by Dr. Adams | How To Understand Yourself
We refer to self-absorbed people by different names—narcissistic, egocentric, self-serving, vain, self-indulgent, or conceited. Such people have additional traits that, when taken together, form a distinct personality style. Personality comprises your enduring ways of... 
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing
Self-understanding is necessary to be a good parent. Without knowing yourself, why you behave in certain ways and your motivations, you will have no idea what you are imparting to your children.Joint custody, with shared parenting where children go back and forth... 
by Dr. Adams | Relationships
Self-centered, narcissistic people create confusion and chaos for others around them. This is true whether in the family, at work, or in any group they belong to. Since narcissists only believe in the vertical pronoun “I,” they are only self-interested and... 
by Dr. Adams | How To Understand Yourself
We all have encountered, or even are ourselves, low copers, people who do not deal well with the slightest adversity. Such people figuratively cannot find their way out of a cardboard box. They whine loudly over having a hang nail. With actual and substantial... 
by Dr. Adams | How To Understand Yourself
We all feel “stressed out” at times. What does this mean? What does it reveal about us? Stress arises from something in our lives that we believe we are unable to handle or are not handling well. It could mean that too many things are coming our way and that we feel... 
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, History of Emotional Conditioning
We train our dogs to sit, fetch, catch Frisbees and do other tricks. Any pet dog we raise understands our voice and hand gestures. When we head to the fridge or our dog’s food bin at a certain time of day, our dog is conditioned to anticipate being fed. His behavior... 
by Dr. Adams | How To Understand Yourself
The songwriter Paul Simon in 1973 sang, “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” The same object or event means different things to different people at different times and under different circumstances. We know many combatants return from warfare experiences with... 
by Dr. Adams | Emotional Illness
Here is an article of mine that was published on http://www.kevinmd.com: Does psychiatry worsen mental illness stigma? When a person gets depressed over their divorce, they are said to have a mental illness. When a person becomes psychotic from a manic episode due to... 
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, How To Understand Yourself
Currently in vogue is a type of therapy geared toward emotional regulation. Such treatment aims for management of human emotions. It has come about because of the idea that people suffer with emotional dyscontrol. Children are instructed to hit a pillow when angry or... 
by Dr. Adams | Relationships
Is every episode of disagreement with your significant other a déjà vu for you? Are you visiting the same arguments, territory and discussions again and again? Does nothing change from the first time you had conflict? Why is this and what does it mean for...
