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Wanting to Kill Yourself, But Not Wanting to Kill Yourself

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:21:58 PST

This is such a great topic and I've avoided it for too long. But a comment on an old post reminded me that you have to hear the other side of suicidal ideation. This is sanitized a bit. The bold...

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Housekeeping

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:46:29 PDT

I just cleaned the refrigerator because Michelle (not her real name) from Blue Cross Blue Shield called to inform me that because I am a "high volume" provider; they're coming over to audit my...

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Being Right Part Two

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:36:16 PDT

I thought there might be a Part Two when I posted Part One of Being Right. Sometimes there has to be a Part Two. In Part One we find me hopeful about people changing. It takes time, but even people...

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On Being Right

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:28:37 PDT

You wonder, don't you, why it is that some people can never be wrong? Even caught, busted, backed into a corner, they'll lie to your face, tell you they didn't understand the question, or that...

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Human/Animal Rights

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:28:46 PDT

National Network to End Domestic Violence Hands down, one of the best resources on the web. A personal fave, the chocolate Labrador retirever. Short story: A patient, someone who is weighing...

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The Mamas and the Papas Indeed

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:57:25 PDT

California Dreaming? I'm not feeling sorry for myself, but it's been four months since I've seen my West Coast kids and grandkids and that's a little long, even with Google-vid and chat, texting and...

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What is Borderline Personality Disorder

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:04:50 PDT

One of my favorite critics told me that the post below isn't clear, that people don't realize how hard it is to have this disorder, and how hard it is, sometimes, maybe even most of the time, to live...

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Borderline Personality Disorder and The Fake

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:49:58 PDT

Originally I just wanted to tell the story about the stand underneath my fish tank, how I found it at Bed Bath and Beyond while shopping for a gift for a shower (yes, I had the coupon), shlepped it...

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Humble Request

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:53:16 PDT

If you can think of names of songs, movies, Youtube clips, anything that relates to sexual assault,harassment, or otherwise asserting sexual power with coercion in relationships (a form of sexual...

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Anyone's Kid

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:05:37 PDT

That's my helmet, my bike path. Two relatively short stories coming up. There have been complaints from the peanut gallery that my posts are too long. For the record, in my defense, I did not...

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President Obama to Children on their first day of School

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:43:11 PDT

This is not a political post. I am not a political blogger. But still. It one falls under, I'm proud to be an American. People don't say that as much, lately. And we don't even have that on the...

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Will Treating Depression Treat Heart Disease?

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:24:19 PDT

That's the title on page 8, WSJ, thanks Shirley S. Wang. I wondered when this would become news. It is true, or so it seems in my practice and clinical sense, that having a cardiac event puts a...

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Your Worst Nightmare

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:30 PDT

Some of you who have read old posts might remember that I have had recurrent home invader dreams once or twice a year for as far back as I can remember. Always the same thing. Some big, unshaven,...

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Really Good Tissues

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:40:54 PDT

When I was in graduate school they told me that you shouldn't hand people the tissues when they're crying because you want them to know that it's okay to do that, cry, and if you hand over the...

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Shame

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:22:27 PDT

What we didn't say in the last post, The Disappearing Act, not specifically, is that shame has a huge impact upon personality. Although we talked about fear of exposure in the comments, it is shame...

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The Disappearing Act

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:37:53 PDT

Maybe, instead of lovers, you start out as best friends. Or maybe there has always been chemistry. Maybe someone fixed the two up, thought you would work well together, and you did. In each case...

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Doubt

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:33:12 PDT

Warning: There may be spoilers. If you haven't seen John Patrick Shanley's film but intend to, no question this will ruin it. You probably know that it is about the Catholic Church cover up of...

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Back a' cha'

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:12:52 PDT

It's been awhile since I did this, and of course feel guilty because people have been linking over here and there's been no time to link back, life's pretty crazy. On the other hand, I just told my...

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Separation

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:31:48 PDT

This morning I wake up really early with a plaintive OneRepublic song in my head, Come Home. Lyrics :Hello world Hope you're listening Forgive me if I'm young For speaking out of turn There's...

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I Confess

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:53:49 PDT

Okay, I confess. The reason you don’t see me blogging so much anymore is that there are other things to write (like you, am poking at a book that will never see the light of day) and am super busy...

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Traffic and Weather

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:05:30 PDT

I’m taking a 7th inning stretch, moseying into my colleague’s office to say hi. She’s aggravated because patients aren’t showing up. “Do I charge them?” she asks. “For sure! Charge ‘em!” I’m...

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Termination

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:12:41 PDT

I think-- gold watches, retirement parties. Cake. Or the divorce party. Gonna' wash that man right out of my hair (a real oldie, you're not expected to know it). The due a person gets for...

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Top Ten Excuses: Governor Sanford

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:26:32 PDT

No, I'm not finished with it. Last night I had the house to myself (the remote) so I settled down to a warm teev to see what the world has to say about Governor Sanford. What a nice looking guy,...

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Take me away: Gov. Sanford

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:10:29 PDT

So I feel pretty silly, not knowing or even suggesting to anyone that Governor Sanford was having an affair, wasn't hiking in the Appalachians as he led us to believe. The transcript of his...

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Friendship and Professional Boundaries

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:39:34 PDT

In the last post Porcini asked me a question in the comments section. You can go back to that to see how I answered her there. She wants to know how I handle it when I really like a patient. Don't...

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