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The Fifth Cup of Coffee
The Fifth Cup of Coffee “Sometimes, you can drink four cups of coffee,” my doctor says. “But if you drink the fifth, well, that’s when the trouble starts.” He looks at me while I’m sitting on the examination table. My husband sits in a chair on my right.
By Whitney Sweet6 years ago in Psyche
Victim to Victor
This morning, I received a text from a friend asking me to call her. I'm just like most millennials and prefer texting, but this was one of my yarn friends. We haven't been able to knit together in almost 3 months. I miss my peeps. So I gave her a call and I'm so glad that I did. For privacy purposes, I’m going to call her Joan.
By Gwenaviere Laine6 years ago in Psyche
Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems. What the heck is she talking about?! I have been in therapy off and on for years for one reason or another: custody battle between my grandparents and my mother, incest, abuse, sexual dysfunction, trauma therapy, etc. In my most recent therapy trip, I’ve been dealing with trauma. This trauma has impacted my life in many ways - primarily my marriage - but I’ve also seen it rear its head in my employment, in school, in friendships… pretty much anywhere I am, my trauma follows me and rears its ugly head when least expected and certainly when least welcome.
By Gwenaviere Laine6 years ago in Psyche
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
This book was written by the same author who wrote Behave and A Primate's Memoir. Robert Sapolsky has a unique way of turning scientific jargon, into a masterful education tool that breaks down even the most complex bodily functions into understandable material.
By Angela Love6 years ago in Psyche
The Behaviorists Theorists
Ivan Pavlov (1849 – 1936) Credit: http://bnhspsychology.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-bnhs-psych.html Ivan Pavlov was born in a small village in central Russia. The work that made Pavlov a household name in psychology actually began as a study in digestion.
By Kay Johnson-Clennon6 years ago in Psyche
All the Zucchini
My life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression and how I asked for help... I sometimes think that we see images of people with mental illness, where they say to “reach out” and “ask for help” but we don’t see how they got to that moment. We see a person who tells us they were ill, and now they seem fine, or at least they are functioning. I think it’s hard for those who are suffering and at the beginning of the journey to get the help they are looking for, and to know just how long recovery takes and how messy that recovery is. This post is going to be long so if you have the time, say while you’re sitting in your car around the corner from your house after a long day at work, just looking for a little piece and quiet, that’s perfect. Or if you’re on the toilet, or waiting at the doctor’s office, or in line to renew your driver’s license picture, I hope I can fill your time with some useful entertainment.
By Whitney Sweet6 years ago in Psyche
The Travelers of the In-Between
The facade of the “real world” is something not often acknowledged. It’s always been there, yet we deny it exists in the monotony of day-to-day life. A life full of voids we try filling with meaningless possessions and superficial tally marks—All we will have to account for our time here on Earth. Days we spent working for some corporation that would be quick to replace us for taking too many sick days to spend with a terminally ill loved one. This is the “real” world we have been brainwashed to believe in; and by believing it’s real —in a way, means it actually is.
By kristyH8186 years ago in Psyche
