'Psychology' Category
Avoiding the Psych Ward
Have you ever been in a psych ward? Perhaps you know someone who has? There isn’t a whole lot written about the experience because of the stigma. What I have read from authors like Carrie Fisher (actress who played Princess Leia in Star Wars 1977, open about her bipolar 1 disorder) is frightening. There are [...]
Crooked Cheese :: Respect for the Other
Ideas are not just light-bulbs that appear above George Jetson’s head. Ideas make up our perception of the world around us. When you respect the Other’s ideas, you validate its existence. When you insult it, you in essence kill its ego a little bit. Trust me, this is to be avoided at all costs.
To Be Perceived Well :: Make it About Them
When I talk to people, I should shut up more. I should make the conversation about them. I should listen and take mental notes. I should not “strive” for an answer or a solution. On the other hand I should mirror back their thoughts and concentrate. I should not hang on the next response I am dying to give. If I am so smart, the right response will come in it’s time … when it is welcomed.
The Damien Riley Podcast Returns
This is the first time I’ve hosted a Blog Talk Radio Show. It’s a call-in dialog on the topic of simplifying ones life. I’m genuinely excited to share the stuff I’ve assembled.
Mental Health Services for Children
(image credit) Some mental health diagnoses cannot be academically diagnosed until a person is past adolescence. There are other disorders, however, that have make clinical onset during childhood. That’s right, kids suffer from mental illness too folks and we need to get it treated as parents and teachers as soon as possible. It may sound [...]
Helps for Creating Ideas
The brain is so fragile and so are the unseen processes of the mind at work. Creativity can get lkost in the mix. We all fall on a spectrum somewhere between incapacitated mentally ill to what others might call “normal.” In my opinion, we all need helps like these to “get our mojo back” sometimes in a creative sense.
Faith and Mental Health
In conjunction with drug therapy, faith can be the ultimate tool for a satisfying productive mental life.
Don’t breed, writer urges mental health victims
One writer is attempting to tear down any sense of progress made in the understanding of mental health in the past 10-20 years. He is attacking ads that seek to lessen the stigma surrounding those with mental health issues.
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
for the rest of May I urge to to consider the children of your community and world with mental illness. You can read the article I speak of by clicking the image.
When the Brain is to Blame
Psyblog has a great article discussing 18 ways that brain imbalances can draw our attention in a negative manner. OCD is covered where we all have heard of people who never get that “resolved” feeling of having their hands completely washed and they wash the skin off them.
