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Tips For Teaching Teens Compassion, Empathy
Independence is earned by demonstration of responsible behavior. In other words, if your teen is responsible by consistent demonstration of getting his homework finished on time, coming home before curfew, going to sleep and rising on time—then he should be rewarded with increments of extra freedom and independence. Tips For Teaching Teens Compassion, Empathy (link) Dr. Fran Walfish Answers Your Questions Q: Dear Dr. Fran, my wife and I are worried about our 16-year-old daughter. At times she can be cold, callous, and mean to us. Compassion does not seem to be part of her personality. Can this be taught? Please help us! -Jason E. A: Dear Jason: empathy and…
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Removing stigma of ‘mental illness’
When you hear the word “psychiatric hospital,”what do you think of? Do you think of a place for insane people who pose a danger to themselves and everyone around them? Removing stigma of ‘mental illness’ By Kevin Doerzman, kevin.doerzman@iowastatedaily.com | Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:00 am When you hear the word “psychiatric hospital,”what do you think of? Do you think of a place for insane people who pose a danger to themselves and everyone around them? I’ve been to one, and it’s anything but that. It’s a place to get the necessary help in time of crisis. When I share that with people I’ve become comfortable with, they get…
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Does my mom have BPD?
My mother has always been unstable and scary. Could she have borderline personality disorder? Dear Cary, I’ve been reading your column for years and it’s helped me a lot. Thank you for that. A recent suggestion that a daughter-in-law who throws outrageous tantrums at the end of visits might have a borderline personality disorder really struck a chord with me. The videos you linked to were so similar to my mother. For example, at least twice a year she’ll unleash a barrage of furious and hostile emails and phone calls to me and accuse me of gloating while she cries, being abusive, lambasting her and making her as miserable as…
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Emotional Regulation (or lack of) and you (the loved one)
Some commentary from WHINE: With BPD, the messages that are sent are sometimes not in tune with the actual environment – there may indeed be no basis in reality for her reactions. An ancient Hindu text characterizes this “misperception” of reality in the following manner: “A rope may be momentarily perceived as a snake before ignorance is lifted.”11 The importance of this “ignorance” is that during the time the rope is perceived as a snake, your emotions react almost automatically. (I say “almost” because if you have been taught to love snakes and not to fear them, you will not have a fear reaction even if you misperceive the rope…
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Hallmarks of psychiatric illness can reveal themselves remotely
The researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when healthy players played people with borderline personality disorder, they gave up on trying to predict what their partners would do next. Hallmarks of psychiatric illness can reveal themselves remotely (link) April 9th, 2013 Researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when healthy players played people with borderline personality disorder, they gave up on trying to predict what their partners would do next. Most…
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Research effort reveals differences in brain activity for bipolar and borderline
The scans revealed that those with BP were able to function quite normally under normal conditions, but when taxed, their brains were found to have to work harder than normal to keep up. Many people have started using brain supplements from https://neurohacks.co/best-nootropic-brain-supplements/ to help them focus more. Those with BPD on the other hand, showed heightened activity in the amygdala, a part of the brain normally associated with fear response. Research effort reveals differences in brain activity for two types of mental illness April 4, 2013 by Bob Yirka (Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Australia have uncovered what they describe as differences in brain behavior for people diagnosed with either bipolar disorder…