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Forgotten computer passwords, belated birthday cards, mismatched shoes – they can make you wonder if your brain has turned to mush. Or maybe you have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)!
Today’s frenzied world is a breeding ground for ADHD-like behavior, but for 95% of us those ... Views: 4828
Is stress bad for you?
If you're like the majority of people, you've been taught that stress is bad for you. It's Public Enemy #1, affecting your psychological health, making you sick and increasing your risk for coronary heart disease. If stress is a part of your life, we'd like to ... Views: 684
Anxiety and depression are common mental health disorders. Mental health campaigns have been battling stigma for years, and it’s paying off. If you were to run a Google search on either anxiety or depression, you would be overwhelmed with the amount of information that pops up. Do you want to ... Views: 865
Technology has proved to be an invaluable asset in the field of mental health. We have the internet which allows easy access to information on symptoms and disorders such as depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. We have EEG machines which allow us to physically change brain waves ... Views: 2221
During those early years of playing professional tennis, I was extremely lonely and became home-sick quickly, but there was always a voice in the back of my head that told me to keep going. I would later in life figure out that those extreme struggles, those close battles that I lost and those ... Views: 868
There continues to be controversy regarding the perception of unethical conduct surrounding the DSM for more than 30 years. The DSM-5, approved this past weekend for publication in May 2013, has even been highly criticized by Allan Frances, the chair of the DSM-4 committee. There has also been ... Views: 582
Living in places like Bali and Singapore had a big effect on my belief system (to say the least). Being in the presence of people in the asian culture has taught me that in many ways, western medicine and society got it wrong. How you ask? Simply put, because drug free 'miracles' in regards to ... Views: 1123
Through the years I realised that there are many more benefits to the tennis journey I was on then there were downfalls, my childhood environment definitely had an affect on my social anxiety disorder through my mid 20's to my early 30's but it's important for me not to have any regrets in life, ... Views: 992
Effortful movements towards spiritual transformation sustain the habitual neurology and so dissolution of the ego does not take place. What can help are the two factors of passivity and inward non-action which move us on to a different dimension of awareness.
Many people feel that they must ... Views: 1046
With summer coming to an end, and days getting shorter seasonal affective disorder will begin creeping around the corner. Seasonal affective disorder occurs when the days get shorter, and the weather becomes colder. Symptoms often include depressed mood, fatigue, social withdrawal, increased ... Views: 1109
Anxiety is becoming commonplace in our society. In a day and age where everyone is on the go, scheduling meetings so frequently that we forget we should probably eat at some point during the day, and with the constant feeling of being overwhelmed with worry about a dozen things, people have ... Views: 958
Do you have the life you want? Are you fulfilling all that you have in your heart? If not, how is your attitude? Do you have a positive, uplifting attitude or do you have a negative, pessimistic attitude?
Your attitude in life is a critical key to pursuing Your Purpose in life. If you ... Views: 1054
From the man who brought you the structure of our basic needs, comes a list of powerful quotes that he used personally to influence the lives of millions. Abraham Maslow focused his love for the betterment of man’s psychology for decades and his work has served as the roots of many research ... Views: 2391
There are many sectors in society which can help manage the prevention of self harm, these include; medical and health, media, education, support foundations and so on. This is why it is vital for the government to bring awareness to helping those who self harm through these sectors and more. By ... Views: 992
You might not even realize how your physical health is affected by either your mental health or your emotional health. If you stop to think about it, you will realize this is true. You will feel better emotionally or mentally, if you feel good physically, is what most people believe about their ... Views: 730
"Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world."
You have heard this before. It makes sense. Yet, do we really understand the magnitude of its truth? The very idea that your beliefs thoughts, and feelings (your inner world) directly influences your outer world experiences, especially ... Views: 831
You are living in a dangerous cult. I mean it. Of course, like most people in cults, you don’t think it’s dangerous—or that it’s even a cult. This “cult” that you (and I) are living in is the hyper capitalist economic system of modern day life.
