Read moreI suggested finding a job after graduation, even if it’s only temporary. She cried harder at this idea. “So, becoming an adult is just really scary for you??? I asked. “Yes,? she sniffled. Amy is 30 years old.
Her case is becoming the norm for twenty- to thirtysomethings I see in my office as a psychotherapist.
Read moreFury, paranoia, hypervigilance, overreaction to a perceived threat – all are common in a traumatized person. The psychologist who helped me to get better characterized the condition thus: imagine your memories are a conveyor belt of cardboard boxes heading towards a final point, where they are processed. But if something life-threatening disrupts that process, the box memories get stuck, trapped in the amygdala, that bit of the brain that triggers your fight or flight survival impulse.
No strange incense, no odd teas, no cultural or religious nonsense — just the straight goods on how to do dissociative meditation.
A simple must watch.
Read moreRead moreAs the world’s governments march toward universal surveillance, their ignorance of psychology is clear at every step. Even in the 2009 House of Lords report “Surveillance: Citizens and the State” – a document that is critical of surveillance – not a single psychologist is interviewed and, in 130 pages, not a single reference is made to decades of psychological research.
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Read moreThere’s one caveat, however. Your dedicated commitment to making holistic lifestyle changes. These strategies are designed to work together so that all factors are addressed in some way. Simply put, failing to address one of these factors, lowers the effectiveness of your attempts to address the others.
Ok, I just got this sent to me and had to post it — actually, I owe it to the world, Bill W. and Dr. Bob to post it… 😉
Read moreAre you too serious? Take these 12 steps…
1. We admitted that we were powerless over seriousness — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that only by lightening up could we achieve a state of non-seriousness.
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