Author Archives: Therapyisdandy
Snow Day
The Gods of Winter were angry this year. Even in mostly temperate Portland, the city shut down for a couple days because the snow piled up so fast the city’s work crews couldn’t plow away the snow fast enough. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Almond Roca, Game of Thrones, Polar Vortex, Portland Oregon, snow day, Therapy is Dandy
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The Second Arrow
Happy New Year! So, this post is really about me reposting an old Buddhist story that originated in the Sallatha Sutta. Read it and enjoy. I don’t have a whole lot of new commentary for it, other than I think … Continue reading
End of 2013 blog
I know: I have a backlog of blogs–believe me. I was so excited for such a long period of time to talk about confronting everyone and everybody in your life; it was practically fermenting in my brain all month long, … Continue reading
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Throw out all your psychic armor.
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 23. An ongoing survival guide. Throw out all your psychic armor. This entry is partially inspired by this, currently at the Portland Art Museum. It’s pretty easy … Continue reading
So what are my needs, anyway?
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 22. An ongoing survival guide. So what are my needs, anyway? (because there are no guarantees anybody else will tell you). So here we are then: aware … Continue reading
No one wants to be a fluffer.
I mean emotionally. I mean that for several blogs now the emphasis is on taking charge and ownership of your feelings, rather than expecting someone else to do so for you. But that being said, it is absolutely fine to … Continue reading
The Entitlement Gambit
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 21 (now legal in 50 states and Puerto Rico). An ongoing survival guide. Entitlement—what is it? Well, for me, entitlement should be the new 4-letter word not … Continue reading
Our Fears are turning us into Assholes.
Let me start with a macro example not in the world of psychology, but has psychological implications all over it. One that even though political, I hope most will consider being nonpartisan in nature. After 9/11, the United States government … Continue reading
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Tagged assholes, Bradley Manning, brain stem, childhood fear, cruise missiles, dandy therapy, Daniel Siegel, Edward Snowden, fear, internet behavior, Jimmy Carter, mental health counseling, mindfulness, narcissism, neocortex. NSA, prefrontal cortex, psychological implications, reptile brain, Roy Batty
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The Wound
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 20. An ongoing survival guide. In Chapter 19, I brought up the idea of the repair. I feel it needs more discussion. So, here it comes. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Children of Narcissists, Dandy, Mental health therapy, narcissism
Tagged adult children of narcissists, awareness, books on narcissism, Clint Eastwood, dandy therapy, emotional wound, income inequality, Mad Max, mindfulness, narcissistic wound, needs, positive psychology, Therapy is Dandy, Triumph Motorcycles
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Should I stay or should I go now?
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 19. An ongoing survival guide. More often than any other dilemma facing an adult child of a narcissist, is whether or not to stay in any contact … Continue reading
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