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How to Handle Unhelpful Thoughts
It takes you forever to do the simplest tasks. Why can’t you be more productive? Faster? Smarter? Better? No one will hire you....
The #1 Myth About Psychopaths and Malignant Narcissists: What People Get Wrong About These Types
One of the biggest misconceptions about psychopaths and malignant narcissists who have psychopathic traits is the idea that they are lashing out from pain when they engage in aggressive behavior....
The Gatekeeping of Diagnostic Dinosaurs: Autism, neurophobia, confirmation bias, and internalized ableism
The Evolution of NeuroDiagnostics I’m weeks away from being forty years old. For the duration of my childhood, especially having grown up in a rural area years
The Dis-Ease of Perception
I came across a reading the other day that said things are not as bad as you think. I had a chuckle when I read it because there have been...
Today I Love The Threatening Rain
Today I love the threatening rain looming off to the north west and casting the occasional splatter of tiny drops our way as a warning of her coming torrents. I love how I am looking forward to the thunder and the lightening that has been foretold....
Not All Childhood Emotional Neglect is the Same: 5 Different Varieties
Coming between a child and his feelings should not be an easy thing to do. After all, every child’s feelings are literally neurologically and biologically wired into them....
Is Hope the Elephant in the Room?
“Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.” ~Victor Hugo Hope is unique. It is the exception among positive emotions because it requires negativity or uncertainty to be activated....
How to Successfully Work with a Narcissist
The nervousness, tension, and terror that Miranda Priestly, portrayed by Meryl Streep, causes in the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” is all too familiar for some. Many narcissists rise to...
Taking Control of Regret
We would all like to make the right choices and decisions all of the time, but we don’t. It’s just not realistic or possible. Inevitably everyone will occasionally take the...
Fruit Snacks Challenge & Why Breaking The Law Is Okay If You’re A Cute Child
And Other Mishaps Of A Broken Society We all are aware of the ‘do not step on the grass’ signs we might occasionally see as we take leave of our houses and make way through our neighborhoods....
Engaging Parents in Primary Care Can Improve Communication with Teens
In a new study, researchers found that parent-teen communication improved after families participated in a primary care-based communication intervention. The teens also experienced less distress and more positive emotions. The...
Middle Age Stress May Be On the Rise
Even before the novel coronavirus started sweeping the globe, investigators found that life may be more stressful now than it was in the 1990s. Pennsylvania State University researchers found that...
Reading Partner’s Emotions Can Be Double-Edged Sword
When a person can read their partner’s emotions it can strengthen their relationship, according to new research. But the new study also found that when anger or contempt come into...
Meeting the Needs of Autistic Individuals During COVID-19 Pandemic
In a new paper, experts address the specific challenges patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families might encounter during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as what healthcare providers...
