≡ Menu

Home
Personal Consulting
eBook
Why Chipur?
Chipur Kudos
Articles
Contact

Articles

2021

12/01 10 pieces of advice if your partner doesn’t understand your mood or anxiety disorder
11/24 It’s the Holiday Season: 12 ludicrous tips for survival
11/16 Crippling Depression: Is there a SAINT in your future?
11/10 Attachment: Why it’s important to know your style
11/02 Agoraphobia: What it is and why there’s hope
10/27 Self-Soothing: 15 ways to stabilize
10/22 12 signs you may be a perfectionist: Are you one?
10/13 Brain Fog: What you need to know
10/06 Loneliness: Understanding and relieving the pain
09/29 My dove epiphany: One of 12 comforting angel signs
09/22 The default mode network: What and why you NEED to know
09/15 The thoughts keep coming: 10 ways to manage rumination
09/08 Stress: The need-to-know series | Part 3: 10 trusty remedies
09/01 Stress: The need-to-know series | Part 2: The stress response
08/26 Stress: The need-to-know series
08/18 12 things to do when there’s nothing you can do
08/10 Blue light and the emotional/mental disorders: A hazardous combination
08/04 Being a kid these days? I interviewed my granddaughter
07/27 COVID-19: “Will it ever end?” Thoughts and suggestions
07/20 Psychotic features in major depressive disorder: What you need to know
07/13 Passive-Aggression: What you need to know
07/05 Taking the week off…
06/29 The motion of emotion: da Vinci knew it well
06/23 Zuranolone: An exciting antidepressant in the pipeline
06/15 The mood and anxiety disorders: A helpful Q&A
06/09 Treating depression with psilocybin: An introduction
06/02 Misophonia: When sounds become toxic
05/25 How to fall asleep with anxiety
05/18 National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2021: “You Are Not Alone”
05/12 Connecting the Dots: How to creatively manage your mood or anxiety disorder
05/04 Sedation & Psych Meds: What you’ll want to know
04/27 Intrusive Thoughts: “How can I be thinking these things?” (Part 2)
04/20 Intrusive Thoughts: “How can I be thinking these things?”
04/13 Fibromyalgia: What to understand and how to manage (Part 2)
04/06 Fibromyalgia: What to understand and how to manage
03/30 Antidepressants & Sex: What you need to know
03/23 Irritability: What to understand and how to manage
03/16 The stunning power of smell
03/09 Major Depressive Disorder: What you need to know
03/02 Stigma: We’ll challenge it together
02/23 11 gems of perspective and hope
02/17 Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder: What you may not know
02/08 Borderline Personality Disorder: Let’s get it right
02/02 Laughter: A powerful remedy
01/26 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? You deserve to know what’s going on
01/19 Relationship OCD: What you need to know (before you make a mistake)
01/12 Adult ADHD: Did you know it was possible?
01/06 Narcissistic personality disorder: What you need to know

2020

12/31 Happy New Year!
12/29 2021: 12 tips for making it a wonderful year
12/24 Merry Christmas!
12/21 The greatest gift of all: Life
12/15 Vestibular disorders, anxiety, and depression: What you need to know
12/12 Great News! Chipur’s Personal Consulting Service Is Up and Running
12/08 Tinnitus: What you need to know about the psych connection
12/01 Why Santa believes this is an especially important holiday season
11/24 Enough already: How to wrap-up a very trying year
11/17 Aromatherapy: The benefits you need to know
11/10 Healing crystals: Why they may help you feel better
11/03 Election day: Life goes on. Always has, always will.
10/28 The “news” game: Why you may want to quit
10/20 Brodmann areas and depression: What and why you need to know
10/14 Dreams: I know you’ll find this interesting
10/07 Life lesson: Strive to be uncomfortable (it’s how you’ll find comfort)
09/29 Just moved: 9 personal insights that SCREAM for my attention
09/22 How to become self-aware. It’s not about finding yourself.
09/14 Taking the week off
09/08 How to help the children: COVID-19 and health anxiety
09/02 How to bring light to our darkest of days
08/25 Are you suicidal? Someone you know? Read this.
08/18 Every day, all day, it comes down to you. What and why you need to know…
08/13 14 tips for really living life. (Enduring is such a drag.)
08/04 Unbeknownst to you, it was your time. But you quit. Now what?
07/28 5 months later, what has COVID-19 taught you about yourself?
07/21 Love: Don’t give up and never let it go
07/14 Psychopathy: Fascinating subject, interesting perspective
07/08 Trying to be someone you’re not? Maybe you need a time-out.
06/30 Wrote myself a letter. It was long overdue. Here, read it.
06/23 Burnout…isn’t the same as stressed-out or depressed
06/16 Interpreaction & Interpreversal: The Calming Power of Reason
06/09 11 things to consider when you can’t get what you want
06/02 “I am so sick of this world.” Still, we can’t lose hope.
05/26 Social Anxiety Disorder: What & Why You Need to Know
05/19 The Pandemic: Fighting & Winning the Emotional & Mental Battle
05/12 12 Reactions to the Pandemic & Rules That Prove We’re Sane as Can Be
05/06 Me, Myself, and I: How to Become Darned Good Company
04/29 When Was the Last Time You Touched Someone? Do You Miss It?
04/22 Fatigue: Why Are You So Worn-Out?
04/14 6 Reasons Change Can Be Really Hard
04/07 12 Ridiculously Silly Things to Do If You’re Going Nuts at Home
04/04 11 Ways to Manage Your Biological Clock During Stressful Times
04/01 17 Random & Scary COVID-19 Thoughts & Feelings: Understandable, but Disposable
03/25 Opportunity Is Knocking. Will We Open the Door?
03/20 Coronavirus: Something to Chew on If You Have a Mood or Anxiety Disorder
03/17 The Neurobiology of OCD: Some Slick & Hopeful Detective Work (Part 2)
03/13 The Neurobiology of OCD: Some Slick & Hopeful Detective Work
03/04 11 Things to Do When Life Gets Flaming Hot (E/M First Aid)
02/26 Life in the Mood & Anxiety Disorder Neck of the Woods: Making Sense of It All
02/19 Groundbreaking High-Tech Strategies to Guide Depression Treatment
02/11 Bipolar Disorder: The Meds Scoop from 2019 (Part 2)
02/05 Bipolar Disorder: The Meds Scoop from 2019
01/29 Living with OCD: Hell on Earth, but Hope Is Eternal
01/22 How ‘Bout We Shake Hands and Move on With Life – Together?
01/14 Borderpolar: I’m Thinking I Know What It Is. Do I?
01/09 The Chipur Facebook Group Is Ready for You. Join!
01/07 A Personal Story of Insight, Acceptance – and Solitude

