Inside Out – Exploring the Life of the Mind
Using psychoanalysis to explore current events, trends, and human behavior.
Posts tagged as:
This column originally appeared in the Orange County Register.
The very unstable economic surround in which we now find ourselves has unleashed an epidemic of anxiety-related complaints. Stomach upsets, irritability, sleep disturbances, hives and rashes and unpleasantly intrusive thoughts or mental imagery have become increasingly common even among the usually serene and composed. [click to continue…]
{ 0 comments }
This column originally appeared in the Orange County Register.
Much has been written lately about impulsive behavior, particularly excessive spending or shopping, as its problematic consequences have become increasingly obvious as our economy continues to implode. [click to continue…]
{ 1 comment }
This column originally appeared in the Orange County Register.
“He’s gotten completely paranoid and is speaking in vernacular I don’t recognize,” my friend explained slowly and evenly, though clearly in an anxious state. “The psychiatrist put him on medication, and I don’t know why. I think he’s having a bad reaction.” [click to continue…]
{ 0 comments }
The other day I received a disquieting video email. A clip from a local broadcast news segment illuminated, for any petty crook who might not have already known, the proper use of an interesting adaptable key that fits easily into almost any lock. [click to continue…]
{ 0 comments }
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Psychoanalyst in the Newport Beach, California.
