Category: Mental Health
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The Disney/Pixar animated film Inside Out would have you believe you own your emotions. After all, they exist inside your head and respond to your situations. So, that means they’re yours, right? Technically, yes, but only if you fight for them. From the moment we are born, there is a litany of external forces attempting…
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Therapy used to be one of those forbidden topics that no one mentioned in polite conversations. That has changed. Now, chances are pretty high that in any group of four people, at least two have been in therapy and at least one probably still is. No one is considered “crazy” anymore for recognizing that they…
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I grew up in the 1960s in small, rural towns and communities. What allowed those communities to exist was a set of social norms, largely unspoken, that everyone was expected to follow. If you made a promise, you kept it. If you made a mistake, you admitted it. If someone called for help, everyone else…
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Courage is not a word I would use to describe myself. In my head, courage defines people who fight battles against enormous odds. Courage is taking a stand when everyone else stays seated. Courage is finding the strength to do something others thought you couldn’t do. Those are the assumptions I’ve made all my life,…
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Doom has a sense of finality to it. An interesting article came across my desk yesterday. The headline from Science magazine said, “Will the world end next month? Science said so, in 1960.” How could I not take a look? More precisely, the 1960 prediction set a specific date: Friday, November 13, 2026. The original…