Recent Articles

of Kent L.M. Herbert, Ph.D.

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Here are some articles regarding emotional mental health, self-control, and how your emotional system works.
 

• We're all going along, seeking, and trying to find happiness. Why is it, if we're all seeking happiness, it seems to be one of the hardest
commodities to find or to hold onto for any length of time? We all know pain, suffering, and loss. Read on to more clearly discover how life for most is a continual Search for Happiness.   Much of that confusion comes from ignorance of our true nature. Follow tins link to discover who you really are. In short, this is a search for truth or reality which comes from my college teaching in philosophy and psychology.

• I personally believe that there are only two basic types of emotion: Love and Hate. Now love is a force that attracts. It is equivalent to the attractive force of gravity. Conversely, hate is a force which repels or pushes away. In short, what we experience is good or evil. After understand this dichotomy of emotion, read to discover how your negative emotions (hate) can also be reduced to another dichotomy and classified as Fear and Anger   Now that we have Love and Hate, Fear and anger, discover how you can begin to Control your Emotions  You can change your own emotional responses. How? In only one way. By taking responsibility for your life and actions. I know that we have not been taught this idea, but your emotions are "Your responsibility"  He stood in front of me, his face was red, wildly gesturing, and yelling how so and so was a ... and ought to be beaten up or killed. He felt a pressure to talk and couldn’t quiet himself and listen to me. We have domestic violence, school shootings, and even freeway rage. Do you understand your Anger and Violence?  Most of us believe that we will be happy when we get what we want. That is the cry of the ages, "Give me what I want, and 'then and only then' will I be happy and content."
  
  
• If you want to change yourself, how can you do so? It is pretty simple, once you can ... It is up to you to have control over your life.  Sometimes you’re up, and sometimes you’re down, sometimes you smile, and other times you frown. Are you Moody?  Life had lost its excitement and had been replaced by a general enduring of whatever happened and needed to be done and accomplished. Is your life full of Events?  Your emotions reveal your feelings of well-being. Your emotions tell how well you are doing. They reveal how you are living your life. So, how do you handle Life's Pressures?  These holidays are the most stressful time of the year. There are generally more problems that people face at this time than at any other. What can be done about all the pressures that you face? Become aware of how you can get some handle on your Holiday Pressures.

• Her breathing was fast and shallow, she was emotionally aroused, her gestures were accentuated. She talked about being upset, even
using the word "stressed." Sara made a common error. She said, "Wouldn't you be upset by such a stressful situation?" How is your Stress and Body Tension?  I often tell my clients that their enemy is their tension states. It is not their boss’ anger or attitude, their children’s noise and temper tantrums, or their spouse's irritation, it is their own reaction of tension that is their problem. How to use Relaxation


• Most of us think that we are always reacting to what our senses give us. But one of the elementary lessons in perception reveals that we really become aware of those things in our environment to which we have some desire or motivation towards. This is one of the basic components of personality theory and the testing of personality using projective types of tests. It is not outseide, - It's You!  I would like you to realize that: YOU ONLY TOUCH THE STATE OF YOUR OWN CONSCIOUSNESS. You only touch Your own Consciousness.  My collge students are full of opinions and ideas, but these beliefs have not been thought out and these individuals have a strong fear of questioning or examining their convictions. So it is ironic, that they have strong beliefs which they have gotten from others without question.

 
• One more large earthquake has hit California. Thousands of people are frightened and their lives are topsy-turvy. Some are going to
move out of California. Many are sleeping in parks, in their cars, staying with relatives or friends, etc. Others may be in their homes, but
are having trouble sleeping and become emotionally tense and upset with every aftershock, every vibration, and every loud deep sound. They have communicated these fears to their children and friends. Almost everybody they talk to is also upset and agrees that fear and
anxiety is the appropriate reaction to what has happened. The Northridge Earthquake had just occurred. Later there was the Ridgecrest Earthquake which was the largest earchquake to occur in Californai for two calandar years. What about the fears of Y2K at the end of 1999? Are You Y2K compliant?
 
