Language and Suffering
How we think about our experiences is not necessarily a reality, yet our thoughts and the stories we construct from these thoughts can increase suffering. Read More →
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People’s deepest and most irrational convictions about onesself and one’s life are incredibly stubborn. Once something is learned and then intermittently reinforced it is deeply resistant... [Read more of this review]
Thoughts and Breathing Exercises
Through consciously relaxing tense muscles and observing your breath moving in and out, incessant thoughts can be quickly reduced (Lind-Kyle, 2009) Posted via email from My Santa Barbara Therapy... [Read more of this review]
Food Addiction
Research suggests that an alternating pattern of food restriction and bingeing contributes to reward dysfunction (changes in neural circuitry) and an addictive pattern of eating. Posted via email ... [Read more of this review]
Cravings
Research suggests that there may be a gene that makes certain individuals more sensitive to sugar and alcohol cravings. Posted via email from My Santa Barbara Therapy Updates Read More →
Addiction
Is addiction a disease or a choice? While one may not be responsible for getting the illness, it doesn’t abdicate one’s responsibility for making different choices to manage or eradicate it. ... [Read more of this review]
Resentment
“Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies” (Author unknown) Posted via email from My Santa Barbara Therapy Updates Read More →
Social interactions
Like hunger or thirst, our need for acceptance is rooted in our mechanism for survival. Positive social interactions release opioids for a natural mood boost (APA Monitor, April 2012).... [Read more of this review]
Depression
Research suggests that people who work too much (11 hours or more during the day) are twice as likely to become depressed. Posted via email from My Santa Barbara Therapy Updates Read More →
Compulsive Overeating
“Foods high in sugar, fat, and salt, and the cues that signal them, promote more of everything: more arousal…more thoughts of food…more urges to pursue food…more dopamine stimulated approach... [Read more of this review]
Trauma
Repeated trauma may cause neurophysiological changes in the brain, specifically the amygdala which helps to regulate and modulate fear responses. Chronic trauma is especially toxic in childhood,... [Read more of this review]
Addiction
“That addiction is tied to changes in brain structure and function is what makes it, fundamentally, a brain disease. A metaphorical switch in the brain seems to be thrown as a result of prolonged... [Read more of this review]
Addiction
“That addiction is tied to changes in brain structure and function is what makes it, fundamentally, a brain disease. A metaphorical switch in the brain seems to be thrown as a result of prolonged... [Read more of this review]
Retouching Photographs
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Perfectionism
Perfectionism is not about doing our best. It’s not about the struggle for excellence, or the healthy striving for high goals. Perfectionism is about believing that if we can just do something... [Read more of this review]
Trauma
One of the effects of early trauma on the early developing nervous system are regulatory deficits like a lowered HPA axis threshold that leads to half-trigger release of stress hormones into our bodies. ... [Read more of this review]
Our brains use calories
Our brains require approximately 400-500 calories per day to operate optimally. Read More →
Why we worry so much?
The function of rumination is survival based in humans. In other words, we are hard wired to worry about anxiety provoking things as it helps ensure survival. Read More →
What happens when restricting/fasting?
Ghrelin is an appetite stimulating, gut derived peptide that induces the drive/motivation to consume food. Levels of ghrelin rise upon fasting or severely restricting calories, which may, in turn, trigger... [Read more of this review]
Anorexia
40-50% of the risk of developing Anorexia is genetic, it is as inheritable as Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, etc. Read More →
