Trying to put painful or traumatic memories out of your mind only stores them in a different part of your brain allowing them to resurface later. Have you ever tried to put one of your angry, sad, scary, embarrassing, shameful, rejected or stressful memories 'out of your mind' only to Read More →
PTSD without TRAUMA – How Common Stresses Can Give You PTSD
SCRATCHES IN YOUR TEFLON - Stressful events that aren't traumas by themselves can add up and give you posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Stressful events - like a divorce or breakup, getting fired, financial or legal problems, sexual harassment, having a miscarriage, having a serious Read More →
Vicious Cycles – Science Finally Proves That They Really Do Exist
Have you ever started to have what you thought was going to be a normal conversation with someone only to have it escalate into a red hot argument without even trying? Do you and your spouse (or teenager or boss or sibling) seem to hit each other's buttons so that arguments go from zero Read More →
THE LIMITS OF TALK THERAPY
While traditional talk therapy can help many people with many types of problems, recent research suggests that it has a massive achilles heal that can cause it to fail you when you need it most. Researchers at NYU had student volunteers come in and watch a computer screen while Read More →