http://www.healthyplace.com/ Recent Videos Video  Jodi Lobozzo Aman tells how to observe people around you before jumping to the conclusion that everyone is looking at you and judging you.]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 17:20:16 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2115/social-anxiety-sad-videos/a-tip-to-help-social-anxiety-observe/  When you are anxious about going somewhere, like restaurants, you need to just do it. Watch anxiety blogger, Jodi Aman tell you how!]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 17:18:03 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2114/anxiety-panic-videos/face-your-anxiety-about-going-to-restaurants/  I talk about the things that bring on symptoms of bipolar disorder; Triggers. I discuss my own particular triggers and ask everyone to share their triggers.]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:58:18 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2076/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-the-real-deal-006-triggers/  More Than Borderline's Becky Oberg talks about the role experience plays in life with borderline personality disorder. Even a bad decision has its usefulness!]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:38:11 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2075/borderline-personality-disorder/good-decisions-experience-and-bad-decisions-life-with-borderline-personality-disorder/  There are times when your eating disorder and/or other co-morbid illnesses require inpatient treatment. Surviving ED author Angela E. Gambrel talks about her decision to enter the hospital.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:36:35 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2074/eating-disorders/deciding-to-go-inpatient-for-eating-disorders-treatment/  We can all find ourselves treating ourselves badly from time to time. Here I discuss a self-care tip that can be used whether you have a mental illness or not.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:34:01 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2073/bipolar-disorder/mental-health-and-self-care/  Stress is a normal reaction to life changes but it's important to understand that stress affects those with a mental illness differently. Read the Recovering From Mental Illness blog: http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/recoveringfrommentalillness/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:31:22 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2072/bipolar-disorder/understanding-stress-and-mental-illness/  I briefly discuss my experience with addiction and alcoholism and how it negatively affected recovering from mental illness.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:28:42 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2071/addictions/the-danger-of-addiction-when-you-have-a-mental-illness/  Learn how to manage symptoms of stress.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:26:26 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2070/borderline-personality-disorder/borderline-personality-disorder-and-relaxation/  My bipolar child experiences psychotic depression in the fall and winter months, which we can hopefully control with his current antipsychotic medication.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:25:42 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2069/parenting/bipolar-child-and-psychotic-depression/  Recovery from an eating disorder can be all-consuming at times. In this video, I talk about how you can and should balance recovery with real-life activities and how that balance can ultimately help you in your recovery from an eating disorder.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:23:48 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2068/eating-disorders/finding-balance-in-eating-disorders-recovery/  Here's a helpful list of holiday gift suggestions for the mentally ill loved ones on your shopping list. Elf-awareness and elf-help are in full effect. Funny in the Head blog. Funny in the Head, a mental health humor blog on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/funnyinthehead/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:22:35 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2067/bipolar-disorder/holiday-gift-giving-suggestions-for-the-mentally-ill/  Pet care, volunteer work, and finding a hobby can help you recover from mental illness. Read the Recovering From Mental Illness Blog by Natalie Jean Champagne on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/recoveringfrommentalillness/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:17:41 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2066/bipolar-disorder/complementary-mental-health-treatments-really-work/  In the throws of alcoholism, I was also battling with financial problems. It's a common situation addicts face. Now in sobriety, I better manage my finances. Here's what I learned. Read the Debunking Addiction blog on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/debunkingaddiction/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:10:20 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2065/addictions/addiction-alcoholism-and-financial-problems/  Find out more about Jack Smith, author of the Coping with Depression blog on HealthyPlace.com. Watch this. Read Coping with Depression blog:]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:09:18 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2064/depression/jack-smith-author-of-coping-with-depression-blog/  Many people aren't good at relationships, particularly at the beginning. What might be a time of excitement and optimism for the average person can turn to anxiety and depression for someone with bipolar. This video compares the feelings experienced during the beginning of a relationship with the mood fluctuations of bipolar disorder.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:08:31 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2063/relationships/emotion-regulation-and-dating-with-bipolar-disorder/  Which is worse? Schizophrenia or living with the most misunderstood mental illness of all. Dan Hoeweler reads his poetry to a live audience to fight the stigma of mental illness. Read the Creative Schizophenia blog on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/creativeschizophrenia/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:07:28 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2062/thought-disorders/schizophrenic-mind-madness-psychosis-and-more/  Dan Hoeweler, author of the Creative Schizophrenia blog, talks about bringing hope to those whose lives have been touched by schizophrenia. Watch. Read the Creative Schizophenia blog on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/creativeschizophrenia/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:06:20 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2061/thought-disorders/about-dan-hoeweler-author-of-creative-schizophrenia-blog/  The stigma of mental illness is the leading barrier to its treatment, but is disclosure a way to fight it? More Than Borderline's Becky Oberg discusses living openly with a mental illness. Read More Than Borderline Blog on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:05:19 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2060/borderline-personality-disorder/stigma-of-mental-illness-and-disclosure/  Parenting a mentally ill child requires the opportunity to recharge and regroup--hobbies and outside interests can help parents keep from getting overwhelmed.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:04:00 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2059/parenting/personal-interests-greatly-benefit-parents-of-mentally-ill-children/  Surviving ED author Angela E. Gambrel talks about both sides of eating disorders — being in recovery and having a friend or loved one who is struggling with an eating disorder, and what that can mean.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:02:43 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2058/eating-disorders/being-on-the-other-side-when-friends-struggle-with-eating-disorders/  Bipolar disorder is one of the most difficult things I know, so did it make skydiving seem easy in comparison?]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:01:36 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2057/bipolar-disorder/did-bipolar-disorder-prepare-me-for-skydiving/  I describe the experience that taught me the real life implications of state-dependent memory as someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder, DID.
]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:08 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2056/dissociative-disorders/dentity-disorder-video-state-dependent-memory-youtube/  He's back! And he brought his ADHD brain with him (along with really bad hair). Join Douglas as he muses about where on Earth he misplaced his glasses. If you have memory problems, you'll probably relate and maybe you've come up with the same coping strategies as Douglas has. Leave a comment below. Let us know how you keep tabs of your belongings when ADHD strikes their location from your mind. (Full disclosure: Douglas lost his glasses again during the filming of this video. He left them in the same stupid place, too. He'll never learn, will he?) Visit: ADDaboy! the Adult ADHD blog by Douglas Cootey, on HealthyPlace.com: America's Mental Health Channel]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:58:16 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2055/adhd/addaboy-adventures-in-adhd-6-lost-glasses-lost-system/  These are a couple important things I have learned for how to handle my relationships. -------------------------------------- Read Mental Health for the Digi...]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:48:20 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2054/relationships/ips-for-when-you-have-mental-illness-youtube/  If you have a good psychiatric crisis plan in place you can make sure that if a crisis should arise that you don't get into a situation that exacerbates it. ------------------------------------------------------------­-------------------------------------- Read Mental Health for the Digital Generation vlog on HealthyPlace.com: America's Mental Health Channel http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/mentalhealthforthedigitalgeneration/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:46:46 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2053/addictions/psychiatric-crisis-plan/  Wanting a relationship is normal--but are you ready? More Than Borderline's Becky offers a guideline to determine if you can handle a romantic relationship. Read the More Than Borderline blog on HealthyPlace.com http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:10:01 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2052/borderline-personality-disorder/romantic-relationship-readiness-and-borderline-personality-disorder/  Surviving ED Angela E. Lackey talks about how people with eating disorders can educate those who simply don't understand these are real illnesses that can ruin lives and be deadly.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:04:00 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2051/eating-disorders/qwhy-dont-you-just-eatq-educating-people-about-eating-disorders/  Unknown]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:59:27 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2050/bipolar-disorder/feelings-swamp-a-funny-in-the-head-production/  Afghanistan PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:03:53 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2049/ptsd/afghanistan-ptsd-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/  A short documentary showing Phobia in the real world and the world of cinema. Directed by: Daniel Michael DeLuca and Daniel Langston (C)2004]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:41:18 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2048/anxiety-in-children/phobias-existence-in-the-real-and-reel-worlds/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more details, clips and info about the film's release date, festival appearances, merchandise and showings. Vanessa discusses her survival of a suicide attempt and some common misconceptions about suicide.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:35:13 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2047/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-extra-vanessa/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more d...]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:34:43 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2046/depression/ge-the-subject-suicide-extra-mike-youtube/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more details, clips and info about the film's release date, festival appearances, merchandise and showings. The film's director, Mike Stutz, and his brother discuss their mother's suicide.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:34:21 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2045/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-extra-mike-a-david/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more details, clips and info about the film's release date, festival appearances, merchandise and showings. Dr. Kita Curry of Didi Hersch Mental Health Services discusses the differences between "the blues" and depression.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:34:01 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2044/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-extra-kita/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more details, clips and info about the film's release date, festival appearances, merchandise and showings. Elizabeth discusses the nature of her particular bipolar disorder.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:33:19 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2043/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-extra-elizabeth/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more details, clips and info about the film's release date, festival appearances, merchandise and showings. This clip features Charlie Recksieck from The Bigfellas talking about the secret suicidal messages in 70's classic "The Hustle"]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:32:48 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2042/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-extra-charlie-the-hustle/  Extra scene from suicide documentary "Don't Change The Subject" - this is a bonus scene not found in the movie. Go to www.dontchangethesubject.org for more details, clips and info about the film's release date, festival appearances, merchandise and showings. This clip features a (funny) story from playwright Brian Finkelstein about suicide in his family.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:32:10 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2041/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-extra-brian/  Don't Change the Subject is a darkly comic look at what happens when one man dares to ask questions about the dirtiest word in any language -- suicide. Director Mike Stutz investigates his mom's suicide by opening up a conversation with his family that they never had when he was a kid. Then he recruits a band of writers, artists, dancers, comics, punk clowns (yes there are punk clowns) and suicide survivors to put their own unique stamp on the conversation. Teenagers dance to autopsy reports. A jumper gives tips on how to come out of a coma. A comic discovers that suicide can actually be funny. Also dozens of amazingly honest and incredible people open up about their lives in ways that you'd never expect. Oh and there's animation, a suicide band, and parties for dead people.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:25:19 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2040/depression/dont-change-the-subject-suicide-official-preview/  Author of It's All About Him explains how to spot a narcissist. Lisa E. Scott talks about the 6 Red Flags of a Narcissist on NBC St. Louis. ]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:40:24 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2039/narcissism/6-red-flags-of-a-narcissist/  To handle a narcissist, avoid the relationship altogether, minimize contacts or use an approach they can understand. Deal with a narcissist friend or coworker with tips from a licensed psychologist in this free video on self-help. Expert: Dr. Art Bowler Contact: www.drartbowler.com Bio: Dr. Art Bowler is a licensed psychologist with a boutique practice in New York City. Filmmaker: Paul Muller]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:34:26 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2038/narcissism/self-help-tips-how-to-handle-a-narcissist/  A film and prose about falling in love with a narcissist.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:31:48 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2037/narcissism/i-fell-in-love-with-a-narcissist-he-destroyed-me/  Everyone seems to be a narcissist in one way or another. Who is really a narcissist? Visit HealthyPlace for in-depth information on Narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and the narcissist: http://new.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/malignant-self-love/narcissism-narcissistic-personality-disorder-npd/]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:27:35 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2036/narcissism/who-is-an-authentic-narcissist/  Dr Sylvia Gearing shares her professional methods of how to spot a truly self-absorbed person on Facebook. For more information and tips, please follow @DrGearing on Twitter and read her blog at www.GearingUp.com.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:24:48 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2035/narcissism/how-to-spot-narcissists-on-facebook/  Narcissistic Injury An occasional or circumstantial threat (real or imagined) to the narcissist's grandiose and fantastic self-perception (False Self) as perfect, omnipotent, omniscient, and entitled to special treatment and recognition, regardless of his actual accomplishments (or lack thereof). Narcissistic Wound A repeated or recurrent identical or similar threat (real or imagined) to the narcissist's grandiose and fantastic self-perception (False Self) as perfect, omnipotent, omniscient, and entitled to special treatment and recognition, regardless of his actual accomplishments (or lack thereof). Narcissistic Scar A repeated or recurrent psychological defence against a narcissistic wound. Such a narcissistic defence is intended to sustain and preserve the narcissist's grandiose and fantastic self-perception (False Self) as perfect, omnipotent, omniscient, and entitled to special treatment and recognition, regardless of his actual accomplishments (or lack thereof). Narcissistic rage has two forms: I. Explosive -- The narcissist flares up, attacks everyone in his immediate vicinity, causes damage to objects or people, and is verbally and psychologically abusive. II. Pernicious or Passive-Aggressive (P/A) -- The narcissist sulks, gives the silent treatment, and is plotting how to punish the transgressor and put her in her proper place. These narcissists are vindictive and often become stalkers. They harass and haunt the objects of their frustration. They sabotage and damage the work and possessions of people whom they regard to be the sources of their mounting wrath. (From the book "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" by Sam Vaknin - Click on this link to purchase the print book, or 16 e-books, or 3 DVDs with 16 hours of video lectures on narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships: http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/thebook.html)]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:21:34 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2034/narcissism/narcissistic-injury-wound-scar-and-rage/  The problem starts when the true victims - often the abuser's "nearest and dearest" - adopt his/her point of view and begin to feel guilty and responsible for his/her reprehensible behaviors. This folie a deux (literally, in French, "madness in twosome") or shared psychosis is very common: victims and abusers form symbiotic dyads, abrogate reality, and share the same delusions. They allocate roles: the victim triggers the abuse and deserves it, the abuser is merely a hapless tool, devoid of volition and with an absent impulse-control. But why would anyone succumb to such a patently fallacious view of the world? Why would anyone assume the guilt for her own torture and maltreatment? Shared psychosis is a complex phenomenon with numerous psychodynamic roots. Some victims fear abandonment and would do anything to placate their abusive intimate partner. Others grew up in dysfunctional families and are familiar and comfortable with abuse (it is their "comfort zone".) Some victims are masochistic and others simply want to "make the relationship work." Fear plays a big part, too: sometimes the only way not to provoke another onslaught is by playing by the abuser's rules. So, what can you do about it?
]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:18:47 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2033/narcissism/its-all-my-fault-i-provoked-him/  Narcissists will use any means or person to get what they want. They are crafty and cunning and have a way of turning things to make themselves seem like the victim and us like the perpetrator.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:16:16 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2032/narcissism/traits-of-narcissts-controller-manipulator/  Being the child of a parent who has narcissistic personality disorder or is simply a narcissist is extremely challenging. The person grows up deferring to the parent as the main person in the room always. They are not at all allowed to feel or have problems. They are consistently having to fight for any and all attention as the parent is the only one allowed to have problems of feelings. This video talks about this syndrome and also about how people might begin to free themselves from this type of suffering existence in their own adult relationships.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:56:20 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2031/narcissism/narcissistic-parent-collateral-damage/  The narcissist's false emanations are not restricted to messages with emotional content. They may contain wrong or false or partial information. The narcissist does not hesitate to lie, deceive, or "reveal" (misleading) half-truths. He appears to be intelligent, charming and, therefore, reliable. He is a convincing conjurer of words, signs, behaviours, and body language. The above two classes of victims are casually exploited and then discarded by the narcissist. No more malice is involved in this than in any other interaction with an instrument. No more premeditation and contemplation than in breathing. These are victims of narcissistic reflexes. Perhaps this is what makes it all so repulsively horrific: the offhanded nature of the damage inflicted.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:49:45 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2030/narcissism/narcissists-victims-many-faces/  A short vlog on a very important topic to many people.]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:19:55 GMT http://www.healthyplace.com/mental-health-videos/viewvideo/2029/depression/clinical-depression-symtoms/