Traumatic Events and Bystanders (TMBMS086)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. When most people hear about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD), they almost immediately think about a military veteran or someone who was in a serious accident. However, research tells us that even witnessing traumatic events can cause changes in our brain that are similar to those who have been directly traumatized.
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Resiliency and Identity (TMB120)
If we step back, take off our political, religious, or even judgmental glasses for a moment, most of us would agree that there are individuals who demonstrate tremendous resilience. Hillary Clinton could have easily disappeared following the embarrassment she endured during her husband’s second term as president. Stephen Hawking could have easily thrown in the towel as his medical condition slowly immobilized him. Instead, Ms. Clinton went on to become a Senator and ran two valiant campaigns to be the first female president; and Dr. Hawking has become one of the principal thinkers in the fields of cosmology and physics. What makes them – and many others – so resilient?
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Obesity and the Baby’s Brain
This is the third time this week that another news outlet has reported a study that appeared recently in the Journal of Pediatrics (click to visit the website or click here to download the pdf of the article). The study was conducted at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Investigators measured the developmental outcomes of 4821 children born between 2008 and 2010. The children were tested at intervals starting at four months and ending at three years. Read More
TGIF (TMBMS085)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. In the age of social media and 140 character limits, deep – and arguably philosophical – statements are made through the use of acronyms. This week, we focus on some common acronyms that could help shape our lives. Today, we focus our attention on TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday), which offers us two lessons. First, we are reminded that it is important to have down time, to look forward to the weekend as a time to refresh, recoup, and recharge ourselves. But TGIF is also a warning to avoid the tendency to focus so much on tomorrow, that we miss out on opportunities today. Don’t wish your life away by dreaming about Friday on Sunday night.
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When Parents Struggle with Discipline
Of particular interest today is a column at PsychologyToday.com offering some simple but worthwhile advice to parents who can’t seem to get their children to follow the rules, to do what is expected, to be obedient. The author begins by telling us that many of these struggling parents are asking the wrong question. Many parents come to therapy searching for new, clever, or interesting ways to get kids to follow the rules. Read More
TBT (TMBMS084)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. In the age of social media and 140 character limits, deep – and arguably philosophical – statements are made through the use of acronyms. This week, we focus on some common acronyms that could help shape our lives. Today, we focus our attention on TBT (Throw Back Thursday), which encourages us to look back at our lives – the good and bad experiences – and learn from them so that we make better decisions in the future.
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