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December 8, 2013
How to Farm Earworms
Ever wondered about an earworm? That song that gets stuck in your head for the whole day, the one that starts to drive you crazy. How does that happen? Why does it happen? Who let that earworm into my head? A BBC news magazine article in 2012 claimed the following things are earworm triggers: […]
December 1, 2013
‘Get Down, Get Down, They’re Coming for Us.’ — An Idiots Guide to Flashbacks.
On a recent road trip I listened to a an audiobook called ‘The Neurobiology of We’ by Doctor Daniel Siegel. This book is really for clinical professionals in the area of counselling but I was listening because Madam K was efficiently furthering her professional development as we drove. Doctor Dan speaks r e a l s […]
‘Get Down, Get Down, They’re Coming for Us.’ An Idiots Guide to Flashbacks.
On a recent road trip I listened to a an audiobook called ‘The Neurobiology of We’ by Doctor Daniel Siegel. This book is really for clinical professionals in the area of counselling but I was listening because Madam K was efficiently furthering her professional development as we drove. Doctor Dan speaks r e a l s […]
November 17, 2013
5 Reasons You Don’t Have O.C.D
Do you check your phone, email, Facebook or Twitter account every five minutes? Do people close to you tell you you are obsessed? Wait — you’re obsessed. You’re acting compulsively…. OMG You have OCD! Or not. 1- You think your habit is an OCD behaviour when it’s just a habit. People find comfort in habits. […]
November 10, 2013
Writing the Adrenaline Away
The ‘Stylish Couple’. Two nights ago, I was passing through a regional coastal town with my wife and daughter. We stayed the night at the best hotel in town. After a swim and a walk, we had a drink in the hotel lounge. My girls went upstairs to get ready for dinner. I finished my […]
November 1, 2013
The Irish Mental Health Hotline: Psychological Problems and Stereotyping.
Labels are for clothes – not people. I want to look at some of the common psychological problems in our society and how we all perceive them. Problems like Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia and so on are common, but we can be so stereotyped in our perception of them. A few years ago, this […]
September 30, 2013
Write Yourself to Sleep
Insomnia can very unpleasant. There have been nights where I have been reduced to tears, unable to sleep. My wife suggested trying a technique called ‘Free Writing’ to help with my insomnia. I wasn’t so sure. ‘Writing is something I do when I can’t sleep.’ I told her. In her work as a psychologist she has used ‘free writing’ […]
September 25, 2013
Why Jeff Bezos is like Rodney Dangerfield
Remember those old eighties movies where Rodney Dangerfield featured as an outrageous millionaire partying down with the kids and tweaking the establishment’s nose? If you don’t then check out these clips from Caddyshack and Back to School and you’ll get the idea. I was pondering Amazon’s Matchbook play the other day and reflecting on how […]
