February 2011
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How to help someone with an eating disorder
Anorexia was just a rebound after I fell out of love with myself. I wanted to like myself and anorexia gave me results I could measure It gave me control, I fought anyone who tried to take that away from me It was up to me to realize that my source of control was controlling me, I was getting skinnier, but I wasn’t getting happier and if it kept going the way I thought I wanted, eventually I...
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When do kids start mimicking family and friends... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Then why do we wait until middle school to introduce “Health” to the kids as part of a formal curriculum, that coincidentally, happens in a period when kids are just becoming rebellious?
If parents don’t place living healthfully high on their priority list, how are kids supposed to learn about the importance of eating well, being active, having great relationships, enjoying...
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How well do you kiss and make up?
It turns out that the answer has much to do with how well attached we were to our caregivers during infancy:
Scientists out of the University of Minnesota have been following a group of subjects since the mid-1970s and recently had them come into the lab with their romantic partners. Couples were asked to discuss something they disagreed on, and then they were given a cool-down period,...
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In defense of psychoanalysis
While I recognize there may be many short-term benefits to cognitive behavioral therapy, I also know first-hand that it’s capable of mechanizing dysfunction. It can be like repurposing broken pieces to craft something new, unfamiliar — and not necessarily better. The latest issue of Intelligent Life addresses this limitation:
The irony is that in becoming more “scientific”, CBT becomes...
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