People with BDD sometimes avoid taking a job they’d really like. Jobs that involve a lot of interaction with others, especially if the defect will be exposed, are especially avoided. I’ve seen many people who had a solitary job, such as a night watchman. As one person told me, “I can’t do any kind of [...]
Surprisingly, sleep apnea was not identified as a diagnosable condition until the early 1970s. Now, however, it is ranked as the single most frequent cause of sleep disturbance, occurring in almost half of patients with sleeping problems. Overall perhaps 5 percent of the U.S. population—roughly 12 million people— may suffer from it. One out of [...]
We must approach the experiments in the right attitude of mind. To condition ourselves about pain is something quite natural and sensible. There is no occasion at all for us to feel strange or awkward about it in any way. We just continue naturally and easily as we have in the relaxing exercises. There are [...]
We are discussing inferior ways of dealing with stress, and I have no hesitation at all in placing tranquillizers high on the list. If someone who is suffering from nervous tension as a result of stress takes a tranquillizer, it damps down the disharmonious over-activity of his brain cells. There is less anxiety. He feels [...]
Drugs «What have I done wrong? Must have done something wrong. Could never have imagined that this would have happened. He’s on drugs. The hard stuff, too. Never have thought it possible. What will happen to him? How will his life end up? He had so much to look forward to. What am I to [...]