Tag Archives: mental health disorder
Suicide II
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
Tales from the Reptile Brain
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
The Therapy is Dandy guidebook to having a narcissist for a parent. Chapter 2.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 2. Tactics. If you already suspect one of your parents to be a narcissist, you may have tried to talk to them about your concerns. And it probably didn’t go very well. Narcissists are extremely … Continue reading
You talking to me?
The scene and the reference are obvious to anyone who has been drawing breath for the last 35 years. Given how many times I have seen Taxi Driver, I watch that scene and I consider the dialogue as symptomatic of … Continue reading