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Atypical Depression
Depression can be a step up from where you are. Are you numb? You take the online depression quiz, and none of it feels true. In fact, you don’t feel much of anything. Are you on autopilot? The work gets done, the kids are fed and clothed. Homework happens and the...
Feel better now–self care for depression
Depression got you in its teeth? Fight back with novelty and gentle self-care. Listen to someone else’s Ipod or a radio station. Choose music you don’t know. It’s a way to go somewhere new without leaving the room. Take a cold shower. It will distract your nervous...
Finding a therapist, the last four tips you’ll ever need
Test run Buy a session and see how you feel. There are a lot of people doing psychotherapy in New York City. Would you want this person in the car on a trip cross country? Do you feel pulled toward aliveness? Do you have hope? Fit is the interplay of inner...
Postcards from the Neuroscience Reading Room
The play space for toddlers at Washington Square Park is a slow, sweet spot. Babies learn to walk there and time stretches out like a summer afternoon. It’s also a good place to do impromptu baby watching. A truck backfires and the babies react. Some older toddlers...
Another Postcard from the Neuroscience Reading Room
Researchers out of University of California in San Diego have a new idea about depression. It makes sense to me and I want to share a paraphrase of their article with you. Karen Wager-Smith and Athina Markou hypothesize that stressful life events cause depressive...
A Dangerous Method
Between all the smoking and spanking in “A Dangerous Method,” lies an undiscovered country: Emma Jung played by Sarah Gadon and written by Christopher Hampton. A psychoanalyst in her own right, Emma married Jung at 22 and bore five children. Her quiet devotion to her...
Happiness
One of the brightest, clearest lights in the psychoanalytic community is Dr. Nancy McWilliams. Dr. McWilliams recently spoke about happiness or psychological wellness at Villanova University. If you haven’t got an hour and half to devote to the video, I’ve summarized...
Get your quotas. Play like you mean it!
Brains denied REM or dream sleep one night will make up the deficit the next night. Your inner film director will not be denied. Your body/brain regulates this on its own without your help. But there is an area where you need to take action, and it’s called rough and...
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