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Warwick was getting on everybody’s nerves, including his own. “I just hate this time of year! It’s cold, there’s nothing to do, work is a drag“....

The Social Isolation Schema Maurice was lonely and angry. “No matter where I go, I’m on the outer of groups. People can just sense that I’m...

How do you solve a First World Problem? Some see First World Problems as problems that are laughably trivial. But I prefer to see them as...

Read Part I and Part II of this series.   Its sometime in the late 90’s. Justin arrives home on a Saturday afternoon, heavy with dread....

I never get enough sleep. I stay up late at night, because I’m Night Guy. Night Guy wants to stay up late. ‘What about getting up...

This is the last of my series on the 18 Early Maladaptive Schemas. Coming in much later than the other articles in this series – I...

Limitless In 2011, Bradley Cooper started taking a drug that allowed him to use the full awesome power of his brain. With his innate cognitive capacities...

Martin* and his wife are tired and at each other’s throats. “Every chore becomes a tense standoff, its like she thinks I have this hidden extra...

Its true that I don’t value of social media very highly. In a nutshell, I believe that most internet-based applications serve to draw us further into...

This is the last in my series of the most common psychological disorders in Australia. The list of common disorders had three entries for substance use...

Being a long-time sceptic of the influence social media, I was happy to hear last week that Facebook had banned news.  It’s not that I necessarily...

We live in a digital world. We were already rapidly cyberfying our lives, and the current crisis has just sped up the journey to our new...

Craig* was raised by his drug-addicted mother. “My childhood was like being in the Kelly gang” Craig noted cynically “only a lot less glamourous”. Intelligent and...

Alexander was dumped by his girlfriend. “How could she do this to me?!” he bemoaned “Nothing I did seemed good enough for her, I was always...

Happy New Year readers! It’s been quite a while between posts. I’m sorry if you’ve been hanging out for your weekly/fortnightly hit of blog. I’ve recently...

One more in my series on the most common psychological disorders in Australia.   Charlie* had sought treatment following a suicide attempt. “I’d gambled away all our...

Read Part I of this article for an intro. In the first part I explained how procrastination means prioritising short-term gain over long-term pain. This part...

It’s the night before the major essay is due. Justin* is furiously typing 2,000 words, having started work only a few hours earlier. Not typically a...