Groucho Marx once said he would never join a club that would have him as a member. That’s how one of my patients seems to run her romantic life. Somehow she always seems to chase the guys who don’t want her – but has no time for the guys who do. This is a common [...]
Archive for January 20th, 2010
Why the people you’re into aren’t into you, and the people you aren’t into are
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged child within, drill sergeant, just not that into you, pleasing, rejection, seductive-withholding love object on January 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
You’re starting to scare me
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged fear, hyper-alert, hypochondriac, hypochondriasis, PTSD, scared on January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week a patient complained he wasn’t sleeping well. He said he was feeling like a hypochondriac – obsessively worrying about his health. He’s young, and perfectly well, but suddenly every little ache and pain was bubonic plague. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is usually effective for anxiety, so we did a little CBT exercise together, in [...]
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