Sleepless in… practically everywhere???
December 31, 2013 1 Comment on Sleepless in… practically everywhere???

The Atlantic

I awoke in a bed for the first time in days. My joints ached and my eyelids, which had been open for so long, now lay heavy as old hinges above my cheekbones. I wore two pieces of clothing: an assless gown and a plastic bracelet.

I remembered the hallway I had been wheeled down, and the doctor’s office where I told the psychiatrist he was the devil, but not this room. I forced myself up and stumbled, grabbing the chair and the bathroom doorknob for balance. I made it to the toilet, then threw water on my face at the sink, staring into the mirror in the little lavatory.
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Is there medical hope for PTSD combined with nightmares?
December 30, 2013 Comments Off on Is there medical hope for PTSD combined with nightmares?

Kevin MD

This is actually a followup post to this primary article on Trauma Focused Therapy.

But oftentimes, despite PTSD treatment, patients still complain of nightmares. What can I offer them then?

A psychotherapeutic option

Image rehearsal therapy (IRT) is one option:

* IRT is a modified CBT technique that utilizes recalling the nightmare, writing it down and changing the theme.
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Everybody wants to rule the world…
December 24, 2013 Comments Off on Everybody wants to rule the world…

Lyrics Freak

Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World Lyrics

Songwriters: Hughes, Chris / Orzabal, Roland / Stanley, Ian

Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world…
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Does someone you know need help?
December 23, 2013 Comments Off on Does someone you know need help?

PsychCentral

To get the outcome you want, you need to attentively listen to the person complain about the problem in order to find a non-confronting way in. Focus on normalizing the problem – making it seem like a normal, everyday behaviour – and creating an alliance with the person. Do not be tempted to offer advice, which comes across as “I’m normal; you’re not.”
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If everything worked out perfectly in your life, what would you be doing in ten years?
December 22, 2013 Comments Off on If everything worked out perfectly in your life, what would you be doing in ten years?

Harvard Biz Review

Working with colleagues at Cleveland Clinic, Boyatzis put people through a positive, dreams-first interview or a negative, problems-focused one while their brains were scanned. The positive interview elicited activity in reward circuitry and areas for good memories and upbeat feelings – a brain signature of the open hopefulness we feel when embracing an inspiring vision.
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So, how old are you really?
December 21, 2013 1 Comment on So, how old are you really?

The Guardian

In a characteristically serene post at Zen Habits, Leo Babauta points out that holiday family gatherings can be “the ultimate mindfulness training ground”: if you can remain centred and calm in the middle of Christmas dinner, you can presumably do so anywhere.
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Are disagreements and conflicts bad for your marriage?
December 19, 2013 Comments Off on Are disagreements and conflicts bad for your marriage?

Huffington Post

Researchers at the University of Auckland wanted to find out if the secret to a happy marriage was due to doing what your partner wanted most of the time or doing what you felt was right.

The study, which involved a New Zealand couple, had to be abandoned before the 12 day period because the man fell into a deep depression as a result of the exercise.
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A better way to test for genius
December 17, 2013 Comments Off on A better way to test for genius

ListVerse

One of the hallmarks for intelligent people is an obvious tendency to ignore the “accepted” behaviour of the general public. Smart people seem to have their own agendas and their own schedules. A recent study by the London School of Economics indicates that insomnia is a natural tendency of the intellectually elite amongst us. It doesn’t appear to be a fluke, either.
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Sex Sells?
December 15, 2013 Comments Off on Sex Sells?

Time

Women are turned off by sexually explicit images in advertisements. Unless that is, the item being advertised is very precious. And valuable. And rare. Like, maybe, a once a year type gift.

At least, that’s the findings of a new study by an international group of marketing professors. Kathleen D. Vohs, Jaideep Sengupta and Darren W. Dahl used made-up advertisements for watches to test a theory in sexual economics that women want sex to be seen as something special, or at least not cheap. Sexual economic theory is “probably the least romantic theory about sex you’ll ever have learned,” says Vohs, who’s a researcher at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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Adjusting your happiness set-point
December 14, 2013 Comments Off on Adjusting your happiness set-point

Huffington Post

One theory in psychology research suggests that we all have a happiness “set-point” that largely determines our overall well-being. We oscillate around this set point, becoming happier when something positive happens or the opposite, afterwards returning to equilibrium.
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Session Notes

Sleepless in… practically everywhere???

Is there medical hope for PTSD combined with nightmares?

Everybody wants to rule the world…

Does someone you know need help?

If everything worked out perfectly in your life, what would you be doing in ten years?

So, how old are you really?

Are disagreements and conflicts bad for your marriage?

A better way to test for genius

Sex Sells?

Adjusting your happiness set-point

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