Archive for June, 2007

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• Frequently Asked Questions about Borderline
  Below are some of the most frequently asked questions, and their answers, about Borderline Personality Disorder. What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? The main feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a long pattern of instability ...
• Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment
  Table of Contents Introduction Psychotherapy Hospitalization Medications Self-Help Introduction Borderline Personality Disorder is experienced in individuals in many different ways. Often, ...
• Characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder
  Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder make frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. The perception of impending separation or rejection, or the loss of external structure, can lead to profound ...
• Borderline Personality Disorder
  The main feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotions. People with borderline personality disorder are also usually very impulsive. This disorder occurs in most ...
• An Introduction to Borderline Personality Disorder
  The term "borderline" means in-between one thing and another. Originally, this term was used when the clinician was unsure of the correct diagnosis because the client manifested a mixture of neurotic and psychotic symptoms. Many ...
• The Benefits of Being an Introvert
  Extroverts have easier lives, it would seem, than those of us who place more value on peace and quiet. Popular culture appears to be in love with noise and speed, with high-energy, fast-paced TV shows, ...
• Keeping the College Application Process Sane
  A friend sent me a column from an April Martha’s Vineyard Times. The author is responding to an article published here at PsychCentral in which I tried to reassure high school seniors that the ...
• An Overview of Anxiety and Depression
  When stress builds up, there is the potential for it to develop into longer-term problems. Anxiety and depression both are extremely widespread in the modern world, so an awareness of the common symptoms may help ...
• Why Are You Overeating?
  I believe that the basis of compulsive eating is emotional and that people really need to learn to listen to their hungers. It's important for them to eat when they're hungry, to stop when they've ...
• Types of Brain Imaging Techniques
  Brain imaging techniques allow doctors and researchers to view activity or problems within the human brain, without invasive neurosurgery. There are a number of accepted, safe imaging techniques in use today in research facilities and ...
• What is Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)?
  Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, is a technique for measuring brain activity. It works by detecting the changes in blood oxygenation and flow that occur in response to neural activity – when a brain ...
• Too Tense? Tips for Tackling the Stress
  A high score on the tension scale indicates a chronic level of physical and emotional tension. Those who take time to relax and release inner tension do much better physically and emotionally than those who ...
• Are You an Underachiever?
  Underachievement is a stress indicator associated with physical problems and emotional discomfort. High scorers on this scale have the perception that they are not being very productive with their lives and, as a result, become ...
• Coping with a Negative Mood
  People under chronic stress often try to cope by feeling down, hopeless, or sad. It is a way of communicating to the world that "I'm not doing so well" or a subtle plea for help. Negative ...
• Are You Always Disappointed?
  People who score high on the disappointment scale are at greater risk of physical or emotional difficulties, or both. Such individuals appear to have a greater frequency of headaches, gastrointestinal difficulties, moist palms, and over-perspiration ...
• Getting Anger and Hostility Under Control
  In the world of stress research, anger and hostility are the most widely studied behavioral characteristics. Studies indicate that anger is the behavioral factor most highly correlated with an increased risk of coronary heart stroke, ...
• The Top 10 Myths Behind Masturbation
  Masturbation still gets a bad rap in society, probably because it is a private behavior rarely shared or discussed in public with even the closest of friends. But masturbation is a normal part of sexuality ...
• No Orgasms During Intercourse
  I am a 26-year-old female who masturbates regularly. I have great orgasms quite easily by simply rubbing my clitoris. When I am having intercourse, however, I almost never have an orgasm. Could this be because ...
• Should I Tell My Husband I Masturbate?
  Whether or not to tell your husband about your masturbation is really up to you. I applaud you for being in touch with your own sexual pleasure and attending to yourself as needed. Many people ...
• Do Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Help Control Masturbation?
  In the early part of this century, John Harvey Kellogg gained a reputation both as a nutritionist and a sexual adviser. The foods that Kellogg created (including the now-famous corn flakes) were designed to promote ...
• Can Masturbation Help Me Learn to Orgasm?
  I am an 18-year-old college student who is sexually active, and has just become interested in masturbating. I feel that if I am going to be having sex, I should become more familiar with ...
• Is Using a Shower Massager Okay to Masturbate?
  Using a shower massager is one of the tried-and-true ways of reaching orgasm for many women. In fact, one study showed this method to be the third most common way that women discovered orgasm (just ...
• Is It Normal for a Toddler to Touch Themselves?
  First of all, toddlers touching themselves is absolutely normal, whether they are naked or not. In fact, research has shown that babies begin such touching while still in the womb. It would actually be odd ...
• How Much Masturbation is Too Much?
  Oh, the classic masturbation question -- how much is too much? Do people who are in a relationship masturbate? Oops, Delilah's getting carried away here and asking the questions instead of answering them... More to the ...
• Is It Normal to be Embarrassed About Masturbation?
  My fiancé won't masturbate in front of me. I've told him that I enjoy watching him masturbate, but he says that he gets embarrassed. Is there any way that I can get him to ...