For the adolescent with an alcohol/substance problem, how might AA be of use? The first thought might be that the adolescent would never identify with a group of predominantly 35- to 55-year-olds. In many areas, that stereotype of the AA group does not necessarily hold true; there are now in some locales what are called [...]
When we have to deal with unremitting stress and suffer anxiety symptoms as a result, we can prevent further stress breakdown by taking little holidays. I think it is better in the long run for an over-worked person with a responsible job to take the occasional day off work when feeling over-stressed. Even if at [...]
When the brain has to begin switching off overloaded circuits to protect itself, the law of strength which I mentioned before, fails to operate. This is because strong stimuli cause switching off responses while weak stimuli do not. Therefore, the person with stage three stress breakdown symptoms begins to respond inappropriately, making little or no [...]
Dreaming is the most fascinating part of our sleep. This is a universal experience; we all dream. Those who say they never dream probably forget their dreams, for we all dream during REM sleep. This has been studied both biologically and psychologically. There is no reason to believe that the basic structure of the dreams [...]
There are a number of practical points which I always explain very carefully to patients. In addition, to be quite sure that I get these ideas across, I repeat them in different words each time I see the patient. The reason is that these practical considerations are so simple that the patient is likely to [...]