In response to a recent request, I am posting my translation of Janet’s analysis of Nadia in his book, The Obsessions and The Psychasthenia. The original version, in French, can be found here. This selection begins on page 33 and carries on to the top of page 41. One or two quick comments. I would …
There is a very nice article on stress in Wired Magazine. It provides a nice summary of Sapolsky’s research on stress as well as various treatment methods. The new twist, for me anyway, is that Sapolsky is working on a vaccine to inhibit the damaging effects of stress on the body and brain.
A partial explanation for the delay between posts is that I am devoting all my free time to translating Pierre Janet’s Les obsessions et la psychasthénie. It is a very lengthy work and the translation is a wildly time-consuming project. In doing that, I came across a reference to distinguishing between depressive and anxiety disorders …
Last Fall, my girlfriend and I went to her son’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting. We have gone to those meetings since he was in second grade. He is now in 8th grade. He repeated one of those years. (He had a “do over” of a grade because his Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Inattentive Type (ADHD) …
I don’t remember which of my childhood friends showed me how to make a match burn more than once without relighting it. I think it was Dave. Dave was one of my two best friends. He lit a wooden kitchen match by striking the match head across the zipper of his pants. That, in itself, …
Once in a while, during a session with a person with substance problems, my mind wanders. I may begin thinking that I’ve heard this all before. I might get frustrated with the excuses for the slip last week. I might even get to the point of a quick daydream. At these times, I recall a …