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You and I, we know this thing we call ADHD. But just who is it calling it ADHD? Well, that’s the name given in the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical...

My mom just stopped short of putting an ad in the newspaper. She bad-mouthed me to everyone who would listen and, trust me, plenty did. She called my next-door neighbor,...

Today I love this old house and how it has grown to become home to me. I love that, though it is clearly nestled in suburbia and fits in with...

In one of the most notorious stories every published about single women, Newsweek claimed that 40-year-old women who had never married were “more likely to get killed by a terrorist”...

Our relationships have a powerful effect on everything from how we feel to how we see ourselves to what our days look like. In other words, our relationships are paramount...

Establish a new beginning with a refreshed outlook that can help you in your quest to release the past and embrace forgiveness. Have you ever spent sleepless nights tossing and...

Here’s the oxymoron. The nicest people I know are the ones that never rebelled against their parents and they’re full of rage and bitterness. Conversely, the most peaceful people of...

  While we might think that there is nothing worse than almost winning, actually, when it comes to our motivation, “near wins” actually add fuel to the fire.   “Motivation,”...

Palos Heights, IL – Mr. Grey, a prominent member of the rodent community, was found slain in the home of Mr. John Murray, II on Tuesday, October 16. Five murder...

Since the birth of psychotherapy with Freud, most therapists have avoided treating patients with schizophrenia. Freud’s original conceptualization of the disease was as a narcissistic neurosis. He deemed the schizophrenic...

Sometimes I think I will never learn to love myself, and most especially the part of me that I reside in, my body. Although I think perhaps I knew how...

You’d do anything at all to help a loved one fight their addictions. In fact, you’ve probably been already doing everything you can think of. From getting them appointments with...

There aren’t many (any?) books out there on how weaving improves mental health. Likewise, you won’t find a lot of writing about the mental health benefits of crochet, knitting, embroidery,...

This is part 4 of a 4-part series on anger, an emotion common to most people with disabilities, hidden or in plain view. The first post, https://blogs.psychcentral.com/hidden-disabilities/2018/09/the-anger-series-post-1-tv-and-movie-tropes/, talked about the...

"Well, at that time I didn’t even realize that pornography was the problem of my sexual dysfunction. And I certainly didn’t see the other issues. But looking back I can see that pornography use affected almost every aspect