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Reading about the Scapegoat Role

If you are the scapegoat in the family you may be having a hard time finding any information about this role.  I've been looking for years and it has been quite difficult.  Fortunately, a local poet, Rick Belden, has written a book of poetry on the scapegoat role and is allowing previews of it on his website.

Scapegoat's Cross: Poems about Finding and Claiming the Lost Man Within is beautiful and heartfelt and I encourage you to take a look.  The samples are free and there is no obligation, nothing to sign up for. Rick is very generous in sharing his work, perhaps too generous! If you like what you see, buy the entire manuscript. It is worth every penny and we need more poets in this world of ours.   

Anxiety, Depression and Life Stressors

A lot of folks come to see me complaining of anxiety, irritability, depression, mood swings or insomnia and trying to understand what's causing this change in their emotions and behavior.  It's sad, but many of don't realize the effects of stress on our thoughts, feelings and behaviors.  It's also sad that most of us are so out of touch with ourselves that we don't even realize how much stress we are under or that things we are going through might provoke or increase stress.  There is a simple, free online quiz that will make you more aware of stressors in your life.

Diagnosis Creep, Bipolar Disorder and ADHD

“Diagnosis Creep” is a term used to describe a phenomenon where a disorder is identified and doctors then begin to see it everywhere. Two perfect examples of this are ADHD and Bipolar Disorder.

Just Feel Your Feelings

She's about to come out of her skin.  She attributes this to her period and/or her psychiatric medications.  She says that she doesn't know what is wrong, but she just feels like crying.  Some days, counseling is not rocket science.  It's just reallllly simple.  "So cry!" I tell her.  If you feel like crying, cry.  It really is that simple.