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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
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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Things don’t always mean what you think they mean in therapy. Part 4.
I love hearing stories about experience with other therapists. I think it is a very important thing to pay attention to. Especially when people make comments or complaints about being confused by what their therapist does or doesn’t do in … Continue reading
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Tagged awkwardness in therapy, Charybdis. mythology, Communication, counseling, expectations for therapy, facebook, Mental health therapy, mental-health, mindfulness, Scylla, scylla and charybdis, Seth MacFarlane, talking to a therapist, The Oscars, therapy, ubiquitous question, your mother
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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
Mindfulness or Else.
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
Therapy is Dandy! 