By: Elaine Sihera
Why depression and suicidal thoughts don't always have to be discussed with a health professionalPersonally, people with suicide thoughts shouldn't be automatically referred to a professional. It must be a cultural thing because I know lots of people in the UK who have been depressed...
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By: Christine G.
"Why dwell on it? It's in the past!" We often hear this from well-meaning people who want us to stop bothering them with our painful memories and let a smile be our umbrella. Unfortunately, denial just drives the pain deeper. It will inevitably come...
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By: Bert Meinders
There are times when I remember past events and linger over them. Some are pleasant; many are not. I might remember something and speculate how things might have been different if I had acted otherwise, but I try to avoid reminding myself that if I...
By: Elaine Sihera
What makes some people more sensitive to racism?There is a lot of sensitivity around racism because many people do not understand the word, or the nature of it, so everything they do not like rapidly becomes racist in their terms. It is also a...
By: S. A. Holley
In today's world, it amazing that racism still exists. There are so many different cultures in a family's background. The great-grandfather who was full blood Cherokee that married the white woman. The 1/2 Cherokee, 1/2 white grandfather who went on to marry a girl who...
By: Dr. G. A. Anderson
It all came to a head in spring of 2006. At least five major life challenges came together to send me into a panicky tailspin and a major depression. It was the culmination of a two-year period of weirdness when I knew things were not...
By: Pat Lunsford
What can a smile do?Most people know that a friendly dog will wag its tail when you approach or speak to it. If the dog doesn't wag its tail, you hesitate, not knowing if it's friendly or not. When a dog wags its tail...
By: The Historian
In our post-industrial economy, intelligence is a characteristic that is extremely important for success. There is a strong correlation between IQ scores and performance in school and work. All other factors being equal, those with a high IQ score are more likely to get ahead...
By: Pat Lunsford
Verbal abuse can be just as damaging as mental abuse. When a person is being abused verbally, it affects them mentally. The child who suffers verbal abuse during their entire childhood, usually ends up in a verbally abusive relationship because they have been convinced that...
By: Alan Sullivan
Attention has four functions, divided attention, vigilance and signal detection, search and selective attention. Selective attention and vigilance will be addressed as well as an exploration of how Guided Search Theory is supported by search and selective attention (Sternberg, 2003). Comparisons to research conducted by...
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