Archive for June, 2009

Living with an Anxiety Disorder

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Learning that you have an anxiety disorder may bring relief (finally having a name for your struggles), more questions (why me?) and more worry (not knowing what to do next). The good news is that ...
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Why Parents Should Resign as Boredom Busters

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
My best friend and I joke that when we were kids we never knew what our homes looked like in daylight. As soon as we got home from school; as soon as we changed our ...
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Obsessed: Should a Computer Hacker with Asperger Syndrome Go to Prison?

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
When human rights activist Terry Waite spoke recently in support of Gary McKinnon, the noted Pentagon hacker, it made quite a stir. Waite is a former Beirut hostage, imprisoned for four years in Lebanon in ...
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Stages of Sleep

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Do you ever wonder why you don’t dream when you sleep? The truth is, if you are getting proper amounts of sleep in proper time periods, and not taking medications or using alcohol or ...
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Quitting Therapy

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Yesterday I quit therapy. This was a big decision; one I thought long and hard about. Psychotherapy has always been helpful, but I simply didn’t want to go anymore. My sessions had ...
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Q & A with Eating Disorder Specialist Sari Fine Shepphird: Part 2

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
In the second half of our interview, Sari Fine Shepphird, Ph.D, clinical psychologist and author of 100 Questions & Answers about Anorexia Nervosa, offers important information about eating disorders and their treatment. For more ...
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Getting Around To It: Surviving and Embracing Procrastination

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
I had to laugh. Having set myself the task of writing an article about procrastination, I've done everything but. I wandered into the kitchen to make yet another cup of coffee that I'll probably abandon ...
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Anxiety in the Athlete

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Michael Phelps is from my hometown, Towson, Maryland and no, I don’t know him personally. I have seen him around town several times and have been known to swim where he trained; however, we aren’t ...
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Ricochet: The Truth About PTSD

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Some of you may have read the article "Ricochet: My shot made Joseph Dwyer famous. Did it also help lead to his death?" If you haven't, you might want to. It's about this young ...
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