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Borderline Personality and Abuse

by A.J. Mahari | Oct 16, 2018 | Borderline Personality Disorder, Expired, Personality Disorders | 65

Borderline Personality and Abuse Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is highly associated with...

Personality Disorders: Controllers, Abusers, Manipulators, and Users in Relationships

by Joseph Carver | Oct 15, 2018 | Bullying, Domestic Violence, Expired, Personality Disorders, Relationships, Verbal Abuse | 0

Who are these people? In romantic relationships they are controlling, abusive, manipulative...

What is Compulsive Lying?

by Derek Wood, RN, BC, MS | May 25, 2018 | Expired, Lying | 2

Compulsive lying (also called pathological lying or habitual lying) is best described as a habit of lying. To qualify as a compulsive liar, the individual must regularly lie for no personal gain. The lies are quite often...

Mental Health Hero: Patty Duke Mental Health Project

by Sean Bennick | Apr 21, 2016 | Advocacy, Expired, Mental Health Hero | 0

Before I talk about the Patty Duke Mental Health Project, let me express my own sadness at the...

Giving To Others: Draining Or Fulfilling?

by Margaret Paul, PhD | Mar 1, 2012 | Expired, Relationships | 1

Giving to others can be one of the most fulfilling experiences in life, or it can be one of the most draining. What makes the difference? The difference has to do with WHY you are giving to others. Giving From A Full Heart When...

What Does Having Sex Mean to You?

by Margaret Paul, PhD | Jan 5, 2012 | Expired, Relationships | 0

I’ve been counseling individuals and couples for many years. More than half the time, when couples are having problems or the relationship is dissolving, sex is one of the major issues. There are a number of common scenarios:...

Stop Taking the Bait of Projection!

by Margaret Paul, PhD | Nov 22, 2011 | Expired, Relationships | 0

All of us have projected our own thoughts, feelings, motivations and desires onto others, and have been at the other end of projection. Many of us learned to project onto others as we were growing up, when our parents, siblings...

The Vital Importance of Community

by Margaret Paul, PhD | Oct 18, 2011 | Expired, Healthy Living, Suicide | 0

I’ve been reading in many different sources about the research involving community and well being. In his best-selling book,”Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell opens with a study done in a small Pennsylvania town...

Does Crying Make you Feel Better?

by Margaret Paul, PhD | Oct 7, 2011 | Expired, Healthy Living | 0

A recent study indicates that crying does not make people feel better. But there is a problem with this study. The study indicates that: “Shedding tears only improved mood in one-third of criers who kept tabs of their...