Therapy Blog

ANXIETY: a path

Anxiety begins as the object of desire is falling away. Anxiety is the only actual predictor of the path: it is the path's course to find the truly desired.

Clarifying Mental Health

Mental health describes the maintenance of an individual's state of being. A clearer look at how mental health depends on a person's psychology.

Psychological v. Everyday Problem

A distinction between an everyday problem with no root in your psychology and a clearly psychological problem rooted in your past — and how to tell them apart.

®Eality is Real Reality

Eality is the paradoxical mind state where physical and mental things exist simultaneously as both virtual and actual.

What's a symbol, ®?

A symbol is the visual representation of an idea or concept. It is only ever visual and never has any auditory component.

There is a difference

Listen to the voice, not the words spoken. There is a difference. A poem composed by Mathew Dwight Quaschnick.

Dynamics of Depression

A psychoanalytically oriented definition of the dynamic involved with depression and how the Superego's bombardment depresses the ego.

God-Complex

A psychoanalytically oriented definition of a God-Complex: the envelopment of the Superego by the Ego and its subsequent insinuation over the Id.

Overwhelming Positivity Exercise

When you feel overwhelmingly negative, give yourself a self-infused shot of positivity and hold yourself accountable for accomplishing the tasks you set.

Anxiety: The Physiological Direction

The crippling nature of anxiety and the physiological direction — understanding the amygdala, the hippocampus, and the body's role in anxiety.

Doing Saying Thinking

Thinking can prevent you from both saying and doing many things. Distinguishing behavior, language, and cognition — and why the distinction matters.

Drivers Welcome: Part I

Just as an automobile maneuvers a street, so does your mind a thought. An extended metaphor for how therapy helps you navigate your inner world.