In this cult or cult-ure we’re part of, we’re ... Views: 711
Dear Dr. Romance:
I saw the articles on your site and I would like to know if you can ´´program´´ the subconscious mind to win a X salary per month, even if the subconscious mind is programmed to attract money.
Dear Reader:
We have a brain mechanism psychologists call ... Views: 1253
Inevitably, the sexual fantasy life of narcissists and psychopaths reflects their psychodynamic landscape: their fear of intimacy, misogyny, control freakiness, auto-eroticism, latent sadism and masochism, problems of gender identity, and various sexual paraphilias.
Fantasies which reflect a ... Views: 11452
Losing weight can also create a strain on your pocket. While it is important to keep your weight on a healthy level you don't have to suffer some financial stress. If you are thinking that paying for gym fees and customizing diets can break the bank then you are wrong. There are lots of ways to ... Views: 973
Many Facebook users spend considerable time and energy collecting hundreds of virtual friends, and posting updates with the intention of increasing positive relationships, raising their self-esteem or living a happier life. At the same time, several studies have shown there can be negative ... Views: 1211
When I was a kid, someone pointed out that the shape of the inside of your ear was similar to the shape of how you looked as a fetus. At the time, I chalked it up to one of those fantastical things kids say to exaggerate a correlation. But years later in advertising school, one of my professors ... Views: 2080
Understanding Procrastination
If I may use some modern and classic allegories and ancient 'religious' terminology mixed together I would like to share this:
The way to overcome procrastination is to invest time to understand how the mind works - that we each have 2 minds the higher and the ... Views: 894
This article represents an attempt to elucidate how to cope with some aspects of psychosis and schizophrenia, in particular. There are many qualities of this type of mental illness that render it intractable and impervious to intervention. However, there are also some pieces of advice ... Views: 740
Summer is in full swing, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining and all you want to do is curl up alone in a dark room and be alone. This is the stark reality of someone who deals with chronic depression. The general public knows this image well. Mention depression and they imagine a person ... Views: 1066
Online therapy - also known as e-therapy, e-counselling or cyber-counselling – involves a therapist providing support over the Internet. But does it work? How does it compare to face-to-face therapy? And is it worth a go?
Firstly, does it work? The short answer is yes. Much like face-to-face ... Views: 897
Self-knowledge and analysis, awareness, understanding our motivations and reactions; as well as practicing and putting into action effective methods of dealing with the world at large become very valuable tools with which to navigate our lives.
One of our greatest advantages is that we can ... Views: 1363
Imagine a busy street. Loads of cars, people... And suddenly a woman falls on the floor and sprawls. Will you help her? You would probably say 'yes' but according to research you wouldn't help. How so?
This phenomenon, called "The Bystander Effect", became an object of psychologists' interest ... Views: 1277
Being a woman in today's society is full of challenges that our grandmother's never had to think about. So many women today are jugglers by profession. We juggle school with part time work, we juggle our career goals with caring for a family, we juggle the pressures of external expectations with ... Views: 1012
People are taken in by propaganda that abets their beliefs, especially in the realm of religion and politics. They are unaware that a conditioned mind interprets everything according to its conditioning. Their native intelligence remains stunted.
The human mind functions very much like a ... Views: 4002
Depriving yourself of a good sleep has great impact on your performance at work and in dealing with the people around you. Read further to learn more about sleep deprivation and its impact on a person’s life.
By default, sleeping is our body's way of rejuvenating energy and restoring health ... Views: 780
To objectify someone is often described as what happens when they are seen as an object. And when this takes a place, they are not seen as a human being who has feelings or their own cognitions for example, they are just a physical body.
Here another person may well be seen as an object that ... Views: 2981
For many of us, Mother's Day stirs something deeply loving. For others, ambivalent feelings abide. You see, after thirty-three years in the counseling field and drying the tears off many faces, I can accurately say that not every woman feels she had, was or is the "good-enough mother."
So, ... Views: 1344
Binaural beats are not only important in meditation, but they are also very highly effective in providing the ways of provision of motivation so as to transform life. There is sometimes in which we almost lose the control of your own lives. In that state, most of the people just give up. ... Views: 1100
Self-esteem is a way of thinking, feeling, and acting that implies you accept, respect, trust and believe in yourself. Self-esteem means that you have confidence that you can fulfill your deepest personal needs, aspirations and goals. It comes from within where you see yourself as a worthy, ... Views: 993
Most people seek a spiritual goal projected from the content of their minds. They workout a system of their own or seek a religious or spiritual guru to lead them to the goal. They do not sense the inherent self-deception involved in this process.
The conventional neurology in man is such ... Views: 980
Functioning from the universal consciousness makes us go beyond the five senses. The messages from near death experiences help us understand such consciousness and bring about a holistic transformation in our psychology.
This article is an earnest attempt to invite people to look into the ... Views: 1119
When it comes to understanding what is going on in the world, the media has generally been the source that one has looked to. This has been the case for many, many years. But this has very recently changed and this is primarily due to the fairly introduction of the internet.
In the past, the ... Views: 1579
Large percentage of males gains round about six inches of length and two or more inches of girth when their male organ is erect. About 15% of males gain more than 7 inches and only 3% more than 8 inches of length. Males are obsessed with size of their erection, they feel that bigger male member ... Views: 4199
Each and every one of us has a conscious and a subconscious mind. The conscious mind helps us to make conscious decisions, decisions about things that we have physical control over, for example whether to pick something up, whether to run or walk.
The subconscious mind is pretty much out of ... Views: 4512
Anxiety, Panic attacks and phobias are now reaching epidemic proportions worldwide and no one seems to be acknowledging or tackling this issue that costs the government tens of billions of pounds every year and effects one in four Brits.
Conventional treatments and resources fall massively ... Views: 3234
True detachment results from understanding how we gather a lot of unnecessary mental accretion that hangs heavy on us preventing us from discovering higher dimensions of our spiritual existence. Dropping off the accretion takes place when we understand what it means to embark on an inward ... Views: 1471
School refusal stems from emotional distress and anxiety which could be related to a range of issues either at home, school or both. A recent study reveals that 1 in 5 British children experience phobia or school refusal which has shown to be more prevalent in children's age groups aged 5 - 6 ... Views: 961
Everyone experiences stress to a different degree.
How does your day start?
Does the alarm clock stress you awake before you get even more stressed over breakfast and getting their children ready for school?
Then it is out into the big wide world to get your dose of stress from the ... Views: 935
Michael Jordon turned fifty in February. Where did the time go? As I read the recent piece in ESPN magazine on Jordon by Wright Thompson, I felt sad for Michael. Each of us reaches a place in our lives where we realize that most of the living we’ve done is behind us; and I believe it brings us ... Views: 834
As writers we all want to be a success. We want to have our words touch people’s hearts; we want to somehow be immortalized through our work, and at the end of the day we want to sell books. That seems pretty normal---but percolating under the unconscious surface, could there be deeper reasons ... Views: 787
Many people are unaware of how the issues of the society influence them and intensify their mental noise. This is where the psychological fabric of society functions as the culprit in the drama. Opinion mongering is an essential part of it. It is good to be aware of how our thoughts are ... Views: 1060
In reading philosophical teachings and writings, I often wonder why the body and the ego are seen so negatively, as if they somehow are antithetical to spirituality. Although ego, body and mind are not all we are, each is part, an expression of the whole self, included in our precious gifts from ... Views: 1130
It has been said that the earth has a heart beat, an electromagnetic beat that can be observed from space as well as earth. This pulse was first documented by Nikola Tesla in 1899. The phenomenon know as the Schumann Resonance, named for Winfried Otto Schumann, has been studied ... Views: 2014
I recently had a first session with a client who said, about halfway into the hour “Wow. I like you. I’m surprised.” I laughed, but I knew what the client meant. As a psychotherapist in private practice, I encounter a lot of people who waited far too long to come in for counseling because they ... Views: 1551