Christine Mermilliod, MS, LPC LMFT NCC LPCC

Feeling ragey? Don't bury your anger, process it. Here's how We're often taught to repress our feelings and behave nicely. But anger has a biological purpose, and psychologists say it's healthier to embrace it. Here are four steps for working with anger.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/04/689747637/if-youre-often-angry-or-irritable-you-may-be-depressed

If You're Often Angry Or Irritable, You May Be Depressed Physicians have been taught to look for signs of hopelessness, sadness and lack of motivation to help them diagnose depression. But anger as a depression symptom is less often noticed or addressed.

Six Ways to Make Your Life Easier and More Peaceful – By Using Stoic Principles As the world felt increasingly chaotic, I wondered which principles I could apply – turns out there were many.

I can’t picture things in my mind. I didn’t realize that was unusual People with aphantasia can’t mentally visualize things. Mental imagery is a spectrum, and we lie outside it, in the dark

Self-Silencing Is Making Women Sick For women, being more disappointing could be a lifesaver, writes Maytal Eyal.

A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.

4 Common Patterns of Coercive Control in Relationships 4. Monitoring a partner's health and body.

https://neuroclastic.com/autistic-people-care-too-much-research-says/

Autistic People Care Too Much, Research Says A research article concluded that autistic people cared too much about others, citing inflexibility to be an issue by following moral code even when individual gains are high. In my personal opinio…

https://ca.specialisterne.com/moral-injury-at-work-and-neurodiversity-are-there-additional-risk-factors/

Moral Injury at Work and Neurodiversity: Are there Additional Risk Factors? | Specialisterne Canada Specialisterne Foundation is a non-for-profit organization that works to enable one million jobs for people with autism and similar challenges. The foundation owns Specialisterne Denmark and the Specialisterne concept and trademark.

Want to Be More Successful, on Your Terms? Science Says Avoid the Spotlight Effect Research shows no one notices what you do more than you. And that's a good thing.

Here is an organization that is helping trans people to relocate out of the US. It is region-specific (the Dakotas and Minnesota), however, their website (in comments) has information and resources that may be helpful to trans/NB folks anywhere in the US who are considering leaving. Specifically, they link to a TransRights map (in comments) that summarizes country-specific information.

I hope that this concept will spread to other regions. I have several trans/NB clients who are looking into relocation, and a service like this would be invaluable to them.

‘18 more months, then I’m in Iceland’: The group helping trans people leave the US Rynn Willgohs knew something was wrong when she got ‘culture shock’ from a tolerant society. Now she works to help people like her flee the country in search of something better. Holly Baxter reports on the trans people leaving America — and the people who think they’re traitors to the cause

Autism awareness really is growing, but harmful misconceptions still remain As April is Autism Acceptance Month, known by some as Autism Awareness Month, let’s take some time to understand autism and misconceptions that still persist.

3 Signs That a Relationship Is Based on Loneliness, Not Love Is it true love? Or is it the fear of being lonely or losing someone?

I love banter, but my friends say my teasing is ‘toxic’ | Xtra Magazine A reader questions whether she has to change her personality in order to respect her “tender” friends’ boundaries

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‘A Lot Fell Into Place’: The Adults Who Discovered They Were Autistic—After Their Child Was Diagnosed The recorded incidence of autism has increased 787% in 20 years. For many parents, getting help for an autistic child alerted them to their own traits.

Research participation opportunity (survey only) for people in CNM (consensual non-monogamy) relationships.

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Massive review study suggests psychological trauma nearly triples a person's risk of mental disorder A systematic review of 14 meta-analyses found strong evidence that psychological trauma increases one’s risk of mental disorder by nearly three-fold. The findings were published in the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. ...

New Support for the Notion of a Serotonin Deficit in Depression - Neuroscience News Recent studies have suggested there is not enough evidence to support the serotonin hypothesis for depression. However, a new study shows direct evidence of disrupted serotonin release in the brains of those with depression.

Love Bombing, which I used to call "The Full Court Press," is a hallmark of unhealthy relationships. If it all seems too much too soon, it probably is.

Love Bombing Can Feel A Lot Like Romance — Here’s How To Tell Them Apart Love bombing can be hard to detect since kind gestures can be mistaken for genuine interest. Here’s how to know if you’re dating a love bomber.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/05/it-feels-like-fresh-air-to-my-ears-can-brown-noise-really-help-you-concentrate?utm_source=pocket-newtab

‘It feels like fresh air to my ears’: can brown noise really help you concentrate? Some people use it to improve their focus while others use it to drop off to sleep. The writer Zadie Smith says she listens to it day and night. But what is brown noise? And does it work?

Why Adult Child/Parent Reconciliation Is Often Impossible After estrangement, putting Humpty Dumpty back together has its own obstacles.

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Adam Grant

Escape the perfectionist trap with the Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" can help.