Lawyers with Depression

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

He died in 2019. If we construct elaborate systems of defenses to buffer us from reality, this is only testimony to the raw, tender quality of the open mind and heart underlying them. Specific losses may be involved: loss of a loved one, a career, cherished illusions, material possessions, or self-esteem.

Construction 52

Construction Self-awareness Aging and mental health Technology 52

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 143

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). Not caring for or being aware of basic attachment needs in the interaction with others is probably a high risk factor for depression and other mental illnesses. Theory of mind, 2.)

Autism spectrum 40

Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40