by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Apr 7, 2016 | Mental Health
High standards are good, right? They help you set lofty goals and then you can achieve them, right? Often. But not always. Not when they are used as a whip for not reaching them. Not when they are used as a barrier to keep away people who — oh, no! —...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Mar 21, 2016 | Mental Health
One time, I was having an argument with the speaker standing in front of a crowded assembly. The argument was taking place in my head rather than out loud as I didn’t quite have the energy to actually engage in a discussion right then. I thought that perhaps it...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Mar 7, 2016 | Mental Health
I was on the main avenue in my neighborhood a few years ago after I’d moved in looking for a store. Not being from here for very long, I just didn’t know all the shops and where they are located. I crawled along riveting my head from the road to the store...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 15, 2016 | Mental Health
I don’t know why bad things happen to good people. Why would a perfectly innocent little child be born into a house where she is put down, beaten, or worse? Not only don’t I know, but this particular problem has brought me to tell people that this is a...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 1, 2016 | Mental Health
Overcoming mental illness may be started best by no longer thinking of it as “mental illness.” Or “disease,” or a “sickness.” In the world of marriage and parenting, it’s important to think how you will deal with certain...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 28, 2016 | Mental Health
A fellow therapist recommended Richard Carlson’s book, You Can Feel Good Again: Commonsense Strategies For Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life. I had asked her because she is a sex therapist and a couple I was seeing had a particular sexual issue. They...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 11, 2016 | Mental Health
Here’s a roundup of news in the areas of mental health and marriage that struck me this month. 1. Adolescent Mental Health When Father Leaves Researchers following kids who were about 12 when their fathers left the family found that these children, five years...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 7, 2016 | Mental Health
Let’s say you were an alcoholic. Would it be better to be what the people in AA programs often call a “dry drunk,” i.e., someone who isn’t drinking but is white-knuckling it the whole time, or, on the other hand, someone who actually...
