Another distraction alarm op-ed, this time from Bob Herbert. I was talking to a guy who commutes every day between New York and New Jersey. He props up his laptop on the front seat so he can watch DVDs while he’s driving. “I only do it in traffic,” he said. “It’s no big deal.”
David Brooks on (Mel Gibson and) narcissism, including this stat from the book, The Narcissism Epidemic: In 1950, thousands of teenagers were asked if they considered themselves an “important person.” Twelve percent said yes. In the late 1980s, another few thousand were asked. This time, 80 percent of girls and 77 percent of boys
Narcissism Epidemic? Read More »
YANSS on “The Illusion of Transparency“: The Misconception: Most of the time people can look at you and tell what you are thinking and feeling. The Truth: Your subjective experience is not observable, and you overestimate how much you telegraph your inner thoughts and emotions.
Can’t Read Your Mind Read More »
NPR: Reducing The Stigma Of PTSD In Army Culture. “I remember lying on my cot in my tent in Afghanistan bundled into my sleeping bag, terrified because the dead had come to talk with me…”
Three from the morning feed… Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans (ScienceDaily) Bad Breath Troubles? (WebMD) The Big Lies People Tell In Online Dating (OKCupid)
Dostoyevsky, Halitosis, and Online Dating Lies Read More »
New York looks at parents who hate parenting in All Joy and No Fun. From the perspective of the species, it’s perfectly unmysterious why people have children. From the perspective of the individual, however, it’s more of a mystery than one might think…
The Unfun of Parenting Read More »
A longish article at WebMD about kids and chores–the what, when, and why. “A child has to have some responsibilities. Then by the time they go off to college, you don’t have to have a three-hour lecture on the steps of the dormitory.”
An interview I did with L.A.-based mind-body doc, David Schechter, MD, is now up at PsychologyToday.com. When I saw this patient again a few weeks later, her pain had gone from a nine out of ten to a zero to one out of ten. She was making plans for future vacations, hotel beds, school, and
NYT on Ringo, Robert Butler, and ageism: Turn 70. Act Your Grandchild’s Age. “We’re going to make it look like if you’re sick, it’s your own fault; if you’re not having orgasms or running marathons, there’s something wrong with you. We need to think carefully about how to take care of people who are frail. We
Judith Beck’s debut at the Huffington Post: The How and Why of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. [N]ot all psychotherapy is the same. Some modalities have a strong evidence base that demonstrates their effectiveness. Other modalities have never been shown to be effective. Yet they continue to be practiced by psychotherapists who consider an evidence base to be