Healthy Thinking Posts

There are different kinds of dreams. Scientists say that everyone dreams during sleep, regardless what they remember. People are also known to run away from reality with daydreaming. And there are the dreams we create and hold in our hearts. Let's think about how those heart dreams affect mental health.Regardless what the dream is, people begin by embracing it and working hard to bring it to reali...

Everyone gets a little depressed now and then. This article is not about severe depression. One road to depression is to repeatedly do the same thing the same way with the same negative result(s). An example might be baking cookies. You don't like following recipes, so you create your own, but the cookies don't taste very good. Next time you repeat the scene. And the next and the next. If you play...

Have you noticed that mental health workers no longer use the term "victims" for  people who, in the past, suffered abuse? They now call them "survivors," and some call them "overcomers." Why the change?"Victim" means a person who is "acted upon" or "subjected to mistreatment." Perpetrators of child abuse are notorious for threatening to kill mom if the victim reports the abuse. Since he is h...

This came in an email. The video really is a wake-up notice.   A WAKE UP NOTICE   Friends,   If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video made by an Islamic spiritual leader is worth more than a million humanistic accords; calling for peace with Islamic leaders/nations.  Please take a few minutes and view this presentation.  When the trut...

It appears that a celebrity incident has brought domestic violence back into the limelight. Domestic violence is one kind of unhealthy relationship. Research reveals some basic facts about domestic violence.Although some women are abusers, men are the perpetrators a greater percentage of the time. This article focuses on male perpetrators. Women can do the same things.Domestic violence begins with...

"I don't want to get older!" Sounds like Peter Pan, doesn't it? Reality is we all get older every day, every second. And change is part of life.We all know people who do not adapt well to change. It appears that people tend to stick with what is familiar after the age of 30. Thus it is important to begin preparing for older years in our 20s. We can prepare mentally and physically, if not emotional...

What are the constraints in your life?My dictionary defines constraint as, " the state of being checked, restricted or compelled to avoid or perform some action" or "repression of one's behavior or actions." Constraints can function like addiction. However, most people coming home from the grocery store in July feel compelled (or constrained) to get the ice cream into the freezer. That is constrai...

Here is a paraphrase of a letter an elderly woman from Germany wrote. Look for healthy or unhealthy thinking.A time of terrible depression blanketed Germany, much like the Depression of the 1930s, when Hitler rose to power. People were losing jobs and homes.Hitler campaigned on a "Change" promise. He vowed to get rid of the greedy bankers, because they were the source of every problem. Once electe...

We can learn from engineering. Or, maybe engineering learned from healthy living. In the realm of healthy living we create prototypes, often without realizing it. Every time we develop a method for completing a task or project and every time we adapt a recipe, we create a prototype.When you read "Prototypes," think about the way you apply the concepts and categories to daily life. You may be amaze...

According to my dictionary, "ethic" is a discipline or system that deals with moral values. The choices we make are based upon our values, whether or not we are conscious of the values.Recently I watched part of Oliver Twist on PBS. Fagan's values impacted his thinking and living.Politicians' decisions, based on their personal ethic and values, impact the thinking and life of the nation.The articl...