Category: Psychology

In the personal stories of people experiencing mental health issues and offending behaviors, you often find a large number of traumatic events and circumstances, called Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). How can one turn their life around when they are stuck in a vicious circle?

We need to put people in boxes and label them, especially when they betray the social norms. Mental health issues, mad! Offending behaviors, bad! Or are we all just struggling souls? Let’s challenge the labels to grow our empathy.

Is personality something we are just born with? Is that coming from our parents, our culture, our experiences? Are we stuck with who we are? Psychology tells us.