Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been used to effectively overcome the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD has traditionally been diagnosed with people who have experienced severe trauma, like severe childhood abuse, and trauma experienced soldiers, police officers, paramedics, and firefighters. Complex PTSD is a newContinue Reading
This talk by William Hatcher on moral and spiritual development, makes a lot of sense to me, concerning this topic. Hopefully the links below should clarify this topic further. We are the “generation of the half light” (Shoghi Effendi). Unfortunately, not only average people, but average Bahá’ís, are very immature;Continue Reading
This is a passage from the book Kitabi-Aqdas: ‘The Prayer of the Signs is a special form of Muslim obligatory prayer that was ordained to be said in times of natural events, like earthquakes, eclipses, and other such phenomena, which may cause fear and are taken to be signs orContinue Reading
Don’t know if that news on COVID-19 is fake? Checkout snopes.com “the oldest and largest fact-checking site online, widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and readers as an invaluable research companion.” Does anyone reading know why people are buying toilet paper all of a sudden? If so, please comment. This articleContinue Reading
Here are some blogs are am in the process of working on right now: Human nature. Light and darkness in the human world. Problem-solving by monitoring the problem. Writing for self-help therapy (or for whatever). Hobbies. Pets. Faith – you don’t need much for it to work for you. Detachment.Continue Reading
Understanding yourself is actually a difficult task, if you are going to be thorough about it, and in this blog I will explain why I believe that. Freudian self-defense mechanisms were initially started by Sigmund Freud, and then later more fully developed by his daughter Anna Freud. They are asContinue Reading
Dr. Roberts Emmons, a professor at the University of California Davis, as explained in this 4 minute Youtube video, designed an experiment that showed that people who keep a gratitude journal and express gratitude are much happier than those who don’t. He also wrote the book The Gratitude Effect. SoulContinue Reading
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.” (Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) This is a great quote because it seems to encapsulate Covey’s message of his book so well. HabitsContinue Reading
Making decisions is a serious business, not only setting the stage for the direction of our lives, possibly setting us up for success or failure, but also a very important part of problem-solving. In fact, several books and websites I’ve seen, like mindtools.com, seems to treat problem-solving as mainly aContinue Reading
I have read in several self-help books on mental health, like Edmund Bourne’s Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, the importance of physical health when dealing with a mental health challenge. The MedlinePlus website lists the benefits of exercising. The HelpGuide website outlines the benefits of exercising on mental health. The facilitatorsContinue Reading