Personality Blog

It isn’t the world we live in that creates our distress, it is the world we create and the actor (you, me) who stands on the stage.

Anger is a healthy and perfectly normal human emotion. It can motivate us to take action, feel empowered, or stand up for ourselves when we are being treated unfairly.

The key to being a fabulous date is taking a genuine interest in the person sitting right there in front of you. OK, I will admit you may realize in the first ten minutes of date Number 1, that this guy is not for you.

Would you like to makes tons of money, drive a low slung sports car and visit exotic locations? Perhaps your key to the good life is writing mystery stories. The best writers are unlikely to need help from the President’s stimulus package.

Do you envy Captain Jack Sparrow and wish you had his freedom from the mindboggling technology of the 21st Century. Would you rather set sail and challenge the wind, the sea and various monsters?

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is the 8th personality disorder in our series. You don’t want to miss any of them. People with OCPD have impossibly high standards for themselves and others.

Emotions are, according to Cognitive Theory, created by our thoughts. If you want to control your emotions, become aware of the thoughts that create (within the context of your environment) your feelings.

Researchers enthusiastically debate the etiology of phobias. Behaviorists point fervently to a pairing of a neutral stimulus and a frightening stimulus as the raison d’être of a phobic reaction.