Shepherd. "Oh how beautiful!" they will exclaim if they give themselves permission to pet my dog ​​instead of greeting me. It makes me smile at how quickly…