Tag: identity

Finding Your Identity in Recovery

August 27, 2024 Addiction

Prolonged addiction can change you as a person. Perhaps your past addictive behaviors destroyed relationships with loved ones, distracted you from your hobbies, and hampered your performance in the workplace. Once treatment is completed and you transition into long-term recovery,… Read More ›

The Importance of Exploring Your Identity

January 21, 2024 Avalon Malibu Staff Addiction

At Avalon Malibu, we know that addiction can be damaging to your overall well-being. This can make it difficult to have a good understanding of who you are or who you are without your addiction. However, having a good sense… Read More ›

Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder

December 9, 2022 Avalon Malibu Staff Mental Health

Gaining a deeper understanding of various mental health diagnoses has a variety of benefits. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a condition surrounded by a lot of stigma, misunderstanding, and myths. Let’s talk more about what DID is and the treatment… Read More ›

False Assumptions About Dissociative Identity Disorder

November 21, 2022 Avalon Malibu Staff Personality Disorder

The media often portrays various mental health diagnoses in a negative light, which perpetuates harmful stereotypes. One of the disorders that people are often confused by is dissociative identity disorder. Let’s talk more about this disorder and dispel some of… Read More ›

How Are Identity and Recovery Related?

July 20, 2018 Avalon Malibu QA Recovery

Many people who begin their journey to recovery have preconceived ideas of their “identity”. Most often, these identities are centralized around their addiction, as people label may themselves as “an addict” or “an alcoholic”. The truth is that these labels… Read More ›

Person-First Or Identity-First: How We Use Language About Diagnosis Matters

August 17, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health

When you are given a mental health diagnosis you gain a new part of your identity. There is specific parts of that language to pay attention to. You gain a new part of your identity. When you are given a… Read More ›