The past two weeks have been filled with one tragedy after another. Human lives taken without any mercy, are so frightening and gruesome that it makes me think we are certainly in an era of non stop violence all over the globe. I can never understand how or why another person could kill in cold …
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When profound pain has been stored away in our psychic attic, we can become detached from the acute rawness of the feeling over time, which is protective in nature. Though we are always aware of this deep gnawing sorrow, we are never really able to fully unleash it, and therefore ours tears become “frozen” in …
It was a quiet sunny Sunday morning, with a full roster of patients, when the charge nurse on the adult ward, told me that one of the patients was missing, and that had left a suicide note. Fearing the worse, I reporting her missing to the police and immediately ordered the locking down of the …
Most of you think of the new year as a time to make resolutions to do this and that, and that the majority revolves around making physical changes in your life. But what about detoxing your mind of thoughts and feelings that are harmful to you? Those negative thoughts and toxic emotions that you carry …
Christmas depression is real and very painful for so many people. If you are coming onto the holiday period with depression, in grief due to a loss of a relationship, health, aloneness or other painful situations, then the symptoms can be quite magnified during the holidays. Trust me, no one choses to be depressed, in …
There has been some recent research that Facebook is a downer for some people, producing Facebook blues. I am not surprised at all by this as I have had several patients tell me the same. Some relate experiencing so much distress that they end up being tearful and that it clouds their whole day. …
We all have crosses to bear in life. These heavy burdens that feel like the weight of the world follow us like unending shadows, pushing us to the brink. Yet, these painful hardships can become some of our most powerful teachers. Chronic unmet needs, loneliness, mental illnesses, addictions, sorrows, emotional struggles, physical and emotional handicaps, physical …
Last weekend was father’s days on both sides of the pond, which is unusual, as mother’s day is always different in the states from France. Not being a father, I am writing this from a perspective as a therapist who has dealt with a lot of fathering issues , and or course as a …
Accomplishing and even getting to the top, for some people, does not always lead to a cemented positive self-regard, especially if their self-esteem has been undermined since childhood. Contrary to what you may think, their accomplishments may not hold the same value to them as one would think. In some, this may be initially veiled …
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I was away all last week on the Cote d’Azur in desperate pursuit of the sun. When you live in Paris, sun chasing comes from an essential thirsting for that bright golden globe that likes to tease the city now and then, like an elusive lover. When I think of getting away, I generally …
One of the things I have always found intriguing and enjoyable, living in Paris, is to be able to walk on the same paths as those renown ones did from the past. I had known about Marie Curie, but had not realized she came to France as a young Polish student to live and even …
Marie Curie; Two Nobel Prizes Despite Grief and Depression Read More »
I have always believed that our soul and the cells in our heart carry painful memories that we would just as well avoid dealing with in our daily conscious. That includes anniversary of the deaths of those we loved with all our heart. I noticed that this past week I have felt more depressed, with …