Story archives - tag: "psychology"

Hurt more than it helped

A tip to my therapist: telling someone that their purges weren't frequent enough to qualify as bulimia may be true according to DSM IV standards, but it's still the opposite of helpful.

tags: therapy encouragement wrong message psychology eating disorders [add]

2011-12-14 16:13:52 / Rating: 245 /

shrunk

The truth is, the only birthday card I received was from my therapist.

tags: humor psychology psychologist birthday [add]

2008-09-26 17:33:33 / Rating: 332 /

B

If I were in a warrior culture that views being alert as a great attribute, my fear of sleep would be accepted, understood and even praised instead of diagnosed and treated.

tags: insomnia psychology fear [add]

2008-08-11 15:42:52 / Rating: 359.5 /

Betsy Friday Prouty

The elephant that lived in my parent's living room has moved to my house.

tags: childhood psychology [add]

2008-04-04 14:27:01 / Rating: 435.25 /

Kate O

In my psychology course, we're talking about sleep deprivation and its negative effects on the body, and yet my workload in that class causes me to pull an all-nighter at least once a week.

tags: irony sleep deprivation psychology high school [add]

2006-11-28 10:02:21 / Rating: 567.75 /