1. Take one child and put her (rarely, but sometimes, a him) into an unpredictable family.

2. Add an emotionally distant parental unit or two, and encourage them to be overly controlling. The child learns that she has no control over her life, her choices, and most of all over her parents. The parents may be overtly dysfunctional: raging, alcoholic, critical and unkind or abusive to each other and/or the children. There may be an unprocessed divorce, or some other destructive...

Bipolar disorder is a disease of the mind. This is a psychological disorder that needs immediate attention from a psychologist. There is no cure for this disorder; however once you understand the symptoms you will be able to take the patient to an expert who may be able to stop the advancement of the disease.

People suffering from bipolar disorder are not in complete control of their emotions and moods. Now, this does not mean that they are constantly moody and depressed. No,...

Obsession is one of the more painful and distorted aspects of passion; closely associated with a range of emotions such as hate; love; joy and despair.  Emotional conflict is often a feature of obsession and it is possible that an obsessive episode will encompass extremes of all four of the emotions mentioned.  Baby boomers entering middle to old age will certainly have encountered obsession in one of its many forms at some time in their lives.  The experience of...

The struggle of daily life has dealt upon us a most contagious aspect of reality that oftentimes cost our health more than what we can bargain for. And as to what this aspect is, it is none other than the most annoying amorphous thoughts that preoccupy everyone's mind from time to time:worry.

Have you ever known anyone who does not worry?

Invisible Burdens

With all the demands of living posed on us, it seems as if none of us would...

Psychotherapy is like any other field of science in that there have been huge developments made since it was first created. There have been a large number of dedicated researchers who have been working hard to increase our understanding of the human psyche and have been working tirelessly to advance this field of knowledge. One of the main developments in the field of psychotherapy is the creation of different therapeutic methods. One of these methods, and the topic of this article, is...

Reactive Attachment Disorder is a severe developmental disorder caused by a chronic history of maltreatment during the first couple of years of life. Reactive Attachment Disorder is frequently misdiagnosed by mental health professionals who do not have the appropriate training and experience evaluating and treating such children and adults. Often, children in the child welfare system have a variety of previous diagnoses. The behaviors and symptoms that are the basis for these previous...

As human beings, we have learned to think of everything in terms of extremes. Every beginning has an end, and every good deed can be opposed with a bad one. Likewise, many of us will equate details of our lives to determine our mood. We develop patterns and if a few things in our lives do not follow our plans, we tend to allow our mood to depress. Our mood then affects other aspects of our lives and if we continue to have less optimal outcomes, we continue to depress our moods. But if...

Behavioural therapy is an intensive field of research for many scientists. They have spent a lifetime studying and generating theories in this field. Over the last one hundred years there have been many major developments from scientists working all around the world. Two well-known scientists, Ivan Pavlov and B.f. Skinner have given us some of the most interesting of all of these theories. There are a large number of people who have heard of Ivan Pavlov and the contributions he has made...

Driving phobia is a situational fear that develops in people who suffer from driving anxiety. If you suffer from driving phobia, you may find yourself panicking when you have to travel on highways, bridges, hills, etc. The fear can be so intense that you simply refuse to drive on such motorways and avoid them whenever possible.

Driving phobia can also lead to frequent panic/anxiety attacks. Thus, you may find yourself shaking and feeling extremely uncomfortable when you are...

Medical disorders as well as psychological disorders are responsible for panic attacks on humans. Panic attacks caused due to medical disorders depend on the way the person handles anxiety in him. Medical disorders might also disturb a body with its effects that you might not have had a problem handling earlier. Panic attacks become harder and tougher to treat because of a few medical disorders.

Most of the doctors advise for a blood test when you are struck with a panic...