Hi Everyone - sorry to have to post a message like this, but we've had a lot of spam posts recently so I'm going to have to start banning members. So...this is a warning message - if I see that you post spam messages, post links to scams or affiliate deals, etc., your membership will be blocked.

To all the "good" members out there (and that's most of you), I'm really sorry for the inconvenience.

Doug

The study of psychology in philosophical context dates back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, India, and Persia. Psychology began adopting a more clinical and experimental approach under medieval Muslim psychologists and physicians, who built psychiatric hospitals for such purposes.

In 1802, French physiologist Pierre Cabanis helped to pioneer biological psychology with his essay Rapports du physique et du moral de l'homme (On the relations between the physical and moral asp… Continue

You’re visiting a friend at his 20th floor condo. He takes you out on the balcony for a marvelous view of the city. Suddenly you feel the urge to take a flying leap.

You’re walking down the sidewalk and coming your way is a woman pushing her baby in a stroller. You can’t help but wonder what would happen… Continue

There are huge portions of stigma heaped upon mind variances. In fact, I use the term “mind variances,” in lieu of “mental illnesses,” to rebel against business as usual.

Well, what if I suggested there was “sub-stigma” assigned to one particular group of mind variances?

Let’s consider a couple of point… Continue

Two of the most horrifying little goodies that so often accompany panic attacks and severe anxiety are derealization and depersonalization. Both can be absolutely crippling and take you right to the turnstiles of your perception of insanity. In what will probably be a four part post series, I'm going t… Continue