“Many Italians Choose Suicide” – People Need to Work

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Overview The essence of healing is feeling safe. Your body regenerates and heals. Not being able to support yourself or have access to basic resources is incredibly damaging to your mental and physical health. Medicine must look at a patient in the context of their whole environment – especially work. … Read More

Schadenfreude: Your Pain My Pleasure

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Schadenfreude—the pleasure derived from another’s misfortune—is biologically rooted in the brain’s reward system. Brain imaging studies reveal that when we witness the downfall of someone we envy or dislike, the ventral striatum activates—the same reward center associated with pleasure, food, and financial gain. By the way, remember that this is merely a sensation … Read More

RUTs – Can’t Take Your Hand Off the Stove? Turn Down the Heat

Holding your hand over a hot burner triggers an immediate threat response (anxiety) and prompts action to address that threat. This sequence is part of the protective pain response known as the nociceptive pain system. Numerous danger cues activate this response. As your nervous system memorizes dangerous situations, this system … Read More

Anger Manifesto – “Humans, wake up!!”

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 Humanity Won’t Survive Without Engaging its Thinking Brain No Action in a Reaction The Human Survival Paradox Consider a time long ago when survival required outrunning predators or gathering enough food to last through the day. For our early ancestors, every rustle in the grass could signal a threat, and … Read More

I Took a Walk with Bella Today – A consideration of what we can learn from other species.

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This article was written by my close friend, DR Clawson. He is a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation, with whom I have collaborated for over 30 years. He is an exceptionally thorough and thoughtful colleague and has been a fantastic resource for my patients. We began working together … Read More

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