ADDitude

JUNE 18, 2025

Take This Self-Test: 14 Questions That Reveal Symptoms of Burnout ] This chronic hypervigilance — constantly waiting for the next stressor, deadline, or criticism — takes its toll. we often self-soothe through overworking, perfectionism , tech scrolling, or people-pleasing , which only fuels the cycle further. Want to learn more?

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The Art of Healing Trauma

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The Art of Healing Trauma Coloring Book is here! I haven’t been able to write for my blog for months as I created this coloring book. Here is the Book Description: Slow down, tune into yourself and relax while you color 20 beautiful illustrations centered around the theme of recovering from traumatic life experiences.

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Mad in America

JULY 16, 2024

As Bruno Bettelheim, in his whistle-blowing book, Freud and Man’s Soul revealed, the latinized terms id and ego promulgated by his misguided translators, lose the human flavor that Freud intended with the original German terms Das Ich and Das Es—”The It” and “The I,” or the experience of It-ness and I-ness.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child offers this definition of EF skills: “Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. A good starting point is the term “executive function.”

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Mad in America

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this interview, we’ll explore his personal journey toward the psychological humanities, delve into his work in narrative psychology , and discuss his approach to the concepts of ‘self’ and the ‘Other.’ It’s a book in which each chapter focuses on a literary text. This is now my 38th year.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

JUNE 2, 2025

… It can also feel like a vital part of life, as though if youre not seeking self-understanding, youre missing out. But the dream of perfect self-knowledge is unattainable, and chasing it too doggedly can leave you more confused and stuck than when you started. Its so baked into our culture that we almost take it for granted.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reported in 2024, a Book Trust survey found that reading enjoyment declines as children progress through primary school. Institutionalization refers to the establishment of large, bland, uniform, impersonal, hierarchical, bureaucratic, and coercive entities that increasingly rule our lives.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Curiously, he seemed captivated by a few quotes from books I had jotted down in my diary, but our sessions continued to be a quiet standoff, a battle of nerves to see who would break the silence first. What I found in some books was as embarrassing as it was shameful. What if your client brought you a gift? So why did I give him gifts?

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Real Psychiatry

JUNE 3, 2025

As part of my brief series on the role of psychotherapy in psychiatry I thought I would pull this book off my bookshelves and discuss it. Kohuts self-psychology was presented as a possible model of the self-object matrix critical for early childhood development with groups and group processes taking on that role.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

DECEMBER 21, 2018

this book is a treasure trove of trauma healing knowledge, insights and clarifications. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in somatic therapies, expressive arts therapies and trauma healing modalities, tools and techniques. One day, I had the children do a scribbling exercise to loosen up before class.

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Sanity Daily

APRIL 15, 2025

Due to the lack of awareness, we even lack the usage of proper language while talking to someone in such a condition. To read a new and life-changing book 8.) Or, may be can write a book of your own 9.) To be able to forgive your younger self 27.) Take care, be mindful and be aware. Do you think it is easy?

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It constitutes a conceptual resource—a tool that offers another kind of understanding that is not confined to the malfunction-perspective often emphasized within the biomedical paradigm, which has the danger of functioning as a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is why it is sometimes important to also listen to what they are pointing towards.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

Thankfully though, browsing a bookshop one day, I came across psychologist Richard Bentall’s book Madness Explained—Psychosis and Human Nature. Despite the fact that it is quite an academic and scientific book I read it with tears sometimes trickling down my face.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 31, 2025

I told her I had a PhD in the field and my new book had recently been released. My first book was about this idea, which came after decades of churning through mazes and hazes of burnouts, chemical and social violence(s) of diverse kinds and all sorts of experiences with alternative sources of healing, each beneficial to some extent.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Rationally, a person can be aware of this. Basically, what is seen as pathology in classical mental health system is a complex web of surviving strategies and responses learned in early childhood and/or aversive circumstances, which then later in life, might cause suffering.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 20, 2023

One has to counter the thinking from false delusions with positive self-talk and correct ethical reasoning, and also actually talking to people and checking outside oneself if that reality is true or not. The drugs may also skew one’s emotions and acumen and this needs to be taken into account as well.

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The Anxiety Guy

AUGUST 19, 2024

Through personal insights and actionable advice, I will help unpack the subtle yet pervasive influence of anxiety on our thoughts, behaviors, and self-perception, offering a path to reclaiming control. This shift can have far-reaching consequences, influencing our self-esteem, relationships, and overall outlook on life.

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The London Psychiatry Centre

JUNE 2, 2025

Furthermore, journaling activates the prefrontal cortex (the part of your brain that deals with emotional regulation, decision making and self-awareness), helping you gain perspective and reducing your stress response. It can boost mood through increased dopamine release, especially when journalling goals, wins or reflections.

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The Anxiety Guy

AUGUST 5, 2024

In today’s episode of the anxiety guy podcast we dive into the relentless orders of our frantic self and go beyond subconscious anxiety. Discover how to heal anxiety by shifting away from these subconscious patterns and tapping into a new guidance system centered around the higher self.

