At the time that I had started writing this post*, I had been contemplating factors that impact the communication between two people. Our therapist oft asks about the our communication. I’m going to go out on a thick, sturdy branch here and postulate that examining the quality…
NBC’s public service announcements have been running since 1989. The logo has improved from this one, but the objective is basically the same: teach and learn. With more information, you may be able to make better decisions. I say ‘may’ and not ‘will’, because…
As a kid I had chronic constipation. In my early twenties I had my first colonoscopy (not quite as much fun as drinking legally – but welcome to adulthood); diagnosis: Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBSC). As a result, I became a vegetarian;…
The English language has an absurd number of adjectives to describe insanity. A search of thesaurus.com for the term “batty” (although not obscure, it is not a frequent word for insane) returns four pages of results. Why so many descriptors? Clearly, we are…
I envy my mother’s ability to recognize and acknowledge the best qualities in a person. Far too often I scan a person for their flaws first. Some part of it must have rubbed off, because I do endeavor to compliment acquaintances or strangers. I might…
Depression has an itinerate, homeless quality to it. Not the truly destitute homeless, though depression/mental illness and homelessness intertwine, but for the purposes of this comparison, consider the newly or traveling homeless – when you have friends and family to call upon – when you can still consider it…