2019

12/31 10 Goodies to Take Into the Ring for Round 2020
12/24 Thinking About You and Wishing You Well
12/18 Sugar & Depression: Nothing Like a Little Holiday Cheer
12/11 Gaslighting: 11 Cruel & Power-Grabbing Techniques
12/04 Sleep Inertia: “No wonder mornings, and the rest of my day, are so hard.”
11/26 ‘Tis the Season, Right?: Exploring Dual Diagnosis
11/21 The Holidays Are Here! (And you may feel like gagging.)
11/12 I Suck at Sleeping. And According to This, I Really Need to Work on It.
11/07 It’s Cutting Edge Research Like This That’ll Eventually Set Us Free
10/30 Living with a Mood or Anxiety Disorder: “Why Me?”
10/24 Washington & Lafayette: What These Guys Taught Me
10/16 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Facts
10/09 Do We Have Free Will When Living with an Emotional or Mental Disorder?
10/02 Relaxation-Induced Anxiety: What & Why You Need to Know
09/25 Panic Attacks! The Breathing & Hyperventilating Relief Angle
09/18 10 Living with a Mood or Anxiety Disorder Nuggets from a Seasoned Manager
09/06 Living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder: “I’m Free…But Not Falling”
08/27 Depression Isn’t Always “Depression”: 3 Types You Might Not Know About
08/22 Cannabinoids & Chronic Pain: Pushing Away from Opioids?
08/14 Psychomotor Agitation: What & Why You Need to Know
08/07 Anxiety: It Can Be Different in Men
07/31 Stigma! Yep, Even in the Doctor’s Office: A Personal Guest Post
07/24 How many times have you asked, “Is it the meds…or me?”
07/17 Kratom: What & Why You Need to Know
07/10 Anxiety! 4 Gargantuan Intervention Points
07/03 Anxiety! What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
06/26 Intermittent Fasting: Food for Thought for Brain Health. Yes, No?
06/19 BDNF: What It Is and Why It’s Crucial to Know
06/12 Sensory Processing Disorders: Why They Matter to a Mood or Anxiety Disorder Sufferer
06/05 Fragmented Sleep: What It Is and Why You Want It to Stop
05/30 Antidepressants & Sleep: Not Always the Best of Friends. What Now?
05/23 Artificial Intelligence: Changing the Mental Health Landscape
05/15 “In a Perfect World”: What Would Yours Tell You About…You?
05/09 You just found out your life is ending in a year. Yikes, what now?
05/01 “They tell me I have bipolar 2. So, antidepressants…yes, no?”
04/25 Our Lives Are “Profiles in Courage.” Just Ask This Guy.
04/17 “I just want to be happy. Is that really asking for too much?”
04/10 Fantasy: Learn About It, Use and Enjoy It (heck, it’s free)
04/01 The Solar Plexus: What You Need to Know About the Third Chakra
03/26 “SSRIs seem to work for everyone else. So why not me?” Enlightening New Research…
03/20 Augmenting Traditional Psychiatry with Asian Medicine: Even Docs Are In
03/13 Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression: Would You Do It?
03/06 “OMG! My coping props aren’t working. Now what am I going to do?!”
02/27 “ADHD, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder. Okay, which is it?”
02/19 The Freeze Response (and the temperature could be a sizzling 90 degrees)
02/08 Hope for Anxiety: An Important Update on Drugs in Development
01/31 Hope for Depression: An Important Update on Drugs in Development
01/25 And Now He’s Gone: 10 Vital Takeaways
01/11 LvB: A Symphony of Genius, Beauty…and Torment

2018

12/29 Another New Year and My Mind Is Hummin’ Along
12/19 The Four Pillars: A Holiday Greeting
12/13 OCD: A New Study Says It Isn’t Your Fault. So Quit Hiding (and get help)!
12/06 Finding a Little Meaning in Life Goes a Long Way
11/29 Saving People From Suicide: An Occasional Letter? Really?
11/21 Thankful: A Simple & Poetic Message
11/14 Chips Off the Old Block: You’ll Love These Yummy Research Morsels
11/08 Benjamin Rush, MD: The Father of American Psychiatry
11/01 Benzodiazepines: Time to Say Good-Bye?
10/24 The OPIOID CRISIS: Plenty of Treatment Need-to-Knows
10/18 The POWER of the BASICS: TOUCH (with poetry)
10/10 Depression Meds: Where We Are & Where We’re (Maybe) Going
10/03 Insomnia & dCBT: Well Beyond Pills and Way More Than Just Sleep
09/26 Sleep Apnea & Depression: Not So Strange Bedfellows
09/18 Hang in There, People. Will Be Hummin’ Very Soon…
08/29 Early-Life STRESS to Later-Life DEPRESSION: A Biological Explanation
08/15 “But what if my ‘season of life’ doesn’t change? I mean, what then?”
08/08 THYROID HORMONE as a Treatment for BIPOLAR DEPRESSION? Sure, Why Not?
08/01 Anxiety & Bipolarity: With GOOFY FRIENDS Like That, Who Needs ENEMIES?
07/25 Looking for LASTING RELIEF? Always Consider the POWER of the Basics. Like This…
07/17 If You Don’t BREATHE You Die. If You Don’t BREATHE CORRECTLY You’ll Feel Like It.
07/10 The Meds-Therapy Chat: A Psychiatrist’s Perspective
07/04 It Ain’t Goin’ Anywhere Soon. So Isn’t It Time to TELL the KIDS?
06/20 21 grounding techniques to get you back in the moment
06/12 Chips Off the Old Block: Yikes! This Edition Even Includes a Free Trial ($$$)
06/06 Derealization & Depersonalization: What is this horror?
05/30 Our Reward System & Dopamine: Incredible, Life-Sustaining (a Trap)
05/23 Our Teens & School Mass Shootings: Where Have We Gone Wrong?
05/16 A Carb-Pounding Frenzy: “Yikes, What’s Goin’ on Here?”
05/09 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: What & Why You Need to Know
05/01 NEUROTICISM: Be Good to Yourself and SURRENDER
04/24 Why This SELF-MONITORING Model Makes for the Easiest Drive
04/17 How to LOOSEN-UP When You’re RIGID as STEEL (with script)
04/10 As Much as We May Hate It, It’s Stunning: 15 Cool Facts About the Brain…
04/03 Just Another Chronic Illness (that isn’t going away)
03/27 Chips off the Old Block: “So Much on My Mind Lately.”
03/20 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: What You Need to Know
03/13 Be It Ever So Humble, There’s No Place Like Home
03/06 The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: Stunningly Hopeful Work
02/27 “I felt GOOD. You know…good INSIDE. For no reason. That, my friends, is PROGRESS.”
02/20 Trichotillomania: What You NEED to KNOW, One Strand at a Time
02/13 My Life Is HELL and You Want GRATITUDE? Really?
02/06 12 Signs You’re Overstimulated
01/30 6 COPING with an ILLNESS Tips If You Struggle with a Mood or Anxiety Disorder
01/23 “WHO AM I?” Not the Cure, but the Answer(s) Can Sure Make Life Easier
01/16 “WHO AM I?” And Why EVERYTHING Is Riding on It
01/09 Eric Clapton: You Really NEED to Know His Story
01/02 10 BIGGIES You Need to THINK About as 2018 Begins

2017

12/29 Happy NEW Year!? It’s About TIME.
12/23 Holiday Note
12/19 DEPRESSION & ANXIETY RELIEF: Why a BATH May Be Just the Ticket
12/12 The MOTION of EMOTION: Leonardo Knew It Well
12/05 PSYCHOTIC BREAK? NERVOUS BREAKDOWN? What You NEED to Know
11/28 Our TIME WARPED Minds: Know Your UNCONSCIOUS, Know Yourself
11/21 10 Things for Which I’m THANKFUL: How ‘Bout YOU?
11/14 5 LIFESTYLE Changes for BATTLING DEPRESSION: Maybe It’s Time for a TUNE-UP?
11/07 OCD: Once UNTREATABLE, Now There’s HOPE for Even the TOUGHEST Cases
10/31 10 Ways to MANAGE GUILT & SHAME: What to do when you THINK it’s YOU
10/24 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DEPRESSION: The Relationship Just Might SURPRISE You
10/17 Takin’ a Time-Out This Week
10/10 CANNABIDIOL: What Is It? Why Should a MOOD or ANXIETY DISORDER Sufferer Care?
10/03 OCD Need-to-Know ALERT! The Crucial ACTION & CONFIDENCE Connection
09/26 The UNIQUENESS & LIKABILITY of YOU (If you dare observe)
09/19 Antidepressants SMACKED Again: Readers STUNNED, Defiant
09/12 The CAUSE of DEPRESSION: What If It Really Is THIS?
09/05 The Mood and Anxiety Disorder MEDS PIPELINE: What’s REALLY Going On?
08/29 Is Your Mind DUPING You into Believing Your ANTIDEPRESSANT Is WORKING (but it really isn’t)?
08/25 “I’m Sorry.”
08/15 FEAR of DEATH, FEAR in LIFE: The PARADOX of THANATOPHOBIA
08/08 KETAMINE & DEPRESSION Treatment Update: Paradise or Another Cruel Joke
08/01 TEMPERAMENT: Onboard and READY to ROLL. Why It Matters NOW.
07/18 Cognitive DISSONANCE: For a good shot at FEELING BETTER, read this.
07/11 Why Are We SUFFERING? Were We Just ACCIDENTS Waiting to Happen?
07/04 The NEUROGENESIS Theory of DEPRESSION: Have We Reached the Promised Land?
06/27 Mood STABILIZERS: Treating the SWINGS of the MOOD SPECTRUM
06/20 LONELINESS: With All of the PAIN, Wouldn’t You Like to Know WHY?
06/13 3 Ways to Make the Most of a Major Life Transition
06/06 Juvenile Bipolar Disorder: Controversy & Reliable Info
05/30 EXPECTATION: A Builder & DESTROYER of SOULS
05/26 “I HATE Three-Day Weekends!” (Got an offer for ya’)
05/23 LIFE in the Key of…YOU
05/16 “No Matter Who I See or What I Take, I Still Feel Like Crap.” A Guest Post
05/09 Questions, Questions, So MANY QUESTIONS. But This One Can Be the Most TROUBLING…
05/02 Real World PTSD: “Hey, Tommy’s door is open. Let’s pop-in for a visit.”
04/24 I Will Help You: A HEARTFELT Initiative to SAVE LIVES
04/18 Thank You, Healthline. Thank You, READERS!
04/11 It’s STORY Time on Chipur: “You Don’t Have to Live Like That Anymore.”
04/03 How to SIT with DIFFICULT EMOTIONS: Danielle Shares Her PERSONAL Story
03/28 A Thought Is But a THOUGHT: REALITY and RESPONSE Are Up to Us
03/21 Donald J. Trump: Why Does He UPSET Us So?
03/13 BIPOLAR DISORDER Doesn’t Get Its Due. And I Think It’s Time to PUT UP OUR DUKES!
02/28 The TRUTH About the TRUTH: We Can RUN but We Can’t HIDE
02/21 The TOP 9 Supplements for Your Optimal Mental Health
02/13 “BOTTOM of the Morning to Ya’!” Whatcha’ Need to Know About MORNING DEPRESSION
02/01 Avoiding the CHANGE Trap: Shrewd COUNSEL from Psychologist Angus Munro (and Sydney)
01/27 Elusive PERFECTION in the Chase for EXCELLENCE: A Very Hard LESSON
01/17 Social Anxiety Disorder: A Med Student’s SAD Tale (with a HOPEFUL Ending)
01/08 We need YOU! Will you write a GUEST POST for Chipur?

