by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 8, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 12 – Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning b. Intimacy: Close relationships often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation. My Sad Story When I look at idealization, I can see that it was important for the...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 7, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, The Higher Self
Poetry is about feelings. In the present poetic atmosphere, we seem to have lost our bearings; we are floating without power and purpose. We have wandered into some absurd strata where whether or not we use gerunds and participles somehow equates with good poetry. We...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 12 – Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning, b. Intimacy: Close relationships often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation; Devaluation and idealization are defense mechanisms that the mind creates subconsciously to help it...
by Lawrence Cooper | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations, The Higher Self
I had the honor and privilege of attending a wedding for a young couple from the Twelve Tribes Community. These are the people who own and operate the Yellow Deli (formerly Common Ground Restaurant) and the New Sprout Farm located near Merville. This is a community...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 27, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 11: Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning – b. Intimacy: anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment. What We Know Liebke and others (2018) developed an interesting computer based assessment tool, the Mannheim Virtual...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 21, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
DSM 5 Impairment 10 – Significant impairments in personality functioning: Intimacