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Psychologists Have Learned These 23 Shocking Things From Listening To Peoples’ Problems

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Clinical psychologist specializing in traumatic stress and substance misuse. How poorly we treat addiction in this country (US). In almost all cases their is a link to trauma in the past. This can be from child abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, returning from war, and many other traumatic experiences. Obviously there is a genetic factor in many cases too. These are sad people who have unfortunately turned to a detrimental coping mechanism. They lose control, engage in anti-social behavior to feed the addiction, and are often scorned by society. This has made me absolutely furious with the legislation in this country.

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That there really isn’t a lot of evil in the world. Just misguided, maladaptive behavior from folks that are doing what they know and portraying the part of protagonist in their own stories.

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Gender roles haven’t changed very much over my 35 years of practice. More women hate their husbands than you can imagine. Father’s just need to show up to be seen as great dads. Dealing with conflict well is the key to long term relationships.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.