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Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2024

He notes that Maya often arranges her room in a specific pattern, repeatedly aligning her shoes straight towards the door and organizing her books by color rather than subject. At the same time, the color-coded books could signify an attempt to categorize and make sense of her world. However, this journey has its challenges.

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Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

This is a crucial time of transition for psychiatry, and current developments are occurring beneath the public’s awareness. Although a growing number of people are aware of problems with psychiatric treatment, what remains taboo is challenging fundamental assumptions that equate mental health concerns with biomedical disorders.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

She shared stories of Will Hall and Laura Delano, and the book Anatomy of an Epidemic , by Robert Whitaker. “Oh I had had enough of the gypsy life, and I found a somatic coach to help me process, heal and learn self-regulating skills. I had more awareness. Oh s**t,” I thought to myself. In some ways it did.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 1, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.

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The Anxiety Guy

JUNE 3, 2024

This awareness can be empowering, allowing them to see patterns and triggers that they might not have recognized before. Self-Compassion and Patience : Healing from anxiety is a journey that requires self-compassion and patience. 101 Short Lessons for an Anxiety Free Life (latest book). Comment below.

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The Anxiety Guy

JULY 1, 2024

Awareness of the irrational nature of your fears can help you begin to separate actual health concerns from anxiety-driven thoughts. Your daily habits have become militant and you are well aware of your deepening relationship with your own inner child/lower self. 101 Short Lessons for an Anxiety Free Life (latest book).

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The Anxiety Guy

MAY 27, 2024

Responding to irrational fear and taming the frantic inner child takes intention, patience, and steady awareness. This practice involves paying attention to the present moment without judgment, which can help individuals become more aware of their bodily sensations and reduce the automatic reaction to them. Comment Below And Share.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

JUNE 25, 2020

I’m planning to write at least 10 minutes a day, stream of consciousness, censorship and judgment-free, incorporating body awareness at times to improve groundedness. To create more self-connection and less fragmentation. Get in touch and build relationships with various aspects of my Self.

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The Anxiety Guy

JULY 15, 2024

I realized this in my physical self. But genuine anxiety transformation stems from small internal realizations that you can only become aware of when you give up trying to divert your attention. Gratitude for Yourself The solutions come to you when you live compassionately toward your ego, your lower self, and your defensive sides.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 3, 2024

Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign. Most depressions are self-limited,” wrote Jonathan Cole, head of the NIMH’s Psychopharmacology Service Center, in 1964. Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic (New York: Broadway Books, 2010): p.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

JULY 22, 2021

Self-tracking I talked about how I was tracking my PTSD symptoms. (9.) My third Somatic Experiencing session, on Thursday, November 11, was primarily about how to reconnect with a place of peace, neutrality and self-connection even after the system is disrupted by something. This issue also happened when driving.

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The Anxiety Guy

JULY 19, 2024

It enhances awareness of thoughts and emotions and can strengthen neural connections in the brain. Somatic Experiencing This body-oriented technique helps discharge stress stored in the body due to trauma, teaching self-regulation through awareness exercises and gentle movements with a practitioner.

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Child Mind Intitute

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Your child and their peers will soon become aware of those differences as well, if they havent already. Findings suggest that telling a child that they are autistic at a younger age empowers them by providing access to support and a foundation for self-understanding that helps them thrive in adulthood, the authors wrote.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 6, 2025

The book is titled Social Psychology: Individuals, Incorrection, and an Inequality. It really gave me a really fresh perspective on social psychology and how we can make use of the social psychological theories to address larger-scale societal problems, for example, inequality, reading that book was truly an enlightening experience. [00:03:07.860]

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My Psychiatry

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Some may feel sedative-like relaxation, while others experience heightened awareness or altered perceptions. However, it is also worth noting that some people report using marijuana to self-manage depressive symptoms, such as sadness or low energy. Ultimately, marijuanas effects depend on the individual and the strain.

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National Association for the Advancement of Psycho

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The major theories of the new science were presented by Korzybski in his books Manhood of Humanity (1921/2016) and Science and Sanity (1933/1994). Identity, absolute sameness in all respects, is assumed as an empirical principle while partial identity is seen as self-contradictory. Carmine Giordano, NCPsyA , is a graduate of NPAP.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you go before 1980, back to DSM-I and DSM-II, those books tell of how psychiatric disorders often are reactions to difficulties in the environment or, say, to stressors in the family. So even their self-judgment is not proof of the merits of the drugs, even for themselves, because they lack knowing what would have been possible for them.

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Mad in America

APRIL 30, 2025

Her books include De-Medicalizing Misery , The Bitterest Pills: The Troubling Story of Antipsychotic Drugs , and The Myth of the Chemical Cure. Her latest book is titled Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth. Moncrieff: I was reflecting on this when I wrote my recent book.

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