Tag Archives: Attention Therapies

Anti-Bullying

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Joel

Anti-bullying Play Anti-bullying is a lesson that can be learned from play. Jaak Panksepp found play dominance emerges when two rats are allowed to play together repeatedly. One rat tends to become “the winner,” meaning it ends up on top … Continue reading →

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Invasive Emotions

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Joel

Invasive Emotions and Feelings Invasive emotions and feelings are lower-minded subcortical storyless processes. The highly uncomfortable feelings you’re experiencing are not generated in the cortical executive part of the brain.

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RAGE

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Joel

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)for Rage? On the first page of “Anger: How to Live With and Without It.” Albert Ellis writes, “Most psychologists agree that you absolutely must feel anger. They see the newborn infant as expressing emotions comparable to … Continue reading →

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Time-Stressed

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Joel

Time-Stressed Sitting in Loews Hollywood Hotel, not a guest but waiting for our daughter and son-in-law, I had my computer with me and could/should be working on my blog post due the next day. Almost an hour passed, but being … Continue reading →

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Living on a Time Delay

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Joel

Living on a Time Delay We are on a half second-time delay — the kind of delay radio stations use to avoid broadcasting words that might violate Federal Communication standards. What we believe is happening this moment happened a half … Continue reading →

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Total Self-Renewal through Attention Therapies

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Joel

Total Self-Renewal through Attention Therapies and Open Focus

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FEAR Factor

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Joel

Primal-Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY

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Affects R Us

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Joel

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) proves effective if what has gone wrong is within recent and specific sets of life problems with clear cognitive underpinnings. In other words, CBT works well for everyday life problems, ie marital … Continue reading →

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Drowning in Feelings & Emotions

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp’s research goes deep into the wordless territory of affect or feelings and emotions where few psychologists, psychiatrists, or other researchers have gone. After years of work with lab animals he came up with seven primary affect systems:

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PANIC/GRIEF

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp initially called the sixth affect system the PANIC SYSTEM to reflect what goes on deep in the subcortical brain.

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