PsyBlog: 30 Psychobabble Phrases - Which Do You Hate Most?
1. "My pet peeve is the use of OCD in, I get really OCD about cleaning my kitchen. What's really offensive about the usage is that it suggests one can spontaneously develop and un-develop a disorder. This is offensive to people who actually live with mental illness daily. Unless it's interfering with your functioning, it's not a disorder." Erika
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Douglas Eby
- Jul 07, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- Jul 07, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Food, Anxiety and Depression «
Food is another major factor that greatly affects how we feel. Most people don’t really notice that what they put into their bodies affects how they feel.
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Douglas Eby
- Jul 06, 2008 at 09:17 PM
- Jul 06, 2008 at 09:17 PM
A bigger ego is the only way to truly create "A New Earth"
Article by James Ray: Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months, you've most likely heard the buzz around A New Earth. I applaud Eckhart Tolle for putting forth the time and energy to make such a positive impact on the world. The things he's teaching are powerful... and yet as I travel around the globe, I still find misconceptions, misinterpretations and confusion.
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Douglas Eby
- May 20, 2008 at 09:24 PM
- May 20, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Is it a disorder, or just shyness? | Highly Sensitive
Many of us were shy as children, and continue to be. In more extreme versions, it may be labeled social phobia or social anxiety disorder, but maybe it is usually a personality trait, related to introversion and high sensitivity. A number of psychologists and others argue that shyness can be viewed as an ordinary variation in personality, and should not be pathologized or treated as a medical condition to be overcome.
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Douglas Eby
- May 10, 2008 at 05:38 PM
- May 10, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Do we need solitude or connection to create?
“We cannot create in a vacuum of isolation: we are helped along in the creative process by certain kinds of emotional support from others that help us to be at our best and to realize our full potentials.”
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Douglas Eby
- Apr 29, 2008 at 09:26 PM
- Apr 29, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Lost in our reactions | Highly Sensitive
High sensitivity can be a deeply assaultive and distressing and disorienting experience. Probably starting when we were too young to have the cognitive ability to sort it out, many of us learned that identifying ourselves as sensitive (at least privately, not to others) helped make sense of the turmoil. But some writers such as Eckhart Tolle warn about losing our authenticity in identity labels.
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Douglas Eby
- Apr 25, 2008 at 05:37 PM
- Apr 25, 2008 at 05:37 PM
Potential for Greatness.
In the course of my work, I meet many (many) amazing people who are miserable, frustrated and seemingly lost, living in a reality that they hate, not because they don't have the capacity to change or achieve great things in their life, but simply because they won't use or develop their potential as they could and should.
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Douglas Eby
- Mar 30, 2008 at 05:11 PM
- Mar 30, 2008 at 05:11 PM
Prodded by our angelic and demonic muse | High Ability
"The presence of talent is not sufficient. Many people have more than one talent, and wonder what to do with them." Jane Piirto, Ph.D. continues in her book Talented Children and Adults, "What is the impetus, what is the reason, for one talent taking over and capturing the passion and commitment of the person who has the talent? A useful explanation comes from Socrates, who described the inspiration of the Muse.."
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Douglas Eby
- Mar 08, 2008 at 10:03 PM
- Mar 08, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Investing meaning in our art - an interview with Eric Maisel
In the Introduction to his book The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression, Eric Maisel, PhD writes: "Creators have trouble maintaining meaning. Creating is one of the ways they endeavor to maintain meaning."
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Douglas Eby
- Feb 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Feb 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Nerds endure and create even without support | High Ability
Being different, an outsider, and called by others a nerd or other names, can be upsetting to downright painful when we were kids, but how does that kind of label impact our adult identity, and what does it indicate about social attitudes toward creatively and intellectually exceptional people?
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Douglas Eby
- Feb 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM
- Feb 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Heath Ledger and drugs and narcissism | The Inner Actor
The death of Heath Ledger - considered an accidental overdose of prescription medications - is another indication of how much drug use there is in the entertainment community.
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Douglas Eby
- Feb 09, 2008 at 01:37 PM
- Feb 09, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Challenges of being an introvert
Challenges of being an introvert - multiple articles
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Douglas Eby
- Feb 03, 2008 at 09:38 PM
- Feb 03, 2008 at 09:38 PM
InnerVantage - Celebrating Your Inner Self
It is distressing to feel sidelined by labels such as introvert, highly sensitive or HSP, shy or timid. In fact, it might even feel pointless to try to succeed. Why? Because stale descriptions focus on what you are not vs. who you truly are, leaving your best qualities behind. Now you can move beyond limiting stigmas and have a gratifying life.
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Douglas Eby
- Jan 27, 2008 at 07:36 PM
- Jan 27, 2008 at 07:36 PM
Are You Inner-Directed? And Why It Matters To Know
The term "inner-directed" is likely new to you. It is the behavioral term I'm pioneering that unites "those who focus inward to restore." It refers to the common behaviors of introverts and highly sensitive people (HSPs) and how they relate to the world.
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Douglas Eby
- Jan 23, 2008 at 10:44 PM
- Jan 23, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Doing the Remarkable
When it comes to meeting and conquering the negativity in your life, here is a key question: what can you do, starting today, that will make a difference? What can you do during economic chaos? What can you do when everything has gone wrong?
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Douglas Eby
- Jan 22, 2008 at 05:06 PM
- Jan 22, 2008 at 05:06 PM