One topic that is coming up more than ever now is the condition called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Some were aware of it before this became the common name and remember it as “shell shock.” Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disorder suffered by rising numbers of people today. It starts with events …
Do you always wash your hand after shaking hands with someone? Do you at least change clothes at least 10 times before you leave for work? Do you go to the doctor for a check up once a week? You’d better be careful if your answers to my above questions are YES. Have you …
Have you ever considered what the heck dreams are really made of? Many people believe dreams are simply a bunch of garbled thoughts strung together that don’t mean anything in particular. If you taking the time to read this article, then chances are you probably believe that dreams are much more important than that …
Structure Yes, I know we all hate structure. If the world was perfect place we would not need it. It may be one of the most important things to help us survive in this non-ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) world. We also need the correct amount of structure in our lives. Too much makes us …
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disease has severe effects on the life of the sufferer as well as those people closest to them. The patients need almost everybody’s attention. They need it from their psychiatrist, physicians, close friends, and supportive networks. There are approximately 2 million Americans who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder. …
You may think that emotional issues should be relegated to the couch in your local therapist or psychologist’s office, yet if you have experienced anything in your past that has left you feeling hurt, disappointed, or not enough, you are walking around with unresolved emotional issues. While you may think you are masking them …
Chaos theory, a recent groundbreaking theory in applied mathematics, asserts that even a butterfly flapping its wings in Texas can cause a chain of events leading to a typhoon in Japan a month later. It’s called “sensitive dependence on initial conditions.” What that means in plain English is that the matrix of cause and …
A man with a spider phobia walks into a room. His phobia means that he can’t even look at a picture of something that looks like a spider without having a panic attack. So he unconsciously scans the room for spiders as he sits down in a comfortable chair opposite a therapist. Twenty minutes …
Here’s how phobias work. There are two parts to your mind — one that thinks, and one that feels. The thinking part is the conscious, rational mind that you are using now as you read this. The feeling part is the unconscious, emotional mind. It takes care of automatic tasks like regulating the heart, …
There are some people who have problems with their sleep. Some have insomnia, narcolepsy, snoring, and some other have sleepwalking which is also known as somnambulism and noctambulism. Sleepwalking, although it is not always harmless, it can also be very dangerous. Sleepwalkers walk in their sleep. Or, they even do other actions as if …