2016

12/31 A PERSONAL Message for the New Year. And a THANK YOU!
12/24
12/22 DEPRESSION in MEN: Our guest post writer says, “Yeah, it’s DIFFERENT.”
12/12 12 Things to Contemplate When MEDS Are Lookin’ (Awfully) GOOD
11/30 10 Things to Think About When CHANGE Is Knocking at the Door
11/23 How to SURVIVE the HOLIDAYS: Must I spell it out for you? (You know I will anyway)
11/15 Bare-Knuckled and Bloody, but It’s Gonna’ Be ALRIGHT | Could It Be Time to HEAL?
11/02 13 Things to IMMEDIATELY Consider When You’re SPIRALING DOWNWARD (and scared)
10/25 And you thought they were just for counting: What our FINGERS tell us about who we are
10/11 The Wonder of Brian Wilson | An Inspiring Story of Beauty, Near-Death, and Recovery
09/28 Chips Off the Old Block | Even More Informative Yummies from the Inbox
09/19 The Truth About Tic Disorders | “Whoa! What causes these, anyway? And how do I show them the door?”
09/07 The Truth About Tic Disorders | The Chummy and Tricky Coexistence of OCD and Tics/Tourette Syndrome
08/30 The Truth About Tic Disorders | Challenging Stigma, Restoring Lives
08/09 Why We Suffer | Diggin’ Deep in the Psyche with Psychotherapist Peter Michaelson
07/25 Chips Off the Old Block | More Informative Yummies from the Inbox
07/12 Regression | Growing Ourselves Back Up (and dumping buckets of mood and anxiety misery)
06/28 Regression | Understanding What Could Be the Fix for Your Mood and Anxiety Misery
06/13 Chips Off the Old Block | Informative Yummies from the Inbox
06/01 The Disappointment of Antidepressants: You Really Need to Read This Study
05/19 The Mother Teresa You May Not Know: Her Spiritual Health, Her Depression
05/08 Cool tattoo. Who knew it was your second brain?
05/02 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: How to Break the Grip and Move-On with Your Life
04/18 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 300.02 Was on My Receipt. Does It Belong on Yours?
04/05 Your Beaker, My Beaker: Why It’s Crucial to Understand They’re Different
03/22 “It Is Well with My Soul”: A Tale of Family Tragedy, Courage, and Victory
03/08 The Thing Isn’t Really the Thing. The Thing is Actually the Reaction to the Thing. (Huh?)
02/23 Cognitive Restructuring: Do Not Make This Disastrous Mistake (Crash, Boom!)
02/08 Ketamine for Depression: 10 Essential “Infusion-Confusion” Busters
01/26 Must-Read Bipolarity Information: Mixed Mood States and Rapid Cycling
01/12 Locus of Control: Is Yours an “Innie” or an “Outie?” (And why it matters)

2015

12/31 10 Life-Changing Truths for Those Enduring a Mood or Anxiety Disorder | Happy 2016!
12/15 Top 3 Ways to Silence Your Inner Demons this Holiday Season (and Beyond!)
12/03 10 Reasons Why Suffering Is Good for Us (Still, it ain’t much fun.)
11/24 “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” | A Holiday Season Primer
11/11 Bipolar Disorder: The ‘Exciting’ and ‘Comforting’ Brain Neuron Connection
10/27 The Benzodiazepine Dilemma: Man, I thought long and hard about posting this.
10/13 Self-Harm and Substance Use Disorders: Need-to-Know Connections and Facts
09/29 Socratic Questioning: Demand, and Use, It to Annihilate Your Depression and Anxiety
09/17 Raquel & Lee: A Heartening Story of a Cover Blown and How to Lend a Helping Hand
09/02 Teen Depression in America: The Very Hard Facts (and Hope)
08/20 The Precious Jewel Within: Each of Us Has at Least One (Oh yes we do!)
08/07 “Forty-three years ago,” I kept saying to myself: A valuable lesson on living life
07/21 PTSD & Benzos: New Information You Really Need to Know
07/07 ‘Life in Bite-Sized Morsels: Learning to Live Life on Life’s Terms’ | A Book Recommendation
06/23 Oh What Our Thoughts Can Do to Us (and how to undo) | Wisdom from a Chipur Friend
06/09 Our Teens Are Hurting and Dying | They Deserve a Lot More EMPATHY
06/02 The Walsh Protocol: A Guest Post on Depression Treatment Alternatives
05/27 The Antidepressant Black Box Warning: Is It Necessary? Did It Backfire?
05/12 Depression According to Michael | He Said You Can Come In
05/05 Antidepressant Alternatives | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Relapse
04/21 It’s All in How We Say It | The Between-the-Lines of Stigma
04/07 A. S.A.N.E. M.I.N.D. | To the Letter
03/26 Tattoo You!
03/23 The Ruminating Dilemma | Understanding and Solutions (Yanking the Velcro)
03/10 Frozen in Symptoms? Ya’ Gotta’ Roll the Bones!
03/03 Chipur Update | Anorexia, Eating Disorders, and a Smokin’ CBT
02/24 “Low-serotonin doesn’t cause depression? You’re kiddin’ me, right?!”
02/17 10 Ways to Keep Our World Intact When All Hell Breaks Loose
02/10 Our Stress and Relaxation Responses | How to Call Upon and Nurture Your Relaxation Response
02/03 Our Stress and Relaxation Responses | Understanding Them and Working Toward Calm
01/27 The Heartache and Healing of Substance Use Disorder | The Scoop on Cathy’s Inspirational Ebook
01/20 Benzodiazepines | The Gifts That Keep on Giving
01/13 I tell myself, ‘I must go on.’ But why?
01/10 Chipur Reader Patricia Featured in The Washington Post
01/06 When Parted Parents Refuse to Get It Right There’s Only One True Loser

