Emotional & Mental Health Articles

We all make the best choices we can, but sometimes our choices backfire and make us miserable. Here are 10 error zones you can manage so that you don't make yourself miserable.

"A 'No' uttered for the deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble." --Mahatma Gandhi

When children are severely physically or sexually abused, they often cope with the abuse through some form of dissociation. Dissociation is on a continuum, from temporarily leaving the body to fragmentation into different parts.

What do you do when you have stuff to do that in your mind is really hard to do - like studying for an exam, writing a thesis, book, term paper or grant, preparing a presentation or a proposal, doing your taxes, sending in a resume and so on.

"I'll never forgive Gary for what he did to me. He doesn't deserve my forgiveness," Carolyn told me in one of our early phone sessions. Carolyn's focus was on whether or not Gary deserved to be forgiven.

How do you usually react when someone is blaming you, criticizing or judging you, being irritated with you, yelling at you, withdrawing from you, or resisting you?

Len grew up in a typical family with a controlling mother and a passive, absent father. Not wanting to be weak and dominated like his father, Len chose a different path - resistance.

The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the DSM-5, arrives in May of 2013. Controversy surrounding new disease definitions, however, has been raging for years.

"I am always craving to be part of a healthy family," said Cathy. "The need feels insatiable. I know that I need to grieve the fact that I didn't have that, and I do. But I can't seem to grieve enough to heal this. How do I heal it? Can I heal it?"

Hypochondria is a mental disorder in which the person has the belief that he or she is suffering from a serious illness.