Category: Misc
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When Breaks Don’t Feel Like They’re Helping
Read more: When Breaks Don’t Feel Like They’re HelpingYou finally cleared your calendar. You went on the weekend trip. You closed your laptop. You did all the things you’re supposed to do to recharge… but you still feel exhausted, foggy, unmotivated, or on edge. Maybe worse. So what gives? If you’re burned out, it’s not unusual for breaks to feel like they don’t…
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Anxious in Los Angeles
Read more: Anxious in Los AngelesAnxiety manifests differently for everyone. Some people experience physical symptoms like headaches, muscle tension, or disrupted sleep. Others find themselves caught in mental loops of “what if” scenarios, doom-scrolling social media, or feeling overwhelmed by daily tasks that used to feel manageable. Many Angelenos are juggling multiple stressors: political uncertainty, economic pressures, and the ongoing…
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Los Feliz Therapy
Read more: Los Feliz TherapyIf you’re looking for a therapist in Los Feliz, you’ve likely noticed how much the neighborhood has grown into a hub for mental health care. When I first opened my office here, finding therapy or psychiatry often meant driving across the city. Today, with more local psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and wellness providers, it’s much easier to…
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Figuring Out Therapy
Read more: Figuring Out TherapyIn case you missed in, here’s Daphne Merkin on the pitfalls of entertaining in therapy–Making My Therapist Laugh (NYT): One of the odder things about therapy, I’ve discovered, is that it comes with little in the way of a code of conduct as opposed to other situations you find yourself in…There is no one, in short,…
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Opting Out
Read more: Opting OutInteresting study, by Dr. Carl Hart, written up in the New York Times: At the start of each day, as researchers watched behind a one-way mirror, a nurse would place a certain amount of crack in a pipe — the dose varied daily — and light it. While smoking, the participant was blindfolded so he couldn’t…