Showing posts with label psy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psy. Show all posts

2023-10-06

mostly Everyday Techniques to Overcome Mental Health Struggles

 2023.10.4: bk.psy/schiz/
Bowman Digital Media 2023`Techniques to Overcome Mental Health Struggles 

. this is a book review of Bowman Digital Media 2023`

Everyday Techniques to Overcome Anxiety: 
and Mental Health Struggles
Max Kayes (Foreword), Ira Bowman, Janet Hogan, Dr.David Foster, Eric Rosen, Jim Lomot, Lisa Jones, Rick Loek, Shmiko Cole, Tim Bowman

2023-07-18

The Blind Girl Sees by Amber Needham 2022

 2023.7.18: bk.psy/schiz/Amber Needham 2022`The Blind Girl Sees:

Amber Needham 2022`The Blind Girl Sees

https://amzn.to/3DoQDCY

5-star/informative and inspiring:

2023-03-04

Mastering the Mind, Body and Spirit by prof Wil Dieck 2022

 2023.3.4: bk.psy/schiz/Wil Dieck 2022`Mastering the Mind, Body and Spirit:

this is a review of the book by Wil Dieck 2022:

Mastering the Mind, Body and Spirit: 

Secrets of Black Belt Peak Performance 

(Mind Mastery Book 3) 

https://amzn.to/3ZHlp3f[ad]

5-star/good book even if you don't read the series:

2023-01-27

Self-Regulation Skills by Instant Relief team 2023

2023.1.27: bk.psy/Instant Relief team 2023`Self-Regulation Skills:

a comment on the book: Instant Relief team 2023:

Self-Regulation Skills Workbook for Kids: 

Positive Thinking, Mindfulness, CBT and DBT Tools, Exercises. 

Everything a Child Should Know to Deal with Big Feelings 

and Handle Strong Emotions.

https://amzn.to/3HClnnd[ad]

4-star/text is not linked to the references:

2022-12-13

emotion control for health by Theu Fa'a 2022

2022.12.3: 12.13: bk.health/psy/Theu Fa'a 2022`Healthy Habits:

Theu Fa'a 2022`Healthy Habits: 

HEAL YOURSELF FROM WITHIN: 

Eliminate Stress, Fear, Worry, and Negative Emotions

- INSPIRING TRUE STORIES OF SELF-HEALING

https://amzn.to/3F3k7H2[ad]

4-star/much good but also needs to wake up about covid:

. this author has studied under Dr.Dispenza

and Dr.Bruce Lipton, and they do great work.

. Theu has renewed my interest in EFT

(emotional freedom technique)

as a way to relax negative emotions.


. the book's references are numbers, not names and dates,

yet the list of references has no numbering?

no, you can click on a number,

and it will take you to the "notes" page

even though that page is not listed in the

table of contents.

2022-10-23

Social Anxiety Relief by Emma Lou Parker 2022

2022.10.23: bk.psy/schiz/
Emma Lou Parker 2022`A Teen’s Essential Guide to Social Anxiety Relief:

. this is a review of the book:

Emma Lou Parker 2022`

A Teen’s Essential Guide to Social Anxiety Relief: 

Step-By-Step Methods to Help You Overcome Social Anxiety, 

Avoid Triggers, and Find Relief| 

Feel Confident, Comfortable, and Happy in Any Situation!

https://amzn.to/3DqLnzV[ad]

4-star/a method with some proven success:

2022-10-21

About a hidden Garden by Werner Langer 2022

2022.10.21: bk.psy/schiz/
Werner Langer 2022`About a hidden Garden

. this a commentary on the book:

Werner Langer 2022`About a hidden Garden

https://amzn.to/3VZgAkW[ad]

4-stars/thoughts from both the god and self (#schizophrenia):

2022-10-17

John Allen 2022 Life After This --a common delusion

 2022.10.17: bk.psy/schiz/John Allen 2022`Life After This:

. this is a commentary on the book by John Allen 2022

Life After This: 9 Chapters: 

