Have you ever wondered why your spouse, coworkers, or children seem to think so differently from you? You may not understand why they make the decisions they do, or why they place such importance on things that seem inconsequential to you. It is possible to understand the answers to all these questions. The secret …
Personality traits are enduring, usually rigid patterns of behavior, thinking (cognition), and emoting expressed in a variety of circumstances and situations and throughout one’s life (typically from early adolescence onward). Some personality traits are harmful to both oneself and to others. These are the dysfunctional traits. Often they cause discomfort and the person bearing …
The DSM-IV-TR (2000) defines a personality disorder as: “An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations the individuals culture (and is manifested in two or more of his or her areas of mental life:) cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, or impulse control.” Such a pattern is rigid, long-term (stable), …
Much has been written regarding dreams and their meanings or purpose. Mankind has been fascinated with our dreams since the first dreamer awoke and wondered about what their visions meant. Since ancient times we have looked to our dreams to find signs of what our future holds. The first written dreams we know of …
In the free evening you sit comfortably in your armchair and read an exciting book. Suddenly the clock strikes ten and you listen carefully to every strike of it. It seems like these are the last seconds of your life passing by and a strange feeling appears deep down in your gutter, but you …
The following strategies are offered to help students develop a more efficient and effective memory. This listing is by no means exhaustive, but rather is meant as a place to begin. 1. Take the mystery away. The first and perhaps most important strategy is to insure that all students understand how memory works and …
One of the greatest challenges in life is understanding just how powerful our thoughts are. Many of us learn this the hard way – myself included. After spending most of my early life caught up in negative thought patterns, it occurred to me that I had created exactly what I had been thinking about …
There is no easy way to stop problem blushing. There is no magic pill that will put an end to problem blushing. You can’t end problem blushing by writing “I will not blush” a hundred times on a piece of paper. The problem of excessive blushing is a complicated one, but you can beat …
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) wasn’t recognized until about thirty years ago. Before that time, children who didn’t sit still in their desk chairs, who seemingly daydreamed all the time, and couldn’t meet homework assignments were considered “bad” kids, whose parents had failed to give them sufficient discipline. The only option was to spank or …
Certainly social anxiety and phobia is a complex issue. People with social anxiety disorders have the following features: – Fear that everyone’s attention is on them and everybody is watching them; Fear that they will make a blunder and everybody will be aware of it. – They are underestimated by thinking that everybody in …