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Borderline Personality Disorder: Me? Really?
I started in therapy in 1982. I was living at home after graduating college. I had failed to achieve what I thought I’d achieve career-wise after school but was still thinking it was possible. I...
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My last piece about borderline personality has stayed with me, particularly because I’ve had reason recently to revisit many of the places I was at before whatever it is that happened to me to generate...
View ArticleMemory within Memory within…
As I write this I hear strains of a song I first heard in 1978. As I hear it, I remember what I felt then which indeed was a moment when I was remembering something even earlier. In 1978 I heard this...
View ArticleGetting Thin. Staying Thin.
Yes, I did it. I lost weight. Lots of it. I went from 200 lbs to a svelte 159 (not that individual pounds matter) which at 5’ 11” made me skinny guy. Actually let’s step back; I went from 175 at 5’ 4”...
View ArticleReassessing Mom
I saw a psychiatrist on TV. Actually he wasn’t a psychiatrist. He was an actor playing a psychiatrist in a TV show. Anyway, he was saying that he thought most if not all of psychiatry was nonsense and...
View ArticleReassessing Mom Part II
What began in my last entry has blossomed into a feeling or set of feelings that I’m not sure are healthy. Okay, let me just amend that by saying I know feelings aren’t good or bad. However writing is,...
View ArticleThe miserable know a spiritual when they hear it.
I’ve had occasion recently to really sit back and feel mentally sick. Really. It hasn’t been very hard to for a lot of reasons. First reason is that I’m old, or older. I’ve spun through over 20 year...
View ArticleThat Terror That is Your Life
I’ve begun to wonder if there is a specific condition that involves reliving embarrassing moments, because I still do. Wow. I just realized that was so as I said that. I’ve been reliving embarrassing...
View ArticleBack to Mental Illness
I really think I realize now what mental illness is and does. I believe now I’ve had it and I come from a tradition of those who did as well. My mother and father both had issues and by issues I mean...
View ArticleMusic That Makes Me Sick
I believe I made an important discovery today. For the longest time I’ve had this odd thing where I’ve gotten actually sick to my stomach when I hear music by a certain band. It’s a rock band from the...
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Once Again Trying to Define Mental Illness
I was not brought up to believe in evil. I was brought up to believe that horrible things are done by people who are sick, i.e., mentally ill. And I believe this to be true. Yet it’s a very tricky...
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Fear of Catastrophe
Today, I was afraid. I was afraid of catastrophic things happening in my life. Today, I could see them taking shape. I could see myself not being up to the task of keeping them away. I could see part...
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Mental Health and Parenting
It’s been pointed out to me several times that I am not a father to my children but a friend. I don’t completely agree with that but I can see where it comes from. My father told me that he thought of...
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Drugging Your Children
Having just come through the high school years with my daughter, I can now I think speak on a topic that a lot of parents struggle with: drugs. I don’t mean recreational drugs, but school drugs, in my...
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Fear of Death
Death’s icy fingers have descended on me lately. Not really. I don’t have cancer as far as I know, or anything else so immediate, but I do have something I might call just the nameless fear of the...
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Therapy as a Matinee Performance
Do you ever wonder when you as a therapist are talking to your client what they are thinking? Well, most of the time they’re thinking about what they’re TELLING you about, find, but not always. Having...
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New Relationships In Early Recovery
If you have gone to rehab or even just been in early recovery inside the rooms of AA or NA, you have always heard this advice, ‘Wait a year before you get into a new romantic relationship.’ Now keep in...
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Helping Others Cope with COVID-19
Since March 2020 we have all been trying to cope with the difficulties brought on by COVID-19. People have been experiencing a range of emotions including fear, confusion, loneliness, anger,...
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10 Ways College Students Can Combat Zoom Fatigue
Frequent virtual meetings can be especially taxing on the brain, and this is especially true for college students. As COVID-19 continues to be a threat to public health, many classes and meetings are...
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Making The Best Of Holidays In Recovery
When you first enter recovery, you are beginning a new life that involves a variety of ‘firsts’. Some are incredible to experience and will fill your heart with love and gratitude, others will freeze...
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