Some Things You May Not Know About Addiction You May Not Have Gotten Yourself Into This Mess, But It’s Your Responsibility to Get Yourself Out Addiction lands you right square in the middle of an ancient controversy between deterministic views of human behavior and the belief in free will. This is not just a philosophic orContinue reading “You may not have gotten yourself into this mess, but it’s your responsibility to get yourself out”
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A Case of the Fuck-Its
Looking Inside a Case of the Fuck-Its If you’ve ever had a case of the fuck-its, you know they can be quite deadly. You’ve reached the end of your rope, sick of everything, tired of people, and sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. It’s easy to get self-destructive when you have the fuck-its.Continue reading “A Case of the Fuck-Its”
Imposter Syndrome
The Imposter Syndrome If you still don’t believe in yourself despite others believing in you. If you think they would see you’re a fraud if they only knew the truth. If you fear it’s only a matter of time before they do know the truth, and then they’ll demand the money, the degrees, the recommendation,Continue reading “Imposter Syndrome”
Why Cats Should Fear Curiosity
Why Cats Should Fear Curiosity If you’re going to meet your feelings, the best feeling to meet first would be the one that can introduce you to the rest. It’s like when you go to a party. If you want to get to know everyone at the party, you should hang with the social butterfly,Continue reading “Why Cats Should Fear Curiosity”
Build a Fence Around Your Addiction
Build a Fence Around Your Addiction You’re addicted. You’ve tried to stop, but for some reason, something keeps pulling you back to your addiction. What can you do, instead? There are a lot of things you could do to prevent relapse. One of them is to build a fence. Yes, a fence. In fact, betterContinue reading “Build a Fence Around Your Addiction”
How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part Two
How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part Two Acting Out and Sublimation In part one, I wrote about how your daughter can work her emotions into art. The first step is acting out. Acting out is a common phrase anyone would use to describe your daughter’s behavior in the firstContinue reading “How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part Two”
How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part One
How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part One Developing an Artistic Theory of Emotional Expression You could see it coming as soon as you told your teenage daughter she couldn’t go to the mall with her friends. First, her face frowned. She looked as though some pressure was building inside.Continue reading “How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part One”
If You’re Addicted, Staying Clean is Not Enough
Relationships Must Be Restored If all you do is abstain from your drug, you’ve got a good start; but it’s just a start. There’s lots of repair and rebuilding yet to do if you want to earn all the rewards of your recovery and prevent relapse from happening again.
The Addict’s Family Needs as Much Help as the Addict
The Addict’s Family Needs as Much Help as the Addict Even if you’ve never done anything addictive in your life, if you love a person with an addiction, addiction is your problem, too. When an addiction takes over a person, it takes over a relationship. The people in the relationship disappear and the needs ofContinue reading “The Addict’s Family Needs as Much Help as the Addict”
Sorry, But Your Ex Is Probably Not a Narcissist
Sorry, But Your Ex Is Probably Not a Narcissist The Hazards of Self-Help In 1969, George Miller, the president of the American Psychological Association urged psychologists to “give psychology away”. There were too many problems and too few psychologists for them to hoard their knowledge. Instead, psychology should be popularized and spread to the public,Continue reading “Sorry, But Your Ex Is Probably Not a Narcissist”
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