2014

12/31 May 2015 Be a Special Year of Renewal and Growth
12/23 A Little Time off with Some Folks I Know
12/16 Seasonal Affective Disorder | SADly Misunderstood (You mean it can occur in the summer and include mania?)
12/09 Panic Attack Contributors (Yikes!) | Lest We Forget Hyperventilation and That Danged Suffocation Alarm
12/02 Probiotics in That Gut of Yours | Soothing the Mood and Anxiety Disordered Beast?
11/27 I’m Thankful for You, Chipur Reader | Wishing You the Best on This Thanksgiving Day
11/25 ‘Tis(n’t) the Season to Be Jolly? | 10 Holiday Season Challenge Points with a Side of Psychobabble
11/18 The Anger Opportunity | 12 Points of Perspective and Growth
11/16 Chipur Named to Psych Central’s Best of the Web 2014
11/11 Lost and Clueless? 22 Signs That Hidden Anger May Be a Problem
11/04 Back Page Mood & Anxiety Symptoms Merit Front Page Coverage
10/28 “Lotta’ Good That’ll Do.” 15 Reasons to Keep an Open Mind About Counseling
10/21 Resistance | The Invisible Barrier to Healing (That Begs to Be Seen)
10/14 Acceptance: The Missing Piece to the Healing Puzzle
10/06 “ISIS, Ebola, the News. Oh My!” | 10 Thoughts to Soothe Your Frightened Mind
09/29 Yesterday Lingers, and Hurts | A Heartfelt Guest Post from Nancy
09/23 A Blood Test to Diagnose Depression | The Wait Is Over!
09/16 17 Ways to Get ‘Er Rollin’ When the Wheels Come Flyin’ Off
09/08 The Silence of Stigma (“Shhh!”) | Jessica’s Powerful Tale
09/01 Escaping Your Personal Prison | How to Access Your Inner Self and Inner Peace
08/26 Escaping Your Personal Prison | Finding Your Inner Self (and Inner Peace)
08/12 The Impact of Existence | Why is the End So Troubling?
07/29 “S.A.I.L.” | A Powerful in the Moment Anxiety-Busting Technique
07/22 Major Depressive Disorder & Ketamine | Fanning the Flame of Hope
07/15 They May Follow in Your Footsteps. Got the Guilts?
07/01 The Cost of Not Caring | Stigma and Discrimination Hit Hard and Cold
06/24 A Chipur Reader’s Review | The Linden Method
06/17 Cutting Edge Science in a Blanket of Kindness | Beyond Addiction
06/10 The Vagus Nerve | Depression? Anxiety? Super (Self) Stimulating Subject Matter
06/03 A Badge of Honor to Each and Every One of Us!
05/26 Mobile “Home” | Comfort & Safety Wherev’, Whenev’
05/13 Lyme Disease | Have You Been Fooled by the Great Imitator?
05/06 Mental Health Awareness Month | 14 Pop-Up Thoughts from One of Us (that would be me)
04/29 Back Where It All Began | A Quick Journey to a Shattered Past
04/22 The Pain of the “Should” Trap (But what would you “expect?”)
04/08 Stories of Courage and Hope | Patricia is “Brave Beyond Words”
04/05 Update on Sue’s Epiphany…
03/31 Stories of Courage and Hope | I Want Your Mission (Im)Possible Tale
03/25 The Journey to a Good Place | Sue’s Epiphany: With Important Updates!!!
03/16 Self-Loathing | How’s ‘Bout Some Warmth, Light, and Hope?
03/09 Self-Loathing | Thoughts on a Dark “Living” Hell
03/04 According to You It’s Pretty Much Over. But I’ll Toss You 10 “Yes You Can’s.” Catch!
02/24 The Ambivalence Mire | Get Out of the Mud with Motivational Interviewing
02/18 And the Rest is History (It’s Time for a Comeback)
02/10 Breaking News! Freedom of the Mind | A Client’s Discovery Can Be Yours
02/03 Anger! “Yikes!” How to Understand & Defuse It (You got this.)
01/27 Desperation & Crisis | 10 Do-It-Now’s
01/20 Hope Is on the Horizon | Three Gold Research Nuggets
01/14 Stop Depression & Anxiety: 15 Styles of Distorted Thinking
01/06 15 Self-Defeating Behaviors That’ll Knock You to the Canvas

2013

12/30 Hope: The Living Reality for 2014
12/24 Christmastime: Holy, Family, Joyous, Horrible?
12/21 I Couldn’t Have Known, but I Sure as Heck Do Now: The Journey’s End, and Beginning
12/17 I Couldn’t Have Known, but I Sure as Heck Do Now: My Journey
12/10 An Anxious Brain Can Physically Heal! And Here’s Proof
12/02 “Another blasted holiday season. Well, damn!”
11/27 A Thanksgiving Thought
11/25 Insomnia and Depression: Stunning and Life-Changing News
11/18 Psychobiotics: “Whaaa?!” Yep, and ya’ gotta’ read this!
11/04 I am a rock. I am an island. (But, God, I don’t want to be either.)
10/28 Intrusive Thoughts? To the Intruder: “The Door’s Open, Come On In!”
10/21 Intrusive Thoughts | “My God, How Can I Be Thinking These Things?”
10/14 Fresh and Interesting Tidbits from the World of Research…
10/06 Did You Give Your All? Yes? So Opt for “Job Well Done!”
09/30 PANDAS | PITAND | PANS Awareness Day
09/23 I Believe in Happy Endings, and Love | A Confession and a Poem
09/15 D-cycloserine | Is an Antibiotic the Glue That Makes Therapy Stick?
09/02 Crippling Depression or Anxiety | Is It Time for Social Security Disability Bennies?
08/28 Interviewed by Dr. Herby Bell on Dual Diagnosis
08/26 Psychotherapy In a Tailspin | Who Slashed the Tank? And Should You Be Concerned?
08/19 PANDAS | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Child Anxiety (Not the Bears)
08/11 Depressed? Which Antidepressant Is Right For You? Enter Genetics!
08/06 Symptoms of Stress, Anxiety and Panic? Depressed? Let’s Chat Cognitive Restructuring
07/29 Living with Depression and Anxiety? Maybe You Misunderstood the Assignment
07/21 What to Do About Depression? “Control Those Thoughts!” But That Ain’t So Easy, Is It?
07/14 Stress and Anxiety? What to Do About Depression? Crank-Up a Sad Song!
07/04 Are You Depressed? Oppressive Fear and Anxiety? Happy Independence Day!
07/01 Breaking News! Brisdelle Approved for Hot Flashes. “What?” (Is It a Mini-Paxil?)
06/24 What to Do for Anxiety? “Benzodiazepines, of course.” Hold on There, Partner!
06/15 “I Feel Depressed! So, What’s in the Relief Pipeline?” Let’s Chat GLYX-13
05/26 Kava, the Anxiety Slayer? New Research Says Yes!
05/19 Acceptance: Seriously, Has Denial Really Worked?
03/29 The Inner Critic: 10 Ways to Peacefully Coexist
03/09 The Inner Critic|Killer of Souls
02/09 A Winter’s Moment of Warmth
01/27 Ah, Psychobabble! An “Existential” Client-Story
01/20 Understanding What Ails Us: The Flow of Neurotransmitters
01/13 Are You Depressed? Anxiety and Fear? It’s Time to Heal
01/06 What to Do About Depression? Provigil May Be an Option

