Tag: mental illness
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Mental Illness: How to Improve Sense through Therapy?
The ways of the human mind are limitless and beyond typical scientific understanding. Mental illness has been the subject of countless research papers throughout history. The road to our current understanding of it has taken us through valleys wrought with unethical practices, cays of erring thoughts, and finally, psychoanalytical processes that ultimately brought upon some…
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I Need Help, Who Doesn’t?
“I need help” means a lot To admit that I need help is huge. It means I am ready to surrender something: resistance to change, false pride, coping mechanisms that no longer work, skewed perceptions of myself and reality, and the resistance to our inherent vulnerability as people. The first step is admitting I need help,…
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Do I Need Therapy?
Instead of asking your self, “Do I need therapy?”, first ask your self, “Would I like some help with my confusion?”, “Would I like support with feeling over whelmed?”, “Would I like to understand relationships better?”, and so on. Basically, “What would I like a little help with?” These sorts of questions help us…
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A History of Mental Illness in the Family
Many people have described to me a history of mental illness in their family. Some know of depression dating back several generations. Many know histories of alcoholism, psychotic breaks and hospitalization, anxiety and trauma symptoms that still show their faces generation after generation. I have seen patients over the years having psychotic episodes, major depressions,…
