HAVING A COMPLEX
In ordinary daily conversation when someone observes that a friend, family member or colleague “has a complex” about something, we generally mean that they seem to have a “sore spot” about the subject, or that they seem to have a recognizable pattern of reactions when certain situations or subjects arise. These are good layman’s [...]
UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING TRAUMA
Most of us are familiar with “capital T” traumas: a soldier returning from combat; a survivor of a natural disaster; a victim of abuse. In the case of a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a back-firing truck may serve to trigger stored memories. The soldier in effect finds himself transported back to [...]
DREAM INTERPRETATION
The unconscious mind that produces your dreams helps you understand how your brain works and how you can find sound mental health. Through dream translation you will observe that you have to constantly fight your anti-conscience, which is the wild side of your conscience that remains in a primitive condition. Unfortunately, your anti-conscience keeps bothering [...]
IS VIOLENCE REALLY DECLINING?
Our daily newspapers continually carry stories of wars in distant lands: we read of armed conflicts in Afghanistan, Colombia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. We are reminded of ongoing struggles in Israel and the Congo and hear about the effects of the Mexican drug war. At home we hear about murders, abductions, domestic violence, break-ins [...]
ARE YOU A SLAVE OF YOUR DANGEROUS EGO?
You are always trying to please your ego, even though its desires are mainly absurd. You need an internal vision of your brain and psyche and many behavioral lessons in order to understand that your adored ego is in fact very dangerous. The unconscious mind produces your dreams in order to give you the vision [...]
