Category Archives: Mental health therapy

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 8.

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 8. Take the Test. There isn’t an adult child of a narcissist who hasn’t asked themselves the question once or twice. Am I also a narcissist? Because despite no longer living in caves or mud … Continue reading →

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Suicide II

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

There’s a reason newspapers don’t report the details of suicides. It is irrational, superstitious, bizarre, but also one hundred percent completely true. Suicide is contagious. Like cooties. But lethal. The hard to accept truth is that when suicides have been … Continue reading →

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Suicide

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

I suppose the preparation for this started sometime in graduate school. Someone in a lecture that I have no clear memory of said something like, “The longer one is a counselor, the chances of having a current client commit suicide … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental health therapy, Suicide | Tagged emotional vulnerability, fellow counselors, health, helping professions, medicine, mental-health, suicide, suicide rates | 1 Comment

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 7.

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 7. Stop Making Sense. Welcome back. Since school is about to begin for so many, it felt like a good time to bring back the guidebook. And my other blog topic is quite the downer. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Children of Narcissists, Mental health therapy | Tagged adult children of narcissists, childhood trauma, cuckoo bird, narcissism, personal trauma, Philip K Dick, the truth shall set you free | Leave a comment

The Star Trek Personality Matrix, or Who the hell is in charge of this spaceship?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

The first time I heard of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy as analogues for the Freudian concepts of the Id, the Ego, and the Super Ego, was in the late 90’s from science fiction writer Peter … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental health therapy, Therapy | Tagged kobayashi maru, mr spock, personality tests, pleasure principle, pop culture icons, science fiction writer, Star Trek, star trek fans | 5 Comments

Tales from the Reptile Brain

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

This isn’t the part of you that wants to share your feelings. This isn’t the part of you that wants to talk, or articulate, or navel gaze, or pontificate on the benefits of home brewed beer. It is about survival. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental health therapy, Therapy | Tagged cave dwelling, childhood trauma, death, fight or flight, gaming, mental health disorder, mindfulness, reptile brain, sleep comfort, zombies | Leave a comment

Mindfulness or Else.

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

So you have been reading blogs about therapy, or you have a new book on relationships or PTSD or family of origin concerns, and you are enjoying it for the most part. Then somewhere in the book or blog you … Continue reading →

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Read these other articles someone else wrote.

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

If you are anything like me and when summer finally arrives in the Pacific Northwest right around Independence Day with a disappointing amount of humidity and requisite stickiness, you seek the solace of air conditioned spaces and quietly contemplate how … Continue reading →

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Not Hulk Fault.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

Posted in anger, Mental health therapy, Therapy | Tagged adult children of narcissists, anger management, childhood trauma, comic books, drama, entertainment, faulty memory, memory, mental-health, PTSD, The incredible hulk | 1 Comment

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 6.

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Therapyisdandy

An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 6: Scanning your environment (Narcissism begets Capitalism, or Capitalism begets Narcissism) We are the culture that came up with the slogan “Greed is good.” And then keep on proving this mantra to be true every … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Children of Narcissists, Mental health therapy, Therapy | Tagged adult children of narcissists, capitalism, Gordon Gekko, literature, narcissism, society, the devil, Wall Street | 2 Comments