Dare To Dream - Its The First Step! The saying, 'We are the creators of our own destiny' is right on the mark! We spend a great deal of time thinking about what we want. What we want to be when we grow up, the type of lifestyle we would like to lead, the location and type of home we would like to own, but so many of these dreams do not come to fruition. Why? Because they are often just yearnings, hopes, or the proverbial brass ring....... Similar Editorial : by Onaefe Edebi. | Source : Leadership Motivation
Joyous Journeys This is a very common occurrence. Why does this end result often leave us feeling like there should be more? The answer is best explained by the simple phrase of "Joy is in the journey, not the destination." Ahh, does the answer strike a chord?Sandra has spent almost two years planning her wedding. She is now in the homestretch and is frantically trying to get all of the loose ends tightened up....... Source : Motivation Emotion
Toothache And Abscesses By definition, tooth abscess is a localised infection around the tooth that leads to the formation of pus. Abscesses are very serious medical conditions, and can even be life threatening if left untreated. When the pulp of a tooth dies due to damage or decay, bacteria will proliferate from the tissue that is left. These bacteria will eventually spread from the root of the dead tooth into the...... Similar Editorial : by kevinp. | Source : Baby Teething
Misdiagnosing Narcissism - Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (The use of gender pronouns in this article reflects the clinical facts: most narcissists are men.)Anxiety Disorders - and especially Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - are often misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).Anxiety is uncontrollable and excessive apprehension. Anxiety disorders usually come replete with obsessive thoughts, compulsive and ritualistic acts, restlessness...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Trait Anxiety
Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders As Anxiety Disorders What is AnxietyAnxiety is uncontrollable and excessive apprehension, a kind of unpleasant (dysphoric), mild fear, with no apparent external reason.?Anxiety is dread in anticipation of a future menace or an imminent but diffuse and unspecified danger, usually imagined or exaggerated. The mental state of anxiety (and the concomitant hypervigilance) has physiological complements. It is accompanied by...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Trait Anxiety
Addiction And Personality A voluminous literature notwithstanding, there is little convincing empirical research about the correlation between personality traits and addictive behaviors. Substance abuse and dependence (alcoholism, drug addiction) is only one form of recurrent and self-defeating pattern of misconduct. People are addicted to all kinds of things: gambling, shopping, the Internet, reckless and life-endangering...... Similar Editorial : by Margaret Paul, Ph.d.. | Source : Food Addictions
Narcissism And Addiction In our attempt to decipher the human psyche (in itself a mere construct, not an ontological entity), we have come up with two answers:I. That behaviors, moods, emotions, and cognitions are wholly reducible to biochemical reactions and neural pathways in the brain. This medicalization of what it is to be human is inevitably hotly contested.II. That behaviors, moods, emotions, and cognitions can be...... Similar Editorial : by Margaret Paul, Ph.d.. | Source : Food Addictions
Subtle Addictions The following article is offered for free use in your ezine, print publication or on your web site, so long as the author resource box at the end is included. Notification of publication would be appreciated.Title: Subtle AddictionsAuthor: Margaret Paul, Ph.D.E-mail: mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com Copyright: ? 2003 by Margaret PaulWeb Address: http://www.innerbonding.comWord Count: 642Category:...... Similar Editorial : by Annagail Lynes. | Source : Computer Addiction
The Worst Thing To Be Addicted To Sheley is worried about her financial situation. She has a home business that seems promising but is still barely producing and her credit card bills are starting to pile up. She picks up the newspaper to look at the want ads, thinks about doing some marketing for her home business, wonders which is the best course of action or if she should do both, and then decides to have a cigarette and clean...... Similar Editorial : by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Stop Addiction
House Plans For A Natural Living! It’s a year 2007, and you’re planning to build a new house for you, and your family.Let’s assume, that the question of where, has already been answered. Yes, the location is where your design ideas should originate from. Providing you’ve done your research correctly, the only place you’d come up with would be somewhere in the middle of the rural America. Kansas? Wyoming? Both are good places to...... Similar Editorial : by Kathleen. | Source : First Chiropractic
Top 4 Substances For Alzheimers Prevention And Treatment Of the many problems that may inflict us as we age, losing our memory and mental function is perhaps the most frightening. Alzheimer's disease is a condition in which the neurons in the brain degenerate. The brain literally shrinks. As the cells fall apart, the memories they stored are lost. The ability to control many body functions, including the bladder and bowels, disappears. Seen under a...... Similar Editorial : by Reggie Andersen. | Source : Alzheimers Diesease
Eating Disorders And Personality Disorders (narcissism) Question:Do narcissists also suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa?Answer:Patients suffering from eating disorders either binge on food or refrain from eating and sometimes are both anorectic and bulimic. This is an impulsive behaviour as defined by the DSM and is sometimes comorbid with Cluster B personality disorder, particularly with the Borderline Personality...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Anorexia Symptoms
Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders As Eating Disorders The Eating Disordered Patient Eating disorders - notably Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa - are complex phenomena. The patient with eating disorder maintains a distorted view of her body as too fat or as somehow defective (she may have a body dysmorphic disorder). Many patients with eating disorders are found in professions where body form and image are emphasized (e.g., ballet...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Anorexia Symptoms
Brakes Hung-Over? Go Premium And Skip The Headaches Picking rotors at the local parts chain store: it can be harder than choosing which sub-par, soapy domestic suds to grab at the slim pickings stadium beer stand. Like the pale beer paradox at the ballgame, all of the parts store’s disc brands look the same, feel the same and disappoint the same (and probably taste the same, too, but I wouldn’t try it). That’s why, with both beer and car?brakes,...... Source : Dizziness Light Headed
Brain And Personality Phineas Gage was a 25 years old construction foreman who lived in Vermont in the 1860s. While working on a railroad bed, he packed powdered explosives into a hole in the ground, using tamping iron. The powder heated and blew in his face. The tamping iron rebounded and pierced the top of his skull, ravaging the frontal lobes. In 1868, Harlow, his doctor, reported the changes to his personality...... Similar Editorial : by Ieuan Dolby. | Source : Human Psychology
