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When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Why does narcissism seem to thrive in our churches? We've seen the news stories and heard the rumors. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader.But what is narcissism, reall...

EIGHT CRUCIAL STEPS: Preventing and Recognizing MK Abuse
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article titled "Speak It" that garnered significant attention. This is a follow-up post providing parents with concrete steps for preventing, recognizing and respon...

Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting) Those with Emotional Difficulties
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

It's no sin to hurt.Thousands of Christians suffer real emotional pain--such as depression, anxiety, obsessiveness. Many other Christians, including prominent leaders, believe emotional problems ar...

5 Body Safety Rules Every 5-Year-Old Should Know | Protect Young Minds
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Protecting kids from child sexual abuse is an adult’s responsibility. Body safety rules can help an educated parent can teach their child and take action to minimize opportunity.

By Ashle...

Want to see what a porn-addicted missionary looks like?
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Look pretty normal don’t I? Ok, I admit I was a bit scrawny but I come from a long line of skinny people and it was 95 degrees with 90% humidity in the Solomon Islands, so it tends to curb th…...

Raised on a Diet of Internet Porn: The Neurological Consequences of Long-term Addiction
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

This presentation was given at the 2016 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit in Houston, TX, hosted by The National Center on Sexual Exploitation. 

By: Noah Church

How Porn Use Becomes an Addiction (Simplified!)
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Internet porn—used regularly and often—chemically and structurally changes the brain. These brain changes are consistent with the brain changes that occur in other types of addiction, like addictio...

Addiction is a response to emotional pain - BBC Ideas
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Addiction specialist and author Gabor Mate says dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction in this BBC Ideas video.

By Gabor Mate     Length: 3:29

Mom's Boundaries Saved My Life
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Vechi Mutum, National Outreach Coordinator for Tree House Recovery, describes how addiction took his life down to a very dark place, leaving him homeless and broken. He thought he could still call ...

Video Game Addiction - The Case for Mobile Gaming
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Mobile gaming addiction is a serious issue. The craving and reward feelings that occur from gaming are no different than drug and gambling addiction.

By: Daniel

Pediatricians warn against pot use: Not your dad's marijuana
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana's potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use.

Many parents use the drug and think it...

Marijuana worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Cannabis causes lasting cognitive impairment in adolescents, according to Canadian researchers.

By: Shamard Charles, MD