Occasionally Moose have some interesting ideas; I write them down...
There’s a pervasive theme among my clients. Time and again, they report having pretty OK lives; they have a comfortable home, supportive relationships, a decent job, and plenty of stuff. But they’re unhappy, or preoccupied, or stressed, or overwhelmed by their emotions (usually anxiety and, Read More …
A while back I wrote a post on why I believe that a lot of what’s been classified as mental illness is nothing of the sort (see here). I argued that the psychiatric diagnostic manuals, like the DSM-IV, are nothing but descriptions of symptom clusters, and do Read More …
Last week, I talked about how being human is a pretty difficult process. As a part of this, I touched on the notion that most so-called “mental illnesses” are actually normal human reactions to difficult situations. I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea lately and Read More …