Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

For many, beer, wine, and spirits conjure up thoughts of social gatherings and tipsy fun. But alcohol is a nervous system depressant and is also associated with damaging behavior, as well as the emotional pain and physical disintegration of alcohol addiction, known as alcoholism. Experts continue to debate the benefits and risks of drinking and passionately argue over whether moderation or complete abstinence is the best option for those who struggle with alcoholism. Tune in as we take a deep dive into identifying the struggle, the consequences, options to stop and how to deal with someone who is an alcoholic!

Emotional and psychological effects following abortion are more common than physical side effects and can range from mild regret to more serious complications such as depression. The emotional side effects of having an abortion are just as real as physical side effects. Tune in and learn how to discuss prior, how to deal after, how to support someone who has gone through it and what toll it can take on the psyche and women's bodies.

Schizoid, Paranoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders are the most commonly seen personality disorders in the World. They are considered Cluster A in the DSM V. These disorders are called the odd, eccentric cluster. The common features of the personality disorders in this cluster are social awkwardness and social withdrawal. We will examine how these disorders are differentiated, what they look like and how they can be dealt with by people around them and helping themselves. Tune in and learn!

In the contemporary culture of speed, how many of us have developed the sensory capacity to hear the world, or for that matter, to truly hear what others are saying to us? This show will cover all bases when it comes to learning how to and practice deep listening. The better we hear with all our senses the richer and more meaningful our life becomes. Tune in and learn how top harness deep listening skills in your life and bring your relationships with everyone meaningful to life!

It is past time that we rethink what we mean by the words normal and abnormal as those words apply to the mental and emotional states and behaviors of human beings. Indeed, it is a real question as to whether those words can be sensibly used at all, given their tremendous baggage and built-in biases and the general confusion they create.This is not an idle question without real-world consequences. The treatment of every single mental disorder that mental health professionals diagnose, from depression and attention deficit disorder on through schizophrenia, flows from how society construes normal and abnormal. This matter affects tens of millions of people annually; and affects everyone, really, since a person's mental model of what is normal? is tremendously influenced by how society and its institutions define normal.Tune in and learn if YOU are NORMAL and the consequences!

What will make the most important difference in the lives of our children? One way of assessing the future impact of our efforts is to consider what people remember best about their childhood relationships with their parents. The most memorable childhood experiences reflect critical qualities of the relationship formed between child and parent. Relationships develop over time as products of the ordinary interactions that become special by virtue of their ordinariness. When extraordinary experiences take on life changing attributes, it is often because they culminate from or reveal the meaning of the less dramatic interactions that comprise a life together. Tune in and learn how to empower a more meaningful relationship with your children!

It is certain that being insensitive is an undesirable trait, but does that mean that the opposite, ‘being sensitive’, is a desirable one? Apparently, in our Western society we cannot make up our minds: We consider either being insensitive or being sensitive to be unfavorable. Society demands that sensitive people develop thicker skin, and that insensitive people be more considerate. Tune in and learn about who they are and how to understand them!

The Honeymoon Phase (beginning of a relationship) is so powerful chemically and emotionally that we often fall into the negative outcome of making commitments with the promise of what it brings. A desperate leap of faith. We are designed only to see the best and forget all the other signs that others may see. Getting to know someone who may be your partner is so exciting and new. We are reminded how lonely we truly are as we dump countless energy into this new venture. Infatuation is as if the Great Depression has lifted and we are finally feeling alive! This stage is needed so people will procreate our species. However, anyone can breed, yet not everyone can be a partner or parent.This show is about learning what love is and how you know if it is just infatuation. Tune in and learn!

All of us will feel trapped at some point, whether that be in a job, house, neighborhood, financial circumstance, religion, family or relationship. Usually feeling trapped can be easily remedied by simply doing something new … but it’s not always that easy. When feeling trapped becomes a persistent problem, one that makes you feel hopeless, then it’s time to take a serious look at your life. Tune in a learn how to beat this overwhelming anxiety and turn your life into your dream come true!

Regret is a negative cognitive/emotional state that involves blaming ourselves for a bad outcome, feeling a sense of loss or sorrow at what might have been or wishing we could undo a previous choice that we made. For young people, regret, although painful to experience, can be a helpful emotion. The pain of regret can result in refocusing and taking corrective action or pursuing a new path. However, the less opportunity one has to change the situation, the more likely it is that regret can turn into rumination and chronic stress that damages mind and body. Tune in a learn about how regret can run your life and stop it!