It seems that this year, Glee is all about morals. On the whole, I’m not sure I love this aspect of the show, but tonight’s episode was on self-love, and I sure have a lot of thoughts on that.
I think I’m going to have to break my thoughts up into several posts, so let’s start with Emma and her OCD. Will’s attempt to help Emma with her OCD is not too far from experiences I’ve had with friends trying to help me with my eating disorder (both good …

Recently, my therapist started leading a group that I’m in. Most people who’ve done any kind of intense treatment (inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, etc), have probably had this experience (myself included) but it’s pretty rare that my therapist now either facilitates or…

I’ve been reading a lot of articles this week on pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.  As someone who has unsuccessfully tried way too many medications, this is really interesting to me.  It’s no secret that individuals often have to try several psychotropic medications to find one that works for them.  It’s part of the psych experience fun.
The “Is this going to work for me?  Which of the hundred side effects am I going to experience?” mystery reminds me of this food seasoning that my uncle has, called “magic dust.”  The “magic” is …

Many months ago, there was an awesome cartoon on Therapy Tales that I have been dying to expand upon. It starts like this:
I’ve often thought about what my therapist would say were I to tell her about my blog. I bet she’d be thinking something like the following (note: I am NOT the artist that Therapy Tales is!):

Yeah, I don’t think we’ll be having this conversation any time soon…

I’m a sucker for lists… especially top-10 lists. So, when I saw a post on the Top 10 Cracks That Addicts Fall Through on Their Way to Recovery, it had my name all over it.
I think that a lot of the same principles that Mark Goulston points out can apply to mental illness in general. A few of them really stood out to me:
Failure to develop new and healthy relationships
I see this two ways:

Old relationships – maintaining unhealthy relationships (people who drag you down in any way, …

I think it’s safe to say that the eating disorder is a coping mechanism. Maladaptive, sure, but it does serve a purpose in your life. There’s a reason that people hold onto it and end up in treatment multiple times. However, the eating disorder is not a solution. It doesn’t make you in control…

I’ve recently started watching Grey’s Anatomy again. I got behind (really behind) and always thought I would catch up… but it hasn’t happened, so I’m just going to have to go back and watch the last season at some point. That might not happen for awhile, though, so I’m just picking up with the current season and moving on.
A lot of Meredith’s monologes hit home with me, but she said something the other day about surgery and recovery that really hit me:
“The goal of any surgery is total …

I watch a lot of medical television (if you haven’t noticed), so when I saw the What Your TV Habits May Say About Your Fear Of Crime article this morning, I was pretty interested to read about the connection between TV viewing and personal beliefs. I started thinking “hmm… what if they applied this to medical television?” I have a few hypotheses about the medical TV viewers and…

Lately Portia de Rossi’s book, “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain” has received a lot of attention. While I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, I have probably read a dozen articles reviewing it. In fact, I think I’m the only one who hasn’t read the book.

Sometimes I think that blankets should be banned in group therapy. Now really, how much are you getting out of group if your head is under the blanket?