Brain Self-Help: An Incomplete List of Resources » Ashley Miller Yesterday Andy pointed out that a list of non-going-to-therapy resources would be useful. Insurance, time, frustration with therapeutic experiences, inability to tell parents, etc, can make seeing a therapist either impossible or unappealing. Here’s a (totally incomplete) list. Please please please add other suggestions in the comments! Relevant disclaimer: I’m not a therapist. The below are first general resources, then sorted specifically by disorder, followed by some resources if you do decide to seek therapy. Miscellaneous/Multi-Disorder Help & Information DBT WorkbookThis is one of many, but it’s received very positive reception from the psych community and did get an award for being evidence based. Mindfulness Course 8-week course on mindfulness, suggested by commenter kabarett. CBT Workbook Again, one of many, but I’ve looked through this one, and liked the formatting and set up. What It’s Like in a Mental Hospital Breakup Girl Advice and relationships. Dr. Depression Mood Gym
Calming Manatee Behind the Smile: John Cassavetes and his films As a child, John Cassavetes chipped his front teeth in a fight. As his parents were too poor to buy him caps, Cassavetes didn’t smile for years. The experience made him aware of how others coped with misfortune. Later, when he started making films, his camera fixed on the facial tics and movements of his actors. These were unlike any other movies - improvised character studies, where the camera relentlessly followed, watched, examined, but rarely interrogated. We are always close-up to the characters. His characters are suburban, middle-aged, all on the back slice of life. Cassavetes’ films may not be that innovative, or offer any new or considered insights, or offer redemption, but they succeed because of the ineffable passions, the inexpressible humanity of the central characters that Cassavetes puts on screen. Cassavetes once told Cahiers du Cinema: ‘I am more interested in the people who work with me than in the film itself or cinema.’ With thanks to Alan Shields
MoodMission Depression: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (2433)... - The Tarot Sybarite | 40 Moms. 40 Messages. Roderick on the Line The Problems: Brobdingnagian morning cookies; the time LTJG David Roderick (USN) kind of maybe scared off a Zero with his rogue Colt M1911; Merlin windmills through his brief Kneepads and Floppy Epaulets Phase; why John thinks depths charges are a careless and potentially orphan-endangering pussy move; John discovers an oxidizing superpower—then struggles to find a cool name; Billy Joel and his stupid goddamned loose tie bullshit; Merlin tries in vain to keep his new bell a little special; fortifying your underwater home against an attack by Navy SEALs; nobody just “walks away” from a Coffeetology® audit; John poses for Playboy with his cripplingly handsome friend, Jon Hamm; post-mortem on ’30s gangster things; Pete Townshend is attacked by a long-range baby marmot cannon; “Oooooo, hey, everybody, look at me! I’m some Somalian guy and I give everybody tickets!” [MP3] Ep. 34: "A Shit Barge Full of Long Pigs"
CBT Guide to Depression & Test Feeling sad or depressed? Completely free tools to help change your life! Learn to manage the factors that can contribute to depression. The natural management of depression involves understanding depression and the factors that contribute to the symptoms. Learning to manage stress in your life and engage in self-care behaviors can improve your symptoms and your mood. Feel hopeful about changing your life! This app provides education to be an informed consumer of mental health services and contains resources to use in collaboration with a health professional. The tools provided in this app are derived from the CBT research base and developed into a user-friendly format by Dr. CBT methods included in this app 1) Assistance audios• learn to manage depressive symptoms• Emotion Training -- can be used simply as relaxation or to learn how to manage emotions• Mindful Grounding -- teaches you how to refocus during stressful situations• Mindful Breathing About cognitive-behavioral therapy
The man who couldn’t speak—and how he revolutionized psychology | Literally Psyched Bicêtre Hospital, the place of Leborgne's illness. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, National Library of France. When he was 30 years old, Louis Victor Leborgne lost the ability to speak—or speak in any matter that made any sort of sense. Apart from his inability to speak, Louis Victor did not appear to exhibit any signs of physical or cognitive trauma. Within ten years, however, Leborgne began to manifest other signs of distress. In April, 1861, Leborgne developed gangrene. Broca specialized in the study of language. When it came to speech, however—Broca’s main area of interest—Leborgne was hopelessly lost. He could no longer produce but a single syllable, which he usually repeated twice in succession; regardless of the question asked him, he always responded: tan, tan, combined with varied expressive gestures. Broca termed the deficit aphémie, or aphimia, the loss of articulated speech. Dr. On April 17, at approximately 11am, Louis Victor Leborgne died. That wasn’t, however, the whole story.
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