How to be a more Likable person
We all know that every person you meet may not like you as you may not always like them. However, there are things we may learn about ourselves that need change or improvement and personal growth. When this takes place, it may be time to work on these changes. This is not about changing who you are as it is more about how much better you can be. Change and/or improvement should always be about you. The following is a list of ways one can be...

“The past is the past.  Don’t cry over spilled milk.  Put it behind you.  Get over it already.”

We all have voices within ourselves that say these kinds of things.  Usually it is after some event or interaction has left us feeling angry, lonely, or hurt.  These messages are from parts within ourselves that want to protect us.  By saying these things they calm us down and prevent us from becoming “triggered” - feeling...

Many anxiety attack sufferers wish to know how to overcome anxiety attack permanently. Although the process require much time and effort, it is more important to understand the thinking and logic behind it.

One of the most important steps in learning how to overcome anxiety attack is to come to term with your anxious feelings. Everyone experience a certain degree of anxiety in their life, this is perfectly natural and normal. However, a lot of sufferers want their anxious feelings...

Biology and Personality: Dopamine, D4, and Personality

With hard “core environmentalism” discredited by almost every scientist today, it is then more important than ever to find a biological basis for personality, more importantly, what aspects of personality are inherited? Today we will look at the neurotransmitter dopamine as well as the dopamine D4 receptor, and their link to personality.

There is a wide variety of current research going on finding...

Mental stress is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events, including myocardial ischemia and sudden death possibly caused by catecholamine-induced increases in heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) that result in enhanced myocardial oxygen demand. However, the effect of mental stress on vasomotor tone and the implications for cardiovascular risk are less well understood. Zeiher et alshowed that an intact endothelium is necessary for a normal vasodilator response to...

The immediate thing you MUST do during anxiety attack is to assure yourself that your not dieing. Negative thoughts such as "I am having a heart attack!", "I can't breathe", "I am dieing" will only create more anxiety, worsening your condition. I know that it can be difficult, especially if your unfamiliar with anxiety attacks. But rest assured, its been medically proven that anxiety attack canNEVERkill you. This is the truth.

Remember the old saying?...

The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute (DDPI) has been formed to allow therapist to become appropriately trained and certified as practitioners and/or consultants of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy(DDP). The DDPI has a certification process to become a certified practitioner of DDP and to become a certified consultant of DDP.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an effective and evidence-based treatment (Becker-Weidman & Hughes, 2008) has been...

For most of us a visit to the dentist is a scary thought, with a large number of the population actually experiencing an un-rational fear of the drill noise, smells and even the dentist himself!

This fear of going to the dentist is picked up on by our children and the never ending cycle of dreading the 6 monthly check-up takes root.

However with autism, this fear and dread are not always picked up, autistic children and adults, don’t have the ability to...

Adolescent Depression:

The pressures of modern living are also having a detrimental effect on our adolescent youth. Take a look at the following statistics and be amazed.

Figures never lie and they are perhaps the best means to highlight certain facts and when they are brought to the notice of the general public leave a lasting impression. It is important to gain the attention of all who want to learn about what the statistics are saying. There are no doubts that...

Part Two: Drug obsession and character defects.

Suboxone has given us a new paradigm for treatment which I refer to as the 'remission model'. This model takes into account that addiction is a dynamic process far more dynamic than previously assumed. To explain, the traditional view from recovery circles is that the addict has a number of character defects that were either present before the addiction started, or that grew out of addictive behavior over time. Opiate addicts...