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• Flowering

  
  The People Behind My Eyes — Authority: 126
  There’s too much in these paintings to try and explain everything. I think the overall theme is anxiety, rage and  grief.When Dr. D saw this one here he didn’t notice at firs that it’s a human head vomiting up flowers. The head is tilted back and is strangled by a golden rope as flowers “grow” [...]
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• Withdrawn and spacing out

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 135
  I get these episodes.. different things trigger them, sometimes I don’t know what will but certain things do it every time. For example, when my friends or boyfriend smoke weed. They know I don’t do it, and when I notice they did it, I get withdrawn. My gaze gets blurry and I can’t stop focusing on whatever it ...
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• Mistaken Identity - Multiple Personality Diagnosis in the 1980s

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 145
  Mistaken Identity Posted On: February 5, 2010 In the 1980s, Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens of thousands of Americans were diagnosed with an illness that was previously unheard of. ...
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• Breaking

  
  Marine Snow — Authority: 123
  Dear Lola,It’s hard for me to start this letter, mostly because in my mind I am trying to write it to myself, my younger self, my self 3 years ago now. But in my head, my younger Self, you are nothing but an abstract concept, a thing of curiosity. A tender spot to be poked [...]
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• Self Harm: Some Kids Hurt Themselves To Feel Better

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 428
  Editor’s note: Theodore Beauchaine is the Robert Bolles and Yasuko Endo Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, where he is also director of the Child and Adolescent Adjustment Project. He is editor of “Child and Adolescent Psychopathology,” associate editor of the journal ...
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• Mental Illness and Irrationality

  
  Sanctuary for the Abused — Authority: 128
  Excerpted from Im Sorry: Repairing a Hurtful Relationship By Jay Krunszyinsky Did you know that one out of every three people suffers from a mental illness? Do you struggle with panic attacks, social fears, emptiness, paranoid thoughts, or extreme highs and lows? As a child, did you grow up with anxiety, ...
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• Rediagnosis ‘increases’ autism – most ‘autistic’ children probably have THIS or similar

  
  SocraticGadfly — Authority: 143
  Update, Feb. 4, 2009: Bob Carroll has now kindly linked to this story in his latest Skeptics Dictionary newsletter. The “this”? Schizoid personality disorder . It’s been a recognized personality disorder diagnosis for decades. In the DSM-III, the previous version to the current one of the American ...
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• Diagnosing borderline personality disorder: Examination of how clinical indicators are used by professionals in the health setting

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 141
  Diagnosing borderline personality disorder: Examination of how clinical indicators are used by professionals in the health setting  , Clinical Psychologist, Volume 13, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 21 – 27 Amanda Jane Commons Treloar; Andrew J. Lewis Abstract: This paper reviews the ...
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• Seed: Homo Sapiens – The Male Creator

  
  katarinanolte.com — Authority: 131
  Judging by the timing of the maximum average brain volume and height, the amount of time necessary for a drastic change in gene expression to spread, the realization of superiority leading to ...
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• The Essential Family Guide To Borderline Personality Disorder

  
  Psych Central — Authority: 460
  Editor’s note: All statistics cited in the review are taken from the book itself. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mystery to many of us, even clinicians. Still, BPD is more common than schizophrenia and twice as common as anorexia nervosa. Compared to the general public, a person with BPD is 400 times ...
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• Disorderly Conduct

  
  Take All Prisoners — Authority: 100
  The prevalence rate of some behavioral disorders in the United States is growing. Most concerning is that many of these conditions appear in early childhood and are linked with at-risk behaviors including dropping out of school, early sexual experiences, violence and drug use. Sustained behavioral problems are ...
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• Compulsive Lying and I Can’t Stop

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 135
  I have been diagnosed with depression but, lately I have come to realize I have many more problems, that I didn’t even realize till the other day..I am a compulsive liar. I will lie about anything, even simple things for no reason. Sometimes I won’t even realize that I have lied until later on. And now looking ...
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• Glass Slippers

  
  Marine Snow — Authority: 123
  Lola is dead. I killed her yesterday.For the occasion I wore my bright orange beach hat. Nylon and flourescent with a padded number 45 embossed on the front. The brim flopped into my eyes as I put on bony knee on her scrawny chest, and dug it in until she screamed. I clasped my frozen [...]
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• Narcissist in Chief: It’s not about me…Really? #SOTU

  
  Ft. Hard Knox — Authority: 509
  Obama has been telling us, whenever his aggressive agenda to radically transform our nation takes a hit “It’s not about me.”Well, he (or his teleprompter) seemed to have forgotten that tonight. I ran a quick check in word, comparing Obama’s 2010 SOTU speech to Bush’s last SOTU speech in 2008.Former ...
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• Using Positive Psychology to Achieve Your Optimal Functioning - Radio Interview with John Schinnerer & David Van Nuys

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 120
  Please take a listen to Dr. John Schinnerer’s recent radio interview with David Van Nuys, Ph.D. and professor emeritus at Sonoma State University.The talk focuses on using positive psychology for coaching individuals towards a thriving, productive, meaningful life.Positive psychology is not another self-help fad. It ...
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• Is Alabama Being Run by a Bunch of Sociopaths?

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 532
  Recent reports about Alabama Governor Bob Riley and his threats toward those who oppose him hit close to the bone here at Legal Schnauzer . My wife and I know what its like to be targeted by those who have ties to Riley. I was cheated out of my job as a state employee, after 19 years of service at the University ...
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• For All the World to See

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 142
  The number one purpose of this blog is to discuss the world from the perspective of philosophical Taoism. Most of my posts center around this premise. However, the secondary purpose of this blog is to provide information, examples and awareness of things like Aspergers Syndrome and Schizotypal Personality Disorder. ...
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• Obsession

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 142
  In my last post, I talked a bit about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in light of one of the passages from the Wen Tzu . I thought it might prove beneficial to discuss the aspects of this condition for those of you who dont have it and for those of you who may have it. but dont know it. According to the Mayo ...
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• Illness or Personality - Whats in YOUR Depression?

  
  Knowledge Is Necessity — Authority: 498
  Both here at Knowledge is Necessity and over at HealthCentral’s BipolarConnect, I have been investigating the issue of illness vs personality (or temperament). Say you are dealing with depression. In all likelihood, you are thinking that your depression is an alien invader that is robbing you of your personality. ...
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• Video - I, Psychopath

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 145
  Very interesting film from Documentary Heaven . Its worth noting that psychopath is not an actual diagnosis in the United States, at least not as far as the DSM is concerned: psychopathy has no precise equivalent [ 30 ] in either the DSM-IV-TR , where it is most strongly correlated with the diagnosis ...
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