History Shows We Have Contacted the Deceased and You Can Do It, Too 

https://amzn.to/3Tu0spy[ad]


4-stars/a common delusion:

2022-10-15

an inspiring (but not magical) book by Willbur Glenn Colaco 2022

2022.10.15: bk.psy/
Willbur Glenn Colaco 2022`Drops of Wisdom: 

. this is a commentary on the book:

Willbur Glenn Colaco 2022`Drops of Wisdom: 

Applying Ancient Words of Wisdom in Today's Turbulent Times.

https://amzn.to/3yKK3oJ[ad]

5-star/an inspiring (but not magical) book:

2022-10-05

yoga could be healing because you believe in it

2022.10.5: bk.health/psy/yoga/Advait 2020:

Hack Your Brain The Yogic Way: 

15 Secret Ancient Indian Techniques 

to Enhance Cognitive Fitness, Promote Neurogrowth, 

Improve Your Focus and Unleash Your ... Potential.

https://amzn.to/3CzYxtF[ad]

3-star/could be healing because you believe in it:

2022-10-02

a new beginning with Ian Cooper

2022.10.2: news.psy/schiz/
a new beginning with Ian Cooper 2021:

. this is my summary of a book by Ian Cooper,

One and All: A Spiritual Perspective on Getting Along 

[ad] https://amzn.to/3UYkc6f

. this book caught my eye because the intro claimed

"We are not who we think we are"

which reminded me of being born-again aware of a god.

2022-09-30

emotion control with Dialectical Behavior Therapy

 2022.9.30: news.psy/
emotion control with Dialectical Behavior Therapy:

psychiatry prof Maria Clarke 2022

https://amzn.to/3fuUq9h[ad]

DBT skills workbook in 7 weeks: 

Use Dialectical Behavior Therapy to overcome negativity, 

manage your emotions and improve your relationships. 


. prof Clarke successfully treated her own emotional pain

with a program designed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder.

. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (finding the middle ground)

is based on cognitive behavioral therapy

and dhamma, the teachings of Bhudda.

. it involves meditation, controlled breathing, journaling, 

exposure to intense exercise, temperature extremes,

and alternating between tensing and relaxing each muscle group.

. there are many techniques for negotiating with

your emotion maker and other relationships;

eg, part of self-respect is not relating to those who

require us to change our values or lie about them:

"it's ok to walk away from a toxic relationship".


the Sense of Being Stared At: And Other Unexplained Powers of Human Minds [ad]


2022-09-27

emotion control strategies by Jennifer N. Smith 2020

2022.9.27: news.psy/emotion control strategies/
Jennifer N. Smith 2020:

How to Control your Emotions: Effective Ways to Maintain Your Cool 

When The Situation Demands It (Improve Yourself Everyday Book 1) 

https://amzn.to/3EfZjO3 [ad]

 a summary and critique:

2022-09-12

David Leonard 2022 Good Lord

 2022.9.12: news.wealth/music/psy/schiz/
David Leonard 2022`Good Lord:

. David Leonard's 2022 song, "Good Lord"

could have been about schizophrenia

(about telepathy with our god).

. he is glad to know the god;

but deeply embarrassed about what he has been;

and wishing he could warn others:

the god is easiest on those who have been

good all the time, 

not just good after meeting the god.

2022-06-06

"cis-gender" are you calling me a cis?

 22.6.6: web.psy/cis-gender/are you calling me a cis?:


. cis-gender people identify as 

the same gender they were assigned at birth, 

while transgender people identify as

a gender different from that assigned at birth.

[Canadian Med Assoc J JUNE 6, 2022]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-transgender-sexual-minority-teens-high.html


. I wondered if that terminology was meant to

make straight people ask rhetorically:

"are you calling me a cis?"

but the source of that term actually comes from

their latin definitions.

. there may be trans-nationals

but there are no cis-nationals;

so why should there be cis-genders?

