“The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the…
An Existential Death-Blow to Narcissism: Defeating the Excessive Need to Feel Superior
Through ambition and greed, they rose. Through force and strength, they conquered. Through status and influence, they flourished. The great…
Searching for Love in the Shadowlands
“The pain now is part of the happiness then; that’s the deal.” -C.S. Lewis Around this time last year, I…
Growing Up With No Restraints: The Toxic Mentality of Boys Will Be Boys
I grew up in a hyper-masculine culture in which I was expected to tow the line and accept the reality…
Mental Illness is More Than a Brain Disorder (Updated w/ New Information)
Why We Need A More Nuanced Understanding of Mental Health The biological model of psychiatry is the dominant model of…
Man’s Search for Intimacy (Revised and Extended Version)
Closeness and Intimacy In 1946, existential psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl, published a book which drastically altered the course of psychotherapy; he…
A Fruitless Journey: How We Prevent Ourselves from Being Loved
The Avoidant Attachment Style and Its Affects on Our Ability to Love “Your task is not to seek for love,…
The Tragedy of Disenchantment: Our Inability to Be Happy
Have you ever wanted something really badly, only to find out that it wasn’t as good as it initially appeared…
Needing to be Loved: Why It’s Okay to Accept Your Basic Human Necessity
Most of the clients I see struggle with intimacy; they have what are called attachment difficulties. Some of them are…
All of the Words We Can’t Say: A Story of Domestic Violence
Trauma. What the hell is trauma? How does one define it and make sense of it? How do you live…