2012

12/31 2013 | May It Be a Year of Renewal
12/24 Merry Christmas! With a Poem of Inspiration
12/23 What Is the Meaning of Life? I’m Living with Depression and Anxiety!
12/17 The Horror of Derealization and Depersonalization | A Reader’s Perspective
12/13 The Future of Overcoming Depression | GLYX-13?
12/09 How to Prevent Depression? Strike at the Source!
12/03 Depression Facts | What is Dysthymic Disorder? Let’s Chat Treatment
11/30 Depression Facts|What is Dysthymic Disorder?
11/25 No Passion for Life? Self-Sabotage? Could Be an Upper Limit Problem: Fixes
11/23 No Passion for Life? Self-Sabotage? Could Be an Upper Limit Problem
11/21 A Thanksgiving Message and Poem
11/19 How Do I Overcome Depression and Overcome Anxiety? Hope for Hope
11/14 Depression Relief and Anxiety Control That Lasts Through Meditation?
11/09 Self-Esteem Help: Give Self-Affirmation a Go
10/29 Living with Depression? Coping with Anxiety? A Poem of Hope
10/25 Facebook Depression | The Over 30 Crowd?
10/21 Facebook Depression: The Kids Are Alright!
10/18 Facebook Depression: Much Ado About Something?
10/11 Treatments for Bipolar Disorder: A Non-Med Angle
10/06 Herbal Remedies for Depression: Rhodiola rosea
09/29 Feeling Depressed? ALKS 5461: The Fix of the Future?
09/23 Home Is Where the Heart Is
09/16 Feelings: The Journey Through Darkness
09/11 Understanding Bipolar Disorder: A Dynamite Report
09/04 The Depression & Anxiety Bout: “Answer the Bell!”
08/29 Restless Legs Syndrome: Relief In Motion
08/27 Restless Legs Syndrome: Motion Misery
08/19 Loneliness: That Ache So Deep in the Gut
04/29 Foods for Depression? Ya’ Gotta’ Skip the “Junk!”
04/19 Panic with Agoraphobia: The Spatial Orientation Factor
04/15 Living with Depression and Anxiety? Hope in Reassurance
04/10 Catastrophizing: 8 Ways to Fight P.E.A.C.E.
04/04 Living with Depression? Hmmm, Unipolar or Bipolar?
03/28 From Worst to Better: 10 Chipur Tipurs
03/22 Depression and Diet? Big-Time Relationship
03/18 What to Do About Depression: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation?
03/13 What Is a Panic Attack? Insight from a Guest
03/10 Depression in Women: What is PMS?
03/03 Living with Depression? Care from Afar!
02/28 Research About Depression: A Matter of Connections
02/23 Antidepressants & Suicide (and a black box warning)
02/18 Choices, Like Tushies: We All Got ‘Em!
02/16 What Is EMDR Therapy? Let’s Eyeball It
02/14 Love Is the Answer (…always has been)
02/11 Exercise for Depression: It Works!
02/09 Your Smartphone: Your Therapist?
02/07 What Is It You’re Looking For?
02/04 Welcome to Hope!
02/02 The Mental War: Are You Willing to Fight?
01/31 We Want You!
01/28 That Darned Amygdala: Just When You Thought You Knew It
01/26 Your Brain on Stress: New Shtuff!
01/24 Rest (Assured)!
01/21 Weekend Musings & Poetry: Home
01/18 Gratitude (…amidst the rubble)
01/15 The Lesson of Abraham Lincoln’s Pear-Tree
01/12 Alcohol Dependence: The Endorphin Factor
01/10 “Questions”: An Early-Week Poem for You
01/07 Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression: Hopeful New Info
01/04 Darkness & Isolation: Formidable Foes
01/02 Runners Take Your Marks, Set (then you’re supposed to go)