. some confusion comes because 

trans- has 2 meanings in Latin:

you can have a transnational corporation

because trans- can mean "beyond",

so a transnational is beyond national borders;

but you can also have a trans-gender,

because trans- also means "on the other side".

. trans-gender can mean "beyond gender"

if you are choosing to appear asexual or ambiguous,

but conventionally it means moving across genders,

going from one to the other.

2022-04-10

does copper improve or worsen schizophrenia?

2022.4.10: psy/schiz/diet/copper/
does copper improve or worsen schizophrenia?

summary:

. it was found in 1959 that ceruloplasmin, which carries copper,

could improve psychotic symptoms in many schiz'ics.

. however, it was also found that some measure of copper

is elevated in schiz'ia,

or in any condition causing chronic stress or fear.

. ceruloplasmin is used as a measure of copper

because 95% of blood copper is in ceruloplasmin

but ceruloplasmin is an acute phase reactant, 

increased during inflammation, infection, trauma, pregnancy, etc. 

. some who are assuming that copper is a cause of schiz'ia

are theorizing that ceruloplasmin may be 

catalyzing the oxidation of epinephrine 

to some psychosis-inducing indole-like material.

. but if ceruloplasmin can improve psychotic symptoms,

it is likely that the rises in ceruloplasmin 

are a reaction to the stress of schiz'ia,

and not the cause of it.

the definition of schizophrenia

2022.4.10: psy/schiz/the definition of schizophrenia

summary:

. schizophrenia as defined by psychiatrists

for diagnostic purposes.

. a bizarre delusion is a belief in something

that the dominant theorists consider impossible,

such as telepathy or magical abilities.

2022-01-25

Helané Wahbeh`telepathy as one form of "channeling" "the Force That Connects Us All"

 2022.1.24: news.psy/schiz/Helané Wahbeh`
telepathy as one form of "channeling" "the Force That Connects Us All"
:

Wahbeh on the radio:

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2022-01-24-show/

Dr. Helané Wahbeh, Director of Research at

the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS),

https://noetic.org/

has a book in which she explains telepathy as

one form of "channeling" 

--which is consistent with my theory that

all forms of parapsychology

-- telepathy, prophets, evidence of 

reincarnation and the afterlife --

are actually communications with our god,

the Holy Spirit, the mind of the universe,

which includes Satan, the Great Deceiver.

2020-07-11

the meaning of the Cain and Abel story

20.7.9: relig/judaism/the meaning of the Cain and Abel story:
. in the story of Cain and Abel
two brothers give gifts to their god;
but the god showed favoritism toward Abel's gift;
and then Cain feeling cheated by the god,
murdered his brother.
. coincidentally,
the preferred gift was that of raising meat,
rather than relying on plants which offer far less protein
and usually have anti-nutrients that require special processing.
. this story may have been a warning to
the elites who design our gods (the priestly caste)
not to create a god who causes injustices and hurt feelings:
we need a god that says our tribe is better than outsiders,
and within the tribe, each is equal to self.

2020-06-25

are my thoughts useful? how do they behave?

20.6.25: tv.psy/schiz/are my thoughts useful? how do they behave?
Dr. Anthony Metivier:
. some people feel like their thoughts are too much;
oppressive streams of unwanted negative ideas;
antipsychotics and other drugs often don't help;
and atheism can be most unhelpful
[ I know I feel more control over
my thoughts and their effect on me,
when I realize they come from the supernatural,
not self].
. helpful paths include a study of:
Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience
refers to nondual awareness,
enlightenment, or mystical experiences.
-- see Jeffery Martin`Clusters Of Individual Experiences
Form A Continuum Of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experiences In Adults
Dr. Gary Weber 2018`Evolving Beyond Thought:
Updating Your Brain's Software.
http://happiness-beyond-thought.com/
http://www.spiritualteachers.org/gary-weber/
. the simplest method for quieting the mind
is to keep asking yourself these questions:
are my thoughts useful?
how do they behave?