dungeons & dragons For Some D&D Players, Tabletop Roleplaying Is More Than Dice and Magic – It's a ‘Sanity Saving' Mental Health Boost How these Dungeons & Dragons fans are protecting their mental health by battling fictional demons.
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mental health resources Why Can't I Stop Buying Records? LX News Storyteller Eric Rodriguez can’t stop buying vinyl records. But why? To find out what was behind this compulsion, he spoke to Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University. She explains why someone might feel drawn to purchase something they don’t need, especially in these stressful times. She also provides some tips to...
mental health resources Team USA Athletes Explain Why This Olympics Was So Much Harder on Their Mental Health As Simone Biles showed during the Tokyo Olympics, Olympians must preserve their mental health in order to perform and protect themselves from injury. The 2022 Winter Olympics presented additional mental challenges for athletes that some said they wouldn’t have been able to handle if it was their first time as an Olympian. NBCLX’s Ngozi Ekeledo speaks with Kaillie Humphries, Lindsey...
mental health resources Our Mental Health Crisis: The Stigma and the Struggle to Get Help Our country faces not one mental health crisis, but several. The first is the stigma around mental illnesses. The second is the difficulty of finding help. NBCLX contributor Alex Wohleber talks to people on the front lines of the crisis. Visit lx.com/mentalhealth for more stories and resources.
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