Turbulent times lead to strong emotions

Turbulent times lead to strong emotions

5 years ago

It's okay to feel anxious, sad and restless these days! It might point you to some corners of your mind and psyche that need working on. If you are a human anywhere on this planet you feel the unsettled feelings rising from the pandemic, racial injustice, economic disparity, fear of societal disorder, and dysfunctional leadership. All these are also encoded in our epigenetics through our collective evolution. I do believe the strong emotions we are feeling have some roots in our biological awakening of the encoded fears from the recent and remote past. The hope is that we are not passive victims to our biology.  It takes effort, dialogue, forgiveness, social adjustments, and deep self evaluation to overcome these barriers. If the level of anxiety and depression is rising to unacceptable levels or danger signs of inability to care for oneself emerge, then seeking professional help is in order. A comprehensive biopsychosocial and spiritual check up is what we all need now...

ADHD and anger, strategies for management
ADHD and anger, strategies for management
7 years ago

Low frustration tolerance is a hallmark of the ADHD sufferers. The scenario goes something like this: You are trying to focus on completing your expense report, and the guy from the next cubicle in...

Why Everyone Is Addicted Now
Why Everyone Is Addicted Now
6 months ago

We often speak about addiction as if it were a discrete pathology—a flaw in a specific group of people w...

We all have multiple facets in our personalities!
We all have multiple facets in our personalities!
5 months ago

For much of my early training, what was then called multiple personality disorder occupied a strange, al...