One sufferer described the misery of feeling overwhelmed this way: “Has anyone seen my brain? It ran off this morning flailing and screaming about being overwhelmed. I’d really like it back.” As the comment suggests, the feeling of being overwhelmed can be agonizing. … [Read more...] about The Origins of Feeling Overwhelmed
Teach Your Children Well
America’s future is at risk if schools do not improve, says a recently published report by the Council on Foreign Relations, a research and policy organization. This warning, in my opinion, can be rendered more precisely to include the dangers to the nation and the world if … [Read more...] about Teach Your Children Well
Why We’re Quick to “Go Negative”
Comedian Bill Maher wrote an amusing article in The New York Times recently, asking, “When did we get it in our heads that we have the right to never hear anything we don’t like?” In the article, Maher makes the point that we’ve become too easily offended and too quick to … [Read more...] about Why We’re Quick to “Go Negative”
8 Ways We Sabotage Physical Health
This post was written by my late wife, Sandra Michaelson, a psychotherapist and author. Her digital and paperback books on relationships and codependency are available at this website. Our emotions influence health.Many studies have shown that stress can cause disease and that … [Read more...] about 8 Ways We Sabotage Physical Health
Occupy the Psyche
The Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS) is searching for insight, wisdom, and a sense of direction. These resources are available to us when we turn inward to occupy our psyche. In the absence of psychological insight, each of us to some degree is divided from within. Also … [Read more...] about Occupy the Psyche