“We had to pump your stomach, but basically you’re fine. I’m sorry we have to shackle you. They will transfer you to the psychiatric ward tomorrow, and then this security won’t be necessary. You ruined your fancy anklet.” He laughed. He was a very likable doctor. “It seems to...
Novelists are always trying to get into the minds of our characters. Sometimes, we draw from personal experience, like method actors. Often, though, we have to inhabit a state of mind we've never experienced. This requires imagination, of course, but when writing about a character wit...
There are many questions about the nature of addiction. Is denial a good indicator of addiction? Are some drugs as addictive as people say? There are even questions when it comes to addiction treatment. In order to persuade a person not to use addictive drugs, some people overstate ...
Sometimes an insult can be put in the form of a needling and unkind question like, “Are you still working at that low-paying job? I thought that was temporary.”One way to successfully ward off further attack is to bring up a topic that is uncomfortable for that person. Again, in a...
Like I was just trying to get high and not think about my kids that I just lost. Female, 30s, formerly used opioids Oh gosh I was a really good kid. I was an altar boy. I had- I had dreams of becoming a priest. I was really into the Catholic faith and that whole lifestyle ...
You may be wondering, “what is neuro-linguistic programming?” To put it simply, NLP consists of a combo of verbal and physical cues that cause you to ...
Guess what? I’ve talked to them maybe 5 times in the last year. They don’t care; I didn’t matter. That is when I get into my head. See, I have heard mywhole life that I don’t matter.That I am notgood enough. That I am ugly and clumsy and not proportioned right ...
Research into esports suggests that e’athletes experience physiological stressors and demands during competition and training. The physiological demands of esports are poorly understood and need to be investigated further to inform future training guide
various levels of functioning. Sometimes a good day is when you talk in your group therapy session at the psych ward. Sometimes a good day is getting out of bed. Sometimes a good day is going to the doctor. And sometimes a good day is giving successful presentation to a bunch of ...
There is certainly debate in the blogging community about whether to have full RSS feeds or summary feeds. We won’t get into that now except to say that one of the pros of just having a summary is that it helps prevent content scraping. ...