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Why Many People Do Not Seek Help for a Mental Health Problem

Why Many People Do Not Seek Help for a Mental Health Problem

by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems

Most individuals who have a serious, continuing mental health problem do not seek professional help. Why not? Studies show many reasons. One is a lack of awareness of the problem – common in individuals who have a personality disorder, a psychotic disorder, anorexia,...
Memorable Steet Names for Drugs

Memorable Steet Names for Drugs

by jmalouff | Jun 26, 2021 | Drugs, Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior

I read recently that leaders of the legal cannabis industry in the U.S. wants to eliminate certain terms from public use to make cannabis seem classier. They specifically want to eliminate the dominant term used in that country: marijuana. They claim the word became...
Acting Like an Idiot

Acting Like an Idiot

by jmalouff | Jan 20, 2021 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior

George Orwell was an idiot. Yes, he wrote the two most impactful novels of the 20th Century: Animal Farm, mocking communism, and 1984, showing the horrors of future totalitarian government. Give him credit there. But he also did something highly foolish. He went to...
The Information in Poop

The Information in Poop

by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior

You might consider this a sh–ty article, but here we go. Let’s talk about poop. Specifically, I am interested in the information in poop. What information, you ask. Well, if you have fresh blood in there, you may have cancer, an ulcer, an auto-immune...
You Are What You Think

You Are What You Think

by jmalouff | Aug 12, 2020 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology

Do you think you burn a lot of calories? Think you are fit?   Those thoughts may be the result of reality. They also help create reality.    I am talking about the power of thoughts. You may recognise that what you think influences your mood...
Use Stimulus Control Methods to Change a Behavior

Use Stimulus Control Methods to Change a Behavior

by jmalouff | Jun 4, 2020 | Behaviour Modification, Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, Weight Loss

You may think that psychology is bunk. Some of it is. But what I am about to tell you is golden, if you want to make a big, difficult change. Do you reckon that you can change a habit through force of will? You are probably wrong. Ever heard of Hitler’s “Triumph of...
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