2011

12/30 2012: A Fresh New Morning
12/27 A Poem of Hope and Inspiration
12/24 Light & Warmth
12/22 Christmas Fun Facts: 15 of ‘Em
12/20 Scrooge’d About the Holidays? American’s Top 10
12/17 “Would Somebody Turn On the Lights?!”
12/15 Isn’t It Time To Give Yourself a Break (and some love)?
12/13 Desperate Times? 10 Ways to Keep It Together
12/11 Is It Your Thyroid? New Developments
12/09 Life Can Be Dark: Glimmers of Hope
12/06 The Why’s of Pounding Carbs
12/04 PTSD: The Need-to-Know Series (Treatment)
12/02 PTSD: The Need-to-Know Series (Cause)
11/30 PTSD: The Need-to-Know Series
11/28 Neurogenesis: Why It’s a Miraculous Phenomenon
11/25 Holiday Check-In: The Day After Thanksgiving
11/23 All the Best for Thanksgiving!
11/22 Research: A Lifeline to Hope
11/20 The Impact of Thought on Depression (Again): New Research
11/18 Adult ADHD Meds: Women Now Rule
11/16 Managing Bipolar Disorder with Yoga and Meditation
11/14 Giving Up (Isn’t an Option)
11/11 Takin’ a Short Break…
11/08 Beaker Full? 19 Tips for Management
11/06 Overcoming Your Challenges: Let’s Work Together!
11/04 Albert Einstein: Illumination Beyond Equations
11/02 Suicide Prevention: Guidance for Family & Friends
10/31 Specific Phobias: Specific Terror (“Open Those Eyes!”)
10/29 Specific Phobias: Specific Terror (“Why’s?”)
10/27 Specific Phobias: Specific Terror (“Yikes!”)
10/25 Future-Directed Therapy: Gotta’ Wear Shades?
10/22 When the Answers Fade Away…
10/20 Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder? Yeah, for Real!
10/18 “Soft” Bipolar Disorder: The Meds Factor
10/16 Bipolar Treatment: Hope Comes Hard
10/14 Soft? Bipolar Disorder? It’s Possible!
10/11 Long & Starry Nights: A SAD State of Affairs
10/09 What Side of the Fence Are Ya’ Feedin’ From?
10/07 “Now that’s just silly!” (10 ways to keep it crankin’)
10/05 Tardive Dyskinesia: What You Need to Know
10/03 Recovery: It Ain’t About Perfection
10/01 At Wit’s End? To the Wall With You!
09/29 Atypical Antipsychotics: The “Off-Label” Dilemma
09/27 True Freedom? It’s In Letting Go
09/25 Sleep Paralysis: Maddening (But Harmless)
09/23 Laughter & Endorphins: The Knee-Slapping Facts
09/21 Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Defeating Depression
09/19 Long-Term Goals: Going With Your Gut
09/16 Transference & Countertransference: The Humanness of Therapy
09/14 Transcendental Meditation: For Your Depression & Anxiety?
09/12 And the Sun Came Shining Through
09/09 9.11.01: In Memoriam
09/07 Tear-Jerker Flicks & Depression Relapse
09/05 Self-Sabotage: No More Foot Shooting
09/03 Self-Sabotage: 12 “Are You the Perps?”
09/01 The Forest, Not the Trees: 8 Foundational Principles
08/30 Brian Wilson: My Hero “‘Til I Die”
08/28 How to Exercise for Depression & Anxiety Relief
08/26 How to Quit Smoking If You’re Enduring Depression or Anxiety
08/24 Depression Relief: Time for a second AD? Not so fast!
08/22 Are Depression & Anxiety Biological Life Sentences? Uh, No
08/20 Panic Attacks: Receive the Warning & Beat ‘Em
08/18 A Story: If He Can Do It, So Can You
08/17 How to Change Your Thinking: Overgeneralizations
08/15 Social Insecurity: Quit shooting yourself in the foot
08/14 Rebound Effect: And you thought it was bad the first time around
08/12 Breathing: How to do it correctly and claim a sense of calm
08/09 Self-Massage: Depression & Anxiety Relief
08/08 It’s Monday! Today, and the week, are yours
08/06 Wanna’ get better? I’ll teach you! Cognitive restructuring
08/05 Wanna’ get better? I’ll teach you! Cognitive distortions
08/03 Weathered By Time, Inspired by Hope
08/01 Catastrophizing: Finding a Sense of P.E.A.C.E.
07/31 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Series (Treatment)
07/30 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Series (Cause)
07/29 Eating Disorders: The Need-to-Know Series
07/27 The Norway Tragedy: Lessons in trauma-healing
07/25 Mission Possible
07/24 Insomnia: Facts and Fixes (Part 2)
07/23 Insomnia: Facts and Fixes
07/21 The Fisher Wallace Stimulator: A review
07/19 Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: A sure antidepressant
07/17 Stress & Alcohol: Strange bedfellows
07/15 EB-1010: The even-next generation antidepressant gets a name
07/13 Antidepressant Regimens: Who can you trust?
07/09 Beating Anxiety: The diagnosis, and the future
07/08 Beating Anxiety: The other event on the path to freedom
07/07 Beating Anxiety: The event that turned my life around
07/05 Mental Health Stigma: It’s alive, and it hurts
07/03 Wanna’ can the alerts? Ditch the self-monitor!
07/01 “Anti-inflammatories for depression? Yeah, okay.”
06/28 Bipolar? Predicting and managing mood swings
06/25 Depression & Anxiety Relief: Let’s kick back and chat…
06/24 Panic Attacks: A window of opportunity
06/22 Viibryd: An updated user’s journal
06/21 Antipsychotics & Children: What are we doing?
06/18 5-HT1A receptor agonists relieve depression and anxiety. Great! What are they?
06/16 Depression Research: A triple reuptake inhibitor
06/15 Fatigue and Depression: Is It Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
06/15 Viibryd: A new antidepressant has arrived
06/13 The most effective diet? Just imagine
06/11 Atypical Antipsychotics: The Need-to-Know Series (“Should you?”)
06/10 Atypical Antipsychotics: The Need-to-Know Series
06/08 A test for bipolar disorder? Not exactly (but it helps).
06/07 chipur Update: Viibryd is coming when???
06/06 Relax! A guided imagery script just for you…
06/05 The freedom to die: “My life, my death!”
06/04 Update: The Google +1 Button
06/03 Benzodiazepines: The Need-to-Know Series (Withdrawal (“Ouch!”))
06/02 Benzodiazepines: The Need-to-Know Series (“Addicted?!”)
06/01 Benzodiazepines: The Need-to-Know Series
05/30 Yikes & The Wise One: A Panic Self-Talk Exercise
05/29 The Anxiety “Cure”: Nope! But 10 Things You’d Better Be Doing!
05/27 Breaking a Nasty Habit: 10 Observations
05/25 Earworms: The Music Never Ends
05/23 Caregivers for the Emotionally & Mentally Ill: 10 Stress-Busters
05/22 Caregivers for the Emotionally & Mentally Ill: “Thank You!”
05/20 Agomelatine for Depression: A Breakthrough!?
05/19 L-methylfolate & Depression: More Good News
05/19 Anti-AgingGames.com Discount
05/17 Burnout Isn’t Stressed Out Isn’t Depressed (and some tips)
05/16 Jilt the Guilt with Physical Pain!?
05/15 1. SSRI Sexual Side Effects 2. Cortisol
05/14 The Wonder of Grandparents
05/12 The Dance: The Family & Substance Abuse
05/11 Is Your Workout Regimen a No-Brainer?
05/10 Antidepressants & Sex: 10 Tips for Bliss
05/09 Antidepressants & Sex: “Got a Minute?”
05/07 Omega-3s & Depression: “Not so fast!”
05/06 Bipolar Disorder: Stress, Cortisol, Prevention
05/05 Cortisol: What You Need to Know. And Why!
05/04 Update: Viibryd, NSAIDs + SSRIs = Trouble
05/03 “Is chipur for me?” 10 maybes
05/02 She Grew Up Too Fast (but she had to)
04/29 Advil, Aleve Squash the Effects of Antidepressants!
04/27 Music: Soothing the Savage “Beast”
04/25 Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Dialogue & Truth
04/22 Dietary Supplements: The Joke’s on You?
04/20 Future Directed Therapy: Creating Your Tomorrows
04/18 “Hey doc! It’s time for an attitude adjustment.”
04/16 Energy Drinks + Alcohol = ???
04/14 “I Can’t Take It Anymore!” (10 “Yes you can’s”)
04/13 R.E.L.I.E.F.: Take It, It’s Yours!
04/12 The Hope of Neuroplasticity
04/09 Harnessing the Power of Thought
04/07 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What Works?!
04/05 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Biology
04/03 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Driven by Intrusion
04/01 12 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting What You Want
03/30 Managing Uncertainty: 6 Places to Start
03/28 #2: The Suicide Chromosome?
03/27 The Expectation Dilemma: 10 Ways to Beat It
03/25 Cannabis: The Fix for Mood & Anxiety Probs?
03/24 Cannabis: Weeding-Out the Facts
03/22 Do You Have Adult ADHD? How to Find Relief
03/21 Do You Have Adult ADHD? Take the Quiz!
03/19 The Power of Symptoms: 7 Charting Resources
03/17 Future Mood & Anxiety Meds: Good News? (Please?)
03/16 Future Psych Meds: The TRIs
03/14 Thought Field Therapy (TFT): “Tapping” Out Mood & Anxiety Woes?
03/12 Emotional Trauma: 10 Keystones of Survival
03/10 The Dream Series: Convenient Truths?
03/09 The Dream Series (literally)
03/07 Sugar: A Sweet Addiction
03/06 Charlie Sheen: The Yucks Stop Here
03/05 Carlos Irwin Estevez aka Charlie Sheen
03/03 “Maybe I Need Meds!?” 15 Think-It-Overs
03/01 Viibryd: A new antidepressant, but anything exciting?
02/27 ECT: “It’s My Life. Butt-Out!”
02/26 ECT: The Procedure (with video)
02/25 Electroconvulsive Therapy: Gotta’ Knows
02/23 Catastrophizing: 8 Ways to Fight P.E.A.C.E.
02/21 Crohn’s: Definitely the Moans!
02/17 How Do I Stop My Antidepressant? The Zaps & More
02/16 How Do I Stop My Antidepressant?
02/14 14 Ponders in the Midst of Letting It Go
02/12 L-methylfolate for Depression? “Never heard of it!”
02/09 Charlotte’s Web: Real Person, Real Pain, Very Real Hope (Part 3)
02/08 Charlotte’s Web: Real Person, Real Pain, Real Hope (Part 2)
02/07 Charlotte’s Web: Real Person, Real Pain, Real Hope
02/05 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series (Part 4: A Must-Read!)
02/04 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series (Part 3: The SSRIs, SNRIs, NDRI)
02/03 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series (Part 2)
02/02 Antidepressants: The Need-to-Know Series
01/31 Omega-3 Fatty Acids: More Than Just Fish Burps
01/29 Rest: Whats Whys & 10 Hows
01/27 20 Ways to Peak the Altitude of Our Attitude
01/25 Are You Leaving Money & Care on the Table?
01/24 Melatonin: Sleep & More? Let’s see…
01/23 The Amygdala: Work It & Be Panic Free!
01/22 The Amygdala: Destroy Panic & Anxiety!
01/20 Our Patterns of NFTBs: Print this and fix ’em!
01/19 Our Patterns of NFTBs (Curious?)
01/17 Fibromyalgia: It Hurts & Puzzles
01/16 In a Rut? The 10 Best Things To Do
01/14 “Teach me to be gentle with myself.”
01/12 Art Therapy: 100 Exercises for Mind, Body, and Soul
01/11 Panicyl: Relief From Anxiety & Panic Attacks?
01/10 12 Depression Busters for Seniors from Therese J. Borchard
01/09 The Arizona Shooting: Guns, Stigma, Politics, and Meanness
01/08 Body Image: The Inside Story
01/06 Vulnerability: 10 Keys to Management
01/04 Tai chi: Grace & Wellness (with video)
01/02 2011: 10 Suggestions While Inchin’ Forward

