…and all hell breaks loose. I’ll tell you how this started: I h8 my (bleeping) boss!!!!! (and what I assume was an angry emoticon, because my phone doesn’t translate Blackberry emoticons very well). This was the text I got as I sat waiting for a friend for a Thursday night happy hour. Apparently, her new […]

Out of curiosity, before I wrote this post I entered “famous people with narcissistic personality disorder” into Google. Here are some of the results: Steve Jobs Adolph Hitler Napoleon Emperor Nero Madonna Elvis Presley Pablo Picasso Donald Trump Kanye West Paris Hilton Quite the mix isn’t it? Without a formal diagnosis I won’t draw any […]

There are going to be many well-deserved tributes to Robin Williams over the next few weeks. It would be too simplistic to say he was funny – he was unique, brilliant, quirky, and talented. And he had problems with depression. When someone strikes up the courage to admit that they’re depressed, the response they receive […]

Lately, I’ve been toying with the idea of writing one of those “Stars are just like you” posts, but with a motivational spin. I don’t take pleasure in reading gossip magazines, or watching a celebrity spiral into self-destruction. I believe that if you want to help people, you should use celebrity stories of triumph as […]

I am a master, a master I tell you, of creating dire scenarios of things that could happen. After giving my friend at least a dozen reasons as to why something in my life wouldn’t work out, she said something rather simple, yet powerful: “You’re really creative. So good at coming up with all these […]

I don’t know what it is with me lately. I’ve been on a “think positive” rampage. Maybe I’m tired of being so negative (gets so exhausting, doesn’t it?) Or of being anxious all the time. As I was putting my old psychology books into my new bookcase (because people need to know I’m smart, and […]

Watching Charlie Brown made me so sad sometimes. Every time Lucy lifted the football just as he was about to kick it, I wished I could kick her in the head. And her 5 ₡ psychiatric help was worthless. I can kid a little about depression because I experienced Dysthymia (a less severe but long-standing […]

I’m not going to lie, I’ve dabbled a little in weight loss products. OK, I just lied. I’ve dabbled a lot. It’s not that I don’t work out – I actually go to the gym several times a week – I just like yummy, not so healthy food. And just to prove my point, I’m […]

“Why am I writing a post on PMS?” I had to ask myself this before going through with it. Maybe I’m tired of it being used as the butt of jokes, or the panacea to account for my outbursts, every time, all the time. “She must be PMSing.” Sorry guys. It’s not an excuse. It’s […]

I’ve done a lot of posts on self-esteem, but I can’t express enough how important it is. So here’s another. How amazing would it be if you could cast a protective shield around you like a Harry Potter character? In this case, a type of psychological barrier where no insult, criticism, or discouragement could ever […]

It starts small. Little insults and jabs that people tell themselves that seem harmless and even laughable at first. Like these beauties I told myself in the last 24 hours “I’m such a loser – I forgot my cell at home” – only to find it in the car, stuck between the seat and cup […]

I have a lot of names for my scale. 1) Liar 2) So-this-is-what-I-get-for-eating-pasta. 3) Ughhh (Nickname: Grrrrrr) 4) …*bleep*… Then I’ll chastise myself for choosing to step on this hell-spawned contraption and for gaining whatever amount it says. I’ll add whatever food du jour I ate to my “Must-not-have-even-though-I-want-to” list, then I’ll proportion the amount […]