Eastern Psychological Services
The importance of recreational skills in our mental health After years of practice, I found out that those patients who have a gambling addiction, video game addiction, those who are suffering from psychosis, and, to a lesser extent, patients with depression and anxiety all lack recreational skills. Those who are anxious say: I don’t have […]
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Honesty and anxiety We have less to be anxious if we are more honest. Being more honest does not eliminate all your anxiety, but it would eliminate one source of your anxiety. Anxiety is like a river; many streams run into it. One of the streams that run into the river of anxiety is dishonesty.
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How to interact with my significant others who take a break from addiction? (Recently completed an inpatient treatment program or in therapy.) A lot of people whose spouses have a break from addiction right after the treatment hold a fear and have a pessimistic expectation of the sobriety of their loved ones. They probably think
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The behavior and feeling of lacking confidence arise when one believes he receives more attention, respect, prestige, praise, status, or position, than he deserves, or an expectation he could not fulfill. Let us look at this example: when the actors and actresses go up the stage to receive their Amy awards. Many of them look
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How can I stop my child from lying? Many of my patients ask me for advice on stopping their children from lying. I quickly modified their request to “help them lie less.” It is supposed to be very simple. First: Tell them stop lying. If that doesn’t work: punish them by withdrawing privileges, such as
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There are people who are feeling happy more often than the average person. In this article, I just refer to them as happy people. This article analyzes their personality traits that are related to their feeling of happiness. I will analyze their personality traits in terms of thought, feeling and behavior. What is their thoughts
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My husband is a very nice guy when he does not drink. Many men feel the same about their wives. But they know good times do not last. Soon, there will be another relapse. significant others and family members often wonder if there is anything they can do to prevent the relapse. One thing I
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What causes people to think smarter? I want to know how smart people think differently than the less smart people. Some people said a smart person think tighter than less smart person. What exactly tighter means? I have a few examples of these: When Smart person ask a stranger to help him to find an
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The tendency of Cloning your partner in a long-term coupling relationship Two strangers become a couple, partly due to their similarity, and partly due to their differences. Similarity and differences play a role when strangers turn into a couple. opposite electro-charges pull each other together. In the beginning of a romantic relationship. opposite attracted, that was
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Praying from the perspective of Eastern Psychological Services Our services is in the realm of behavioral health. We serve people of all religious faiths. When my patients mention to me that they Pray. I often inquire about their practice of praying. I asked them how they pray, sitting with both feet on the ground, or
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