2010

12/31 Chronic Pain Syndrome: Tryin’ To Feel Better
12/30 Chronic Pain Syndrome: Beyond the Treshold
12/28 Sometimes Ya’ Just Need Your Mom (with lyrics by David Gates)
12/26 New Year’s Resolutions (“Argh!”): 10 grins 4 ’11
12/23 Homelessness: Much More Than a “Christmas Thing”
12/21 L-tryptophan and 5-HTP: Some Detective Work
12/17 The Man and a Lesson. Will it be learned?
12/15 Feelings Straight From the Heart
12/13 Narcissism: The spelling is the easy part. (Final)
12/12 Mark Madoff’s Suicide: The Sins of the Father?
12/11 Narcissism: The spelling is the easy part. (Part 2)
12/10 Narcissism: The spelling is the easy part.
12/09 Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: A Great Maintenance Antidepressant!
12/07 Getting Into a Zone (Part 2): A Fine Bit of Visualization
12/06 Getting Into a Zone: Let’s Do It!
12/04 The Mind & Body Connection (I wasn’t aware of a separation???)
12/02 Mother Teresa: A Wonderful Video Interview
11/30 Conversion Disorder: Let’s Learn!
11/28 Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (not “pseudoseizures”)
11/23 Happy Thanksgiving! (…unconventionally)
11/21 Alzheimer’s Disease: The Battle Begins!
11/19 Opening-Up & Trust: It’s Time!
11/17 Desperate Times? 10 “Un-Desperate” Measures
11/16 SAD and the Fat Sand Rat (I’m not kidding!)
11/13 All the Lonely People (Where do they all belong)
11/11 “I’m just flaming angry!” (10 things we can do about it)
11/10 “I’m just flaming angry!” (But why?)
11/07 Personal Growth: Beyond Victimization
11/05 Cleansing (The Sequel): 10 Powerful Scrubs
11/04 Cleansing: Not Just for Hands and Colons
11/02 Acceptance: There’s Power in the Moment
10/31 The Chickens Always Come Home to Roost! (3/3)
10/30 The Chickens Always Come Home to Roost! (part 2)
10/29 The Chickens Always Come Home to Roost!
10/27 A Peaceful Autumn Evening…
10/22 Bipolar Disorder: Catching It Early (It isn’t ADHD…)
10/20 Security: 12 Lasting Foundations
10/14 Defining Self: Not all in a day’s work…
10/11 S.P.A.: A Bulldozer Buster
10/09 Is It Time To Cash In Your Chips? (Sometimes we just gotta’)
10/07 If Tears Could Build A Stairway
10/05 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Bio & Quotations
10/03 Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions: A day in the life
10/02 Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions: Let’s hit the unit.
10/01 Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions: Forget the Cuckoo’s Nest!
09/28 Seeing The Forest, As Well As The Trees
09/26 10 Things We Can Do To Improve Our Judgment and Decision-Making
09/25 “…we’ll look back at this and have a good laugh!” Think so?
09/24 A Wish And A Prayer…
09/20 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Bipolar Research & A Med
09/19 Depression & Career: A guest post from Dee Ann
09/17 When The Problem Isn’t The Problem (2nd of 2)
09/16 When The Problem Isn’t The Problem (“What?”)
09/14 The 11 Powerful Benchmarks of Character
09/12 The Full Trauma of Traumatic Brain Injury
09/10 Let’s Take a Train Ride!
09/08 Thinking of having your PCP treat your anxiety? Hmmm…
09/07 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Avoiding a Heart Attack – By a Hair
09/05 The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow (but be patient about the shining part)
09/04 The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow (are we ready?)
09/03 The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow
08/31 Delivered bad news? 10 things NOT to do after hurting somone
08/30 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Our Reward Circuit
08/29 What Does Tomorrow Look Like?
08/28 H.O.P.E. So much more than just one word.
08/26 L-theanine for derealization and depersonalization? Hmmm…
08/25 Opportunity Is Knocking. Just ask Albert Einstein…
08/23 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Definitely wine for thought…
08/22 The Rod’s and Rob’s of Family Dynamics
08/20 Child & Teenage Suicide: Statistics & What-To-Do’s
08/18 Who’s That Man? (hint: famous depressed/OCD human)
08/16 “I’m over 30! Can I really expect to change?” (2/2)
08/15 “I’m over 30! Can I really expect to change?”
08/13 Thomas Eagleton: A Heartbeat Away From a Bipolar President?
08/11 Kay Redfield Jamison: A different take-away
08/10 Unemployed? 10 Things To Hold Onto
08/09 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
08/08 Somatic Experiencing: The Chase For Trauma Healing (part 2)
08/07 Somatic Experiencing: The Chase for Trauma Healing
08/06 The Experiment of You: 8 Easy Steps
08/05 Grounding & Healing Meditations: Relevant & Meaningful
08/02 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: An update on supplements
08/01 Desperation: 10 things to keep the cougar off your back
07/30 Perspectives on Suffering (and life itself)
07/28 My Son’s Future – My past…
07/27 Nightmares? Get some sleep – here’s an exciting technique!
07/26 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Your future lies in your past…
07/25 The Solar Plexus | True Center of Our Emotions (and Healing)?
07/23 The Relationship Jinx : Why? And other questions to ask…
07/22 Derealization and Depersonalization: Perceived Madness (3rd of 3)
07/21 Derealization and Depersonalization: Perceived Madness (Part 2)
07/20 Derealization and Depersonalization: Perceived Madness
07/19 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: “Childhood depression? Come on now!?!?”
07/19 Overwhelmed by a zillion issues? Stow-’em! A cool visualization…
07/18 King James? Come on, people…
07/16 Mood, Anxiety & Weight Gain: “Meds for bipolar? I’ll stick with mood swings.”
07/15 Mood, Anxiety & Weight Gain: “Damn antidepressants!”
07/14 Mood, Anxiety, and Weight Gain: “Why is this happening to me?”
07/13 “Bipolar disorder diagnosed by fMRI? Yeah, okay!”
07/12 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Fear? Let’s opt for logic and the odds.
07/11 Screen Buzz: “Yikes, I think I’m an addict! What now?”
07/10 Screen Buzz: A social transitioning?
07/09 Screen Buzz: Let’s play 25 questions…
07/08 The Ups & Downs of (Mis)Interpretation & (Over)Reaction (2nd of 2)
07/07 The Ups & Downs of (Mis)Interpretation & (Over)Reaction
07/05 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Bipolar Disorder? “Ehh – keep your LifeShirt on!”
07/04 Emotional Rain
07/03 Misdiagnosis or Missed Diagnosis: Antidepressants + Bipolar Disorder (could) = Mania
07/02 Misdiagnosis or Missed Diagnosis: Nasty Business (Part 1)
06/30 S.A.I.L Your Way To Freedom! (part 2)
06/29 “S.A.I.L.” Your Way To Freedom
06/28 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Psychotropics & Pregnancy? Uh, no!
06/26 Neurogenesis: How To Make It Work For You!
06/25 The Gulf Oil Spill: Emotional and Mental Devastation
06/24 Tim Howard: A Goalkeeper Well Beyond Soccer
06/21 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The Baby Blues & Postpartum Depression
06/20 It’s a word…It’s a concept…It’s Home!
06/18 Peanut Butter & Jelly, Barbie & Ken, Bipolar Disorder & Anxiety
06/16 “My God, I can’t be thinking these things!” Relax, they’re intrusive thoughts.
06/14 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The Insular Cortex
06/13 “What a pain in the neck!” Lots of helpful chipur tipurs…
06/11 The We Do It Intentionally Paradox: 10 reasons why we may not want to get better – REFUTED
06/10 The We Do It Intentionally Paradox: 10 reasons why we may not want to get better
06/07 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Lithium – “But it’s in batteries!?!?”
06/05 John Robert Wooden: A Simple Man, A Lasting Example
06/02 It Ain’t Over ‘Til You Say It’s Over. 10 things NOT to do in the midst of hell…
05/31 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Rufinamide – Another Profit Producing Pipedream?
05/31 They’re About To Knock. Will You Let Them In?
05/28 A Warped Sense of Dishumor…
05/26 A Guest Post from Lisa Frederiksen: Loving/Living With an Alcoholic
05/24 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mood, and Anxiety
05/24 Happy 15th, Sweet…
05/22 The Black Dog. “Yikes! (again)”
05/21 The Black Dog. “Yikes!”
05/19 Prenatal Psychology? Perinatal Psychology? “Yeah, okay?!?!”
05/17 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Is Worry a Good Thing?
05/16 The Rhythm Section (of life (in-tune))
05/15 The Rythym Section (of life (gone flat))
05/14 The Rhythm Section (of life)
05/12 Like ice cream…sharing is cool.
05/11 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The HPA Axis
05/08 “Bill, help me! I can’t stop devouring junk-food.”
05/07 A Proposal For Depressive Subtypes: “Whatcha think?”
05/04 A guest post from Diana: A Journey of 1000 miles begins with ONE STEP
05/03 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Epigenetics…very hot stuff!
05/02 Damn! It was a curve…
05/01 It’s a Matter of Substance (or lack thereof)
04/28 It’s Just One of Those Days! “But I’ll prevail!”
04/26 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Borderline Personality Disorder
04/25 MIF, Neurogenesis, Relief: Some very hopeful research
04/23 Just Who Are You, Anyway? Make a list based upon mine…
04/21 The Sum Is More Powerful Than Its Individual Parts: 8 foundational concepts…
04/19 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: The Superior Colliculus (“What?!”)
04/16 One of the Secrets of Relief: Don’t Lose The Forest For The Trees!
04/15 Sufferer Beware!!! (the heck with “Buyer”)
04/12 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: Brain Physiology (dry, but amazing)
04/09 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Planning! 19 Ideas…
04/06 “Dammit, I’m So Frustrated!” (Ah, but open your eyes…)
04/05 Just Another Teachin’ Tuesday: “So what is ego strength?”
04/02 Adrenal Fatigue: Is It a Hoax? (and if it isn’t, what can we do about it?)
04/02 Adrenal Fatigue: Is It a Hoax?
03/30 Restocking an Empty Cupboard: 5 Nightly Questions & A Poem
03/29 Will We Be Lonely? Yes. Will We Sellout??? Hmmm…
03/26 BDD: It isn’t just Jacko!
03/25 Psychiatrists On the Take? No way!(?)
03/21 Stop That Runaway Train (“Oh no!”)
03/19 “Rally, Bill, Rally!” A Good Self-Talking-To
03/17 Does “normal” keep us from acceptance?
03/16 Domestic Emotional Violence: Straight-Talk!
03/15 chipur learning: The Personality Disorders
03/12 Gonna’ Stop Your Antidepressant? Plan! (or else)
03/12 The Face of Antidepressant Withdrawal
03/11 Antidepressant Withdrawal. “I mean, ADS.”
03/09 Unipolar or Bipolar Depression? Heads or Tails? No Way!
03/08 Depression relief within days, even hours? Hmmm.
03/05 12 Ways To Nurture Your Teenager (The Kids Are Alright!?)
03/03 chipur blogs with integrity
03/02 Teenage Wasteland
03/01 Solving the Puzzle With SIA
02/26 Positive Self-Regard: 12 things you can do to own it.
02/25 Negative Self-Image. “Am I pathetic, or what?”
02/23 A brand-spankin’-new mental health and substance use treatment law. Whatcha’ think?
02/22 Exciting Depression News From Our Aussie Friends…
02/22 Cluster Headaches
02/20 Migraines! (what more needs to be said?)
02/19 Happy Birthday, Son!
02/18 Headaches. “The tension mounts!”
02/16 Panic Attacks & Fear: A Clanging of Cymbals? (part dos)
02/16 Panic Attacks & Fear: A Clanging of Symbols? (part uno)
02/13 M. Scott Peck, M.D. “One wise hombre…”
02/06 Visualization: part 2 “Who’s zoomin’ who (and how)?”
02/05 Visualization: “Who’s zoomin’ who?”
02/05 Procrastination “JUST…GET…BUSY!”
02/04 Always Put Off ‘Til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today (part 1)
02/03 And He Wrote…and Wrote Some More
01/31 I Love January and February. “Yeah, okay…”
01/21 Two Peas in a Pod…Emotional Expression and Cognitive Reappraisal
01/19 “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna’ take it anymore!”
01/12 Multi-axial diagnosis (this isn’t about car trouble)
01/09 Alcohol, Anxiety, and Mood. Yikes! Resources from one of our friends.
01/08 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (are you sure that isn’t a dentist’s chair?)
01/05 Anxiety is depression is anxiety. Lessons from a mighty email…

