“Narcissistic personalities are created and sustained. No one is born a narcissist. It is a habitual choice to be selfish and to lack empathy for other people. Never forget that it is a choice,” says Shannon Thomas with www.southlakecouseling.org. However, the psychiatric bible dubbed the DSMV published by the American Psychiatric Association labels narcissism under …
Caring for a person with true mental illness is not the same as angry spouses calling each other crazy. Stop misusing the word crazy! Only those people who have lived with a person or persons enduring true mental illnesses have that honor. I am that person. I am native born Texan and the proud mom …
April is national autism awareness month. Every month is autism awareness month for autism families. For example, if a family is constructed of six people and four of those are the children, two of whom were born on the autism spectrum and the other two children are within “normal” range. The parents realize that two …
Restorative Justice In the course of Community Mapping, it is apparent that there is a huge void for transitional housing for veterans with PTSD and people emerging from the criminal justice system. Where can these individuals and groups go? Does this group of our society deserve the same treatment as all others once they emerge …