by drsnipes | Feb 18, 2007 | Goal Setting, Mental Health
As humans, we often prefer to stay with what we know. People will tend to resist change until it becomes too uncomfortable to remain the same. Behavior modification is a wonderful tool. It can be used to increase behaviors, or to eliminate unwanted behaviors....
by drsnipes | Feb 18, 2007 | Anxiety, Mental Health
Approximately 19.1 million American adults in a given year, have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders frequently co-occur with depression or substance abuse. Women are more likely than men to have an anxiety disorder. Approximately 2.4 million American adults have...
by drsnipes | Feb 18, 2007 | Anger, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Anger is a defense mechanism that protects us from threat or fear of rejection, isolation, loss of control, failure, the unknown and/or death. Think back to the last 2 times you were angry. What fears was your anger related to? Create a table. In the first column,...
by drsnipes | Feb 18, 2007 | Anger, Anxiety, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Important Points About Anger Anger is a defense mechanism. It defends people against the six basic fears: fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of loss of self-control/respect, fear of isolation, fear of death, fear of the unknown. Anger protects people...
by drsnipes | Feb 18, 2007 | Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, Depression, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Anger, anxiety, guilt, regret and worry are all perfectly normal emotions. They are our mind’s way of telling us that something is wrong and we need to get off our keesters to fix it. As I have said many times before, we only have a limited amount of energy to stay...
by drsnipes | Feb 18, 2007 | Anger, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Many people know they have anger control problems and feel guilty, but they don't know how to fix it. Identify which of the following characteristics best describes you and start trying to make a change. High levels of tension. These people describe themselves as...