2009

12/31 The Detective Files: The Case of St. John and His Wort…
12/29 Can the Resolution Bit. Let’s Go With Targets.
12/26 “Marty Marty Christmas!” part 2 of 2
12/25 “Marty Marty Christmas!” part 1 of 2
12/23 A Bit of Healing From Our Friends in Asheville, NC (cool place)
12/21 Tired. A matter of acquiescence or despair.
12/19 I Need a Counselor! (part 4) “My God, I want to die!”
12/18 I Need a Counselor! (part 3) “Do I really have to go?”
12/16 I need a counselor! (part 2) “Aren’t tryouts for sports and plays?”
12/16 I need a counselor! (“Got any bright ideas?”)
12/13 Personality in a Pill!?!???
12/08 Life’s a Breeze. And I have some land for sale in The Bahamas.
12/05 Of Mice…and Suffocation Alarms???
12/03 Anxiety Generates Depression. And what is a Nittany Lion?
12/01 Is This Really All There Is? (I mean, really really?)
11/30 Beyond Blue: Therese Borchard
11/28 brain state conditioning. the buzz of your brain…
11/27 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Depression Treatment
11/27 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Bipolarity Treatment
11/26 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Depression
11/25 This is your brain…on a pogo stick. Bipolarity
11/24 This is your brain…on a pogo stick.
11/22 Anxiety & Depression. Badabing Badaboom.
11/20 Some Chat & Rhymes…
11/18 …that two-faced norepinephrine. final
11/17 …that two-faced norepinephrine. part 3
11/16 …that two-faced norepinephrine. part 2
11/16 …that two-faced norepinephrine. part 1
11/13 Neat E.R. Case. Cool Kid…
11/13 Why Fix It If We Won’t Own It?
11/10 Noses in the Dirt?
11/09 Give Up My Most Prized Possession? No way!
11/09 Has Your Thyroid Taken You Hostage?
11/05 REBT Grandfathered CBT. OMG! Part 2
11/04 REBT Grandfathered CBT. OMG! Part 1
11/03 Do You Play a Mean Game of Deception?
11/02 Patience Impatience…
10/30 Is It Uncool To Be Anxious?
10/27 10 Keystones of Recovery…
10/26 (Dis) Comfort Foods 2
10/24 (Dis)Comfort Foods 1
10/22 Anxiety and the Quest for Perfection: Fuhgedaboudit!
10/20 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 4
10/19 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 3
10/17 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 2
10/16 Panic Attacks and Fear Memory 1
10/13 Neuroplasticity (…and I can make this happen?)
10/12 Teenage Suicide: Some Hopeful News
10/10 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and D-cycloserine: Thinking Outside of the Box
10/09 Lunch With a Friend and a Life Lesson
10/04 Understanding the Anxious Mind: A Recap of a Great Article
10/01 Your Children May Suffer From Panic and Anxiety. Got the Guilts?
09/29 Our Mental and Emotional Trash: Life Itself?
09/28 Agoraphobia, Panic Attacks, Spatial Orientation: Perception is Everything
09/27 HPA Axis and Panic/Anxiety…
09/20 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense (Part 3)
09/19 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense (Part 2)
09/18 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Anger: The Dynamics of Defense (Part 1)
09/12 Panic Attacks & Interpretation: Powerful Hope
08/30 Panic Attacks, Guilt, and the Personality of Your Superego
08/22 Kindling: Building an Emotional & Mental Fire
08/21 My Mother Died Yesterday
08/20 Panic Attacks From a Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Perspective
08/18 Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Uncertainty
07/28 Panic Attacks & the Limbic System: The Paradox of Protection

Categories

Coronavirus
Feelin' Better Articles
Meds, Supplements, Devices
The Biology of Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder
The Psychology of Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder

Borderpolar: I’m Thinking I Know What It Is. Do I?
Not appearing in a diagnostic manual doesn't make a disorder any less real and potentially crippling...
Gaslighting: 11 Cruel & Power-Grabbing Techniques
Those who would try to control and hurt us can be so cunning in their cruel power grabs. An especial...
Narcissistic personality disorder: What you need to know
You're not good enough, your attention-giving reservoir is bone-dry, and you get no empathy. You're...
Psychomotor Agitation: What & Why You Need to Know
Our emotions express themselves physically. And there's so much we can learn about ourselves by unde...
Sleep Inertia: “No wonder mornings, and the rest of my day, are so hard.”
One of the things that makes depression so hard to live with is the sleep and fatigue thing. For ins...
Borderline Personality Disorder: Let’s get it right
Borderline personality disorder is terribly misunderstood. And the misinformation wreaks havoc on th...
The thoughts keep coming: 10 ways to manage rumination
The thoughts keep coming. You're constantly worrying, fretting, analyzing, and getting down on yours...

Personal Consulting Service

help for depression

My Inspirational eBook…

how to live with depression

The Chipur Facebook Group

creative ways to treat depression

Major Depressive Disorder