April 2012
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A Tale of Two Shivas: Different Responses to Death →
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Turning Quirkiness Into Mental Illness: The New... →
When shyness becomes Social Anxiety Disorder, a tendency towards sexual acting out becomes Hypersexuality, and too much time spent on the computer is now Internet Addiction—and they’re all officially mental disorders, have we become a society that pathologizes the normal?
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Making Grief a Mental Disorder →
What the latest permutation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM5, has to say about bereavement, its status as a mental disorder, and, consequently, appropriate treatments.
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Pathologizing Grief–Just For Starters: The DSM-5... →
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Not Dying of a Broken Heart: What Scientists Think... →
We’ve heard them time and again, those stories. A couple is married for 55 years. The husband dies, and, within 6 months, the wife—previously healthy—dies, too.
The common man’s explanation? She died of a broken heart.
But the latest research has quite a different theory—and has proved it time and again. Check it out.
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Bereavement With Your Name On It: The ‘Unbereaved... →
What happens when circumstances arise that call you in the role of the mourner—when it’s a place you never expected—or wanted—to be?
You become one of the ‘Unbereaved Bereaved.’
Want to see what that looks like? Read the stories of Jeff and Sharon—mourners by accident: http://wp.me/p22afJ-W6.
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Belief in the Afterlife: Does It Help Healing... →
“Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain and anguish. All the bitterness and disagreements will vanish, and the only thing that lives forever is love.” ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Grief from the loss of a loved one is often overwhelming and crushing. Religions often try to ease that gaping sense of emptiness through ritual aimed at...
String Plucking: Commitment Phobic Women? →
stringplucking:
A good friend of mine told me that I am commitment phobic and that I’ve always been commitment phobic. So I’m left with one question, why? This is the beginning of my self-exploration to answer this question.
According to Audrey Chapman (family therapist, author, trainer, and…
Commitment Phobic Man? How to Make Him Want to Be...
lucysdatingtips:
Do men actually want to settle down into a committed relationship? If you are wondering if you will ever get past his commitment phobia to the secure relationship that you long for you need to read this. Often, the misunderstandings that lead us not to be successful at dating and relationships come from communication differences between the sexes. Want to get past his...
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Warning Signs Your Date Might Be a Commitment... →
The truth will out, as it always does.
Eventually you will know that your partner is commitment phobic. Perhaps you’ll be like Sally, only to discover after umpteen years of false promises that your man won’t be walking you down the aisle. Or, like Wendy, you may learn that the reason your partner won’t marry you, after years of dating, is the very (unchangeable) reason you both...
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Living With–Or, Commonly, Without–A Commitment... →
Let us just take a brief moment to thank Brad Pitt for his innovative contribution to the Commitment Phobe cause. Says Pitt:
“Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able.”
At once seemingly sensitive to single-sex couples deprived of the right to marry, demonstrating a willlingness to put his needs last, for the...
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Living With–Or, Commonly, Without–A Commitment... →
Rule #1 for a Commitment Phobe: There is always, always a way out.
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Wendy worried, early in the relationship, because she wasn’t Jewish.
A lovely woman originally from Oregon, Wendy had spent time in therapy working on relationship issues, and learning how to pick better than she had done in her 20s, when it came to...
March 2012
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Ok, So Who’s To Blame?: Explaining Cancer to... →
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it...”
– Buddhist proverb (via piecesoflogic)
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“I Should’ve Known!”: Warning Signs That Your... →
