In St. Louis, where the Psych with Mike library is, we just had our first big snowstorm of the winter. And since it seems to be snowing around most of the country we thought it would be apropos to do a snow day episode!

https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychology-behind-a-snow-day-0127165 

The seduction theory is one of Freud's most controversial ideas. But was it? Or was Freud's theory a threat to the stability of the status quo of the day? 

As we discuss in the episode these are very dense articles but very elucidating of a new and radical view of Freud and his theories!

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1984/02/freud-and-the-seduction-theory/376313/

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.800.2066&rep=rep1&type=pdf

 

Dealing with anger is one of the most common reasons people seek psychotherapy! Brett and I break down how to more quickly become aware of your anger and how to cope with it.

https://au.reachout.com/articles/8-ways-to-deal-with-anger

Anger Worksheet

https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/coping-skills-anger.pdf 

There are plenty of articles in popular magazines that promote themselves as psychologically sound. I say they have a psychologyness to them. It sounds like common sense. The problem is they aren't psychology.

https://www.brides.com/one-sided-relationship-5112496 

Abraham Maslow is viewed as the person in psychology who brought the perspective of positive psychology to our consciousness. This is in addition to the contribution of his hierarchy of needs. 

https://positivepsychology.com/abraham-maslow/

 

Happy New Year!!! In the New Year if I told you that you could have anything you want, would that be a good thing? According to psychology probably not. What we find is that the more choices you have the harder it is to make a choice and feel good about it. 

https://procrastination.com/blog/9/decision-paralysis-overthinking-choices 

 

Trauma can be handed down from one generation to the next. How does this process occur and what are the consequences?

 

https://oie.duke.edu/inter-generational-trauma-6-ways-it-affects-families 

Brett always says that we are members of a family which are members of a tribe which are members of a nation etc..The point is that we are all nested in a spider web of interconnected systems. In psychology, this is called ecological psychology. How this view affects our development is the conversation today. 

https://www.simplypsychology.org/Bronfenbrenner.html

Worrying about what other people think is something we all know is not healthy and yet difficult to put aside. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/11/how-stop-caring-what-other-people-think-you/620670/

A lot of us (me included) will say "I don't really remember much before the age of 4 or 5". Some say they don't have many memories before the age of 7 or 8. Then there are those who say they have memories of being n their cribs as infants. What do biology and social development tell us about our earliest memories?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/childhood-amnesia