Why Self-Help Books Do Not Help You
People are always curious about human behavior. Because of this they seek things to read dispensing advice from others. Other people are more than willing to give advice based on their experiences and point of view. For instance, friends will “advise” you on what...
Self-Understanding: Henrik Ibsen’s play, “Ghosts”
“I almost think we’re all of us Ghosts… It’s not only what we have invited from our father and mother that walks in us. It’s all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth they have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can’t get rid...
Repeat Relationship, Different Person
Do you get involved in a new relationship only to have that déjà vu feeling you are have had the same relationship before? You are not alone. Many, if not most people, have this same experience. Why? Because it’s true that what seems at first like a new type of...Self-Understanding: Do You Have Free Will?
Consider whether you have free will. When a newborn arrives in the world his brain is equipped with the ability to make an increasing number of associations via his perceptions. These associations will endow him with wide-ranging capabilities. However, before he...Self-Understanding: Why Do People Re-Marry the Same Spouse?
In forty years of practice as a psychiatrist I have seen a fair number of people re-marry their former spouses. I am always intrigued and raise the question, if the marriage was so unsatisfactory as to have a divorce in the first place why would a person re-marry the...Connect with Dr. Adams
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