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Social Media Detox: What It Is, and 8 Reasons You Should Do It
With the approaching holiday season and all the overindulging that’s bound to happen, many people like to schedule a cleansing fast or detox diet into their New Year plans. The...
OCD and Multiple Sclerosis
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a complicated illness, and the cause, or causes, remain unknown. Research has shown that OCD is seen more frequently than usual in those with various physical disorders,...
Today I Love Spring In Autumn
Today I love Spring in Autumn when the early snow of November and December all melts and the lawns come back out to green up the street. I love the...
Are Most of Our Problems Self-Created?
Are life’s difficulties the result of overwhelming external circumstances? Or are unpleasant situations self-created? A viewpoint that is popular in some spiritual and New Age communities is that we are...
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder
Being given a diagnosis of a personality disorder can be a shock if you weren’t expecting it, but it can be a relief too. You may have long felt that...
My 25 Time Management Tips
The other day, one of my interns (I’m a supervisor for mental health students getting their license) asked, “How do you get it all done?” It is a valid question...
Psychology Around the Net: December 15, 2018
Would you be more successful if you had a pet? Why does visiting a place from your past bring back more vivid memories? Does a significant salary difference matter when...
Writing the Stories You Need to Release
Writing is medicine. It’s the ultimate form of self-care. Because it helps us to connect to, acknowledge and release our emotions. It gives us perspective and insight, so we can...
At The Right Time
“When one door closes another opens, but you might have to wait in the hall.” Tom O’Connor So much of life is in patience and waiting for the right time....
OCD and the Need to Be in Control
In my previous post, I discussed 6 common themes in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Starting with today’s entry, in a series of 5 posts, I will be discussing additional aspects of obsessive-compulsive...
6 Things I’m Not Doing This Holiday Season
As Christmas and the New Year approach, it’s easy to get caught up in the frenzy — the sense that you must do more, spend more, be more. All...
OCD: 20 Rules that Govern Me
For the most part, I’m aware and tolerant of my obsessions and compulsions (hence, obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD), but there are still times that they stand in my way,...
What’s Left Is Right
Wow, this sounds like it might be deep. It actually sounds like it has something to do with Occum’s Razor, the problem solving method that suggests that if you remove...
When You Don’t Know Who You Are
Have you ever had one of those moments when you suddenly learn something new and shocking about yourself and this makes you think, “Do I even know myself at all?”...
Hobbled Holidays
Yes, we’re doing another holiday episode, because I know a bunch of you are with me in the same leaky boat. Let’s see if this sounds anything like your life…...
Authenticity & More Ways To Grow It Part 2
A woman found an eagle’s egg and put it in the nest of a backyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All...
Avoiding Tasks and ADHD
ADHD is a condition that’s as much about what you don’t do as what you do. Avoiding tasks that are unpleasant or simply uninteresting is a common sign of ADHD....
I Won Part II
It’s not exactly buyers remorse cause I didn’t buy anything but, I don’t feel good about the decision I made to agree in the mediation to fire the temporary conservator,...
VIDEO: Are These Parents Crass, Creative Or Criminal?
These kids were bullying others.
Here's some video of their parents' responses. Is it crass, creative or criminal?
Why Helping Others Helps Us
Mahatma Gandi once said that the best way to find ourselves is to lose ourselves in the service to others. Yet a fascinating study shows that just how...
Study: Limit Use of Antipsychotic Meds for Younger Patients
New research suggests restricting high-dose antipsychotic medications among children and young adults to those battling psychosis. Investigators from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that children and young adults without...
Hospitalizations of Homeless May Be on the Rise
An estimated 553,000 individuals are homeless — lacking fixed and reliable housing — on any given night in the United States. In a new study, researchers looked at patterns, causes...
Study: How You Think of Yourself Usually Matches How Others Think of You
A new Canadian study shows that how we view ourselves is usually how others perceive us as well. “It’s widely assumed that people have rose-colored glasses on when they consider...
Study Finds Widespread Brain Alterations in Kids with Callous Traits
A new study finds widespread alterations in the brains of children exhibiting more callous traits, such as a lack of remorse and disregard for other people’s feelings, compared with the...
Strong Parent-Child Bond Can Reduce Effects of Long-Term Childhood Stress
A new brain imaging study suggests that a strong parental bond can override some of the negative effects of a stressful childhood — such as living in poverty or experiencing...
Helping Kids with Autism Without Behavioral Meds, Restraints in ER
A new emergency department (ED) care model reduces the use of medication given to kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who are prone to stress and sensory overload in this...
