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
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
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.”
What to expect when you were expecting a dozen-plus years ago: Adolescence and Anger. Parents can get angry in their frustrating fight for influence, adolescents can get angry in their frustrating fight for freedom. However,the battle is finally lost and won as the new generation defeats the old.
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Not therapy: 10 Toothbrushing Mistakes (WebMD). But I just had a cavity filled. Toothbrushing Mistake No. 1: Not Using the Right Toothbrush Consider the size of your mouth when picking a toothbrush, says Richard H. Price, DMD, the consumer advisor for the American Dental Association. “If you are straining to open wide enough to let
NYT Magazine piece about the the trouble with erasing past mistakes online: The Web Means the End of Forgetting. 75 percent of U.S. recruiters and human-resource professionals report that their companies require them to do online research about candidates, and many use a range of sites when scrutinizing applicants — including search engines, social-networking sites,
Jane Brody looks at smoking. [O]ver the course of a day, as the brain continues to be exposed to nicotine, partial tolerance develops and each subsequent cigarette produces less of an effect. But during sleep, nicotine comes off the receptors and smokers awaken with an intense craving for a cigarette.
One in eight ER visits due to mental health and/or substance abuse. New government statistics show that nearly 12 million visits made to U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2007 involved people with a mental disorder, substance abuse problem, or both.
A study at PhysOrg.com–feelings catchable. [R]esearchers [have] found a correlation between an individual’s emotional state and those of the person’s contacts. In other words, it appears that you can catch happiness. Or sadness. (Via GoodTherapy.org)
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