A possibility for your on-deck reading pile: Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach. A favorite in the genre for some. I could summarize, but I’ll radically accept the job done by Publishers Weekly and posted on Amazon: Brach offers readers a rich compendium of stories and techniques designed to help people awaken from what she calls […]
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Three from PsychCentral: Racier Clothing Choices for Ovulating Women Adult Behavior Follows Childhood Personality Brain Activity Influenced by Perceptions and Attitude
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The NYT asks assorted pros an Inception-inspired question: “Nightmares have been seen variously as omens or sources of self-knowledge. Should we replace them with happier dreams?”
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My Life in Therapy, from the NYT Magazine, has Daphne Merkin recalling years spent in psychoanalysis. Projection. Repression. Acting out. Defenses. Secondary compensation. Transference. Even in these quick-fix, medicated times, when people are more likely to look to Wellbutrin and life coaches than to the mystique-surrounded, intangible promise of psychoanalysis, these words speak to me
ScienceDaily: Emotions help animals to make choices Happy? Angry? Anxious? How can we measure animal emotions? To understand how animals experience the world and how they should be treated, people need to better understand their emotional lives. A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions may tell animals about how dangerous or
WebMD is churning out articles about depression daily. Here are some from their “Top Stories” list: Hormones Can Affect Your Mood Major Depression: Many Avoid Treatment Talk Therapy as Good as Antidepressants Antidepressants Not Always Best For Depression More Medical Attention Helps Ease Depression
PsychCentral: Train Brain To Reduce Cravings. Smokers who are taught cognitive strategies, such as thinking about the long-term consequences of smoking, show increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with cognitive control and rational thought.
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ScienceDaily: What You Say About Others Says a Lot About You, Research Shows This research suggests that when you ask someone to rate the personality of a particular coworker or acquaintance, you may learn as much about the rater providing the personality description as the person they are describing.
WebMD: Internet Overuse May Cause Depression. Researchers say that their work suggests that teens who use the Internet pathologically may be about 2.5 times more likely to develop depression than teens who are not addicted to the Internet.
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The NYT identifies a trend: Permanently separated, but not divorced. Technically, the two are married. They file joint tax returns; she’s covered by his insurance. But they see each other just several times a year. “Since separating we get along better than we ever have,” he said. “It’s kind of nice.”