by Dr. Adams | Relationships
Discover surprising answers from early marriage and parenting. During 40 years of being a child and adult psychiatrist, and 20 years as a forensic child psychiatrist, I discovered one of the unsavory ways automatic living plays out. This occurs in parental...
by Dr. Adams | Relationships
Where double standards come from, and how to diminish their destructive effects. A common way of thinking is to believe that all people see things the same way and therefore respond alike. In other words, we are skilled at believing others think like us. We are also...
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 | 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...
by Dr. Adams | Relationships
The way we relate to other people is unconscious. This means we are not aware of how we judge and treat others. People do not relate in the same way to all other people. Nor do people even act and think the same way toward themselves when they are with different...
by Dr. Adams | Emotional Illness, Relationships
Most people relate in an unbalanced way that does not help either person. What do I mean? People get in roles and ruts in how they relate with others. Some people are always demanding and expect other people to quickly do what they want, in exactly the way they want...