• The American Psychiatric Association currently classifies persons into twelve personality disorders with are coded on Axis II of the
Multiaxial evaluation.   What Personality type are you?

• The state will reimburse qualified victims for certain expenses that occur as a result of crime. These expense include

medical, mental health counseling, dental, funeral/burial, income loss/loss of support, and even job training.  Are you a Victim of a Crime?
 
• This year, and each year in the foreseeable future, the families of more than one million American children will be disrupted by separation and divorce. Divorce forces parents to address new questions and effects changes that often affect every aspect of life.
  
  
• I am impressed by the impact and importance of spirituality in the health and mental life of individuals and even the race itself.  I see a Lack of Spirituality
  
  
• Recent discovery: prayer, laying on of hands, and mental thoughts of others aid in patients who are physically ill.  Althrough Prayer has been removed from the schools, it is making a comback in our hospitals and clinics.

 
• I have recently been impressed by the impact and importance of Music and Sound in the health and mental life of individuals and even the race itself.  Here is some very useful information.

 
• There had been a terrible accident on Norma, at the entrance of our office complex. It was my mom & dad’s car and my mother was alone. She was unconscious and bleeding profusely from the head. Here is my reaction to my Mother's Accident.

 
• Learn to be thankful - develop a gratitude attitude. In two weeks is Thanksgiving.  There is a possibility of a Season of Happiness.

 
•  Shoot ‘em up, knock ‘em down, and tell ‘em off seems to be a summary of our cultural manifesto or code of practice these days. Just observe the content on TV, radio, or the newspaper. Assaulting movie stars, stalkers, gang shooting, armed robbery, bombing, and murder are the constant and normative news and substance.  There is more than our Violent Culture.

 
• We Americans pride ourselves as being open-minded, free, and believe that we have entered the "Scientific Age." As I look around at

people and events taking place, it seems that we’re not really so free, open, or scientific. For example,  read the Political Psychology of Psychology
 
• As a psychologist, I am constantly shown the importance of several areas of life for my patient's health. Today, I am just going to share some of the recent information that has been passing through my practice.  Your Medical Insurance can injure you - you have a high probability that your mental health insurance will restrict your treatment options. Did you know a new Federal law says that millions of Americans cannot get certain medical treatments and services.   Medical Freedom is advertised but instead it is restricted. Further revelations follow in Medicare and other Insurance since I’m writing this as a Consumer "Alert." Did you know that your freedom and levels of personal determination are progressively being eroded? You and your loved one’s mental and emotional health is under severe attack. We're going to go back and resurrect an old finding -  the 80/20 rule. Did you know that 20% of the insurance pool incurs 80% of all the costs?  So what? What does that mean to you? Well, just think about it for a minute. The current managed care system does cut costs for the healthy. But what about the poor or the sick?  Many mental health insurance plans restrict you to few providers. Even more importantly, these plans restrict the amounts and types of treatment. Most plans are short term crisis oriented and limit payment to practitioners. Thus, when you see many of their providers, you are being sent to the insurance company's doctors - those who keep the insurance company satisfied. Do you think that this is very different from worker's compensation or an insurance injury doctor?

 
• Response and observations to the Oklahoma City Bombing.  Lesson from Waco Texas is the  question, "What’s shocking about such an event?" Just looking at history, one notices that this event is nothing new. What is that streak of insanity that occasionally reveals itself?  Having watched the crisis in Littleton Colorado, I have been thinking and observing the causative factors. I watched the nation agonize over the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado and other similar events. The whole news frenzy over how this happened, what could have been done about it, what can be done to prevent another occurrence of it. Some of my ideas and reactions follow.

• This is a short article giving some lnformation on wellness such as information about diet, foods, and mental health.

More to come....
 
 

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