Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe the cause of your psychological affliction isn't from one source, but instead from multiple sources? Comorbidity isn't a word that pops up in our everyday vocabulary and so it makes sense that we never consider it be culprit behind what ails us. To learn the role that comorbidities play in psychological health and illness, please listen. Enjoy!

Would you be able to recognize the signs of a psychological abnormality? Did you know that there are seven elements that are used to indicate the presence of a psychological abnormality in the United States and, do you know what they are? Oftentimes, we mistake being "different" for being "abnormal" but this is rather fiction than fact. To learn what these seven elements are so that you can empower, educate, and inform others, please listen because Debby has ones again broken down all the elements into digestible pieces. Enjoy!

Humor helps us lessen the pain and trauma of what would have otherwise been excruciating and dark. However, too much humor can prevent us from living in the present and staying grounded. For many, humor can be turned on and off, while others use it to put on a facade. To learn how to effectively use humor as an adaptive defense mechanism, please listen up. Enjoy.

Our ability to compartmentalize a perceived psychological threat depend on us being able to adequately isolate the threat, preventing it from bleeding into other areas of our lives. Failure to do this often result in endless cycles of chaos and contradictions. Debby discusses the importance of not only learning how to cognitively compartmentalize, but also how to emotionally and socially compartmentalize. Enjoy.

Ever felt like hiding under the covers after an embarrassing incident? Or maybe you felt like moving back home, to your parents' after a painful life event, when we do this, we are Regressing. We are reverting back to a habit or behavior or place that once made us feel safe, comforted, and loved. However, where and to whom we regress to can be either be healthy or unhealthy. Some people regress back into toxic environments, and people. To learn about how to regress in a healthy manner so that you can experience progress, please have a listen. Enjoy!

Once in a while, we need to relieve ourselves of toxic pent up emotions, but doing it without causing harm to others. However, this is exactly what we end up doing-redirecting that negative energy to an unsuspecting and undeserving person because we know they are less likely to fight react. Displacing toxic energy in such a manner only ends up causing more harm but luckily, Debby is here to save the day. To learn how to displace unwanted toxic emotion in a healthy manner, this is the episode for you. Enjoy!

To sublimate means to "channel", channel something from one form to another-from dark to light. The same thing goes for our unacceptable urges and desires because failing to sublimate our negative urges into positive actions will only end in two ways-we either end up hurting ourselves or end up hurting other people. To learn how to turn your socially unacceptable urges into positive actions, please listen. Enjoy!!

When we rationalize the presence or absence of a behavior that is socially unacceptable, we shut the door to any chance of engaging in introspection. Rationalizing behaviors is another way of giving ourselves permission to continue to engage in that behavior, because after-all, we have a reason for doing it and that indirectly makes it OK-but what if that behavior is harmful to us and others? To learn how to stop rationalizing and start introspecting, please listen. Enjoy!