Why Are Graphic Novels So Popular Amongst Students Who Have ADHD?
If you don’t have school-aged children right now, you might be unaware of the global phenomenon that is graphic novels within the world of literature. Graphic novels–full-length books that’ve been written and illustrated in comic-book form–are the newest obsession amongst kids in elementary and
Anxiety, Depression and Dissociation: How Being in the Present Will Bring You Back to Yourself
I’ve been on a healing journey for quite some time now. Where I need quiet. To be able to think. To be able to write. Where I need to eat nourishing foods....
What is Gaslighting?
A man obsessed with stealing valuable jewels murders one woman and attempts to drive the other one (his wife) crazy. His single-mindedness, driven by selfish motives, caused him to deceive...
Burned Out Moms: What to Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything
So, it’s morning and it’s time to get out of bed. The kids have to go to school, and you and your spouse have to get ready to go to...
Exercise and Bipolar Disorder
Exercise is an effective front-line therapy for people with anxiety and mild to moderate depression. But what about those of us
Controlling Your Anger: Stop Wasting Your Time and Energy
Anger is an instinctual emotional response from a real or imagined threat. Anger is painful and we need to get relief. We almost always feel something else first before we get angry: afraid,...
Onward
On Wednesday I ended my post with the words, “… I forgive me for this mess, and that forgiveness is on the table and on offer for as long as I keep working to make this life better....
Professional Contact with Internet Predators
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133),...
Today I Love Soft Sticky Snow
Today I love soft sticky snow and my expectations of seeing snow people springing up around here. I love that this is the kind of snow I expect just two weeks before Spring’s timely arrival....
The Microaggressions of Single Life
What do all these examples have in common? Getting asked questions such as “Why are you still single?” or “Just one?” Getting invited by couples to lunch but not dinner,...
Being Ashamed of Our Shame
Shame is a universal, complex emotion. It is something we all experience. But oftentimes we’re not aware of the hidden ways it operates in us. We may become so fused...
No Matter What Anyone Says, Setting Boundaries Isn’t Mean
One of the big reasons we avoid setting boundaries is that we mistakenly think they’re mean, harsh, and controlling. Often, we have these beliefs because others have reacted poorly to our boundaries in the past....
2 Types of Strategies for Coping With Boredom in ADHD
In my last post, I talked about how boredom can be bad news for ADHDers – specifically, because it has the ability to magnify our ADHD symptoms....
Morning Anxiety: Causes and Cures to Combat the Waking “What Ifs”
Although I’ve been dealing with anxiety for almost three decades now, I just recently noticed how much more debilitating “waking-up anxiety” is compared to when it infiltrates my brain at...
Alone With My Bipolar Disorder
I am in a depressive funk right now. Isn’t that the worst? You get up only to lay back down. I have to feed my dogs and have let them go outside and back in again and I have to eat something so I can take my handful of pills,...
Netflix Reality Show – Love Is Blind?
I watched it, I’ll admit it. People have said once you start watching it that it becomes addictive, but that’s a trend with most of these reality show about finding true love....
Have You Been Shame Slammed? What It Means & How to Deal
There I was, curled up under piles of covers with pillows over my head. I just lay there, wide awake in the middle of the night, feeling….sick, sick,...
It’s Time We Stop Minimizing the Pain of the Family Scapegoat
Adults who experienced psycho-emotional abuse growing up are unlikely to have their profound distress recognized or validated. This is especially the case for those trapped in the role of ‘family scapegoat’…...