Ok, a bit of a warning. This post has a lot of humor and is a bit on the mental health geeky side too. Apparently, the infamous satire website “The Onion” has decided to take on the APA and the DSM-5. To read…
I remember hearing about the bystander effect. I’m pretty sure that the first time I ever heard it was a sociology course in high school. Regardless of where I heard it; I heard it at a time when I was young, naïve and…
I’m not really sure why this particular memory flooded my mind this morning as I sat in my car waiting for the rain to stop. However, I thought it was worth sharing. Have you ever noticed that the art of receiving a compliment…
I was recently consulting with a colleague on a particularly difficult case. As my colleague shared his client’s situation a bit and the clinical impressions, I found myself asking him, “Is it possible that your client has confused his Observing Mind for his…
As I typed this title, I could hear the Star Wars theme running through my mind. No, I don’t think resiliency is Darth Vader or a Sith Lord. However, sometimes the most resilient people (we’ll call them Jedi Knights for this blog)…
Webster’s Dictionary defines resilience as: 1. the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2. an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change The second definition is the…