2011-03-26T08:35:32+0000">March 26, 2011 – 8:35 am
BDD can also cause anger. Anger has many sources: frustration over looking abnormal, not being able to improve one’s appearance or stop it from further deteriorating, lack of control over the perceived defect, or a belief that others are being rejecting or mocking the defect. “I get angry because it isn’t fair that I’m the [...]
2010-12-19T08:29:59+0000">December 19, 2010 – 8:29 am
The Twelve Steps function as the therapeutic framework of AA. They were not devised by a group of social scientists; nor are they derived from a theoretical view of alcoholism. The Twelve Steps of AA grew out of the practical experience of the earliest members, based on what they had done to gain sobriety. They [...]
2009-05-08T09:32:54+0000">May 8, 2009 – 9:32 am
But everyone seems to know that they have slept, even though there is a blank in the memory during NREM sleep. How do we know that we have slept? We depend on two cues: * Dreams, which are an inside cue * The clock, which is an outside cue When we wake from our dreams, [...]
2009-04-29T10:23:12+0000">April 29, 2009 – 10:23 am
I am going to spend some time in describing the relaxing mental exercises. Do not be put off by this. The exercises are not difficult. In fact they are very simple, and it is their simplicity that necessitates this rather detailed description because it is easy to go wrong from sheer inattention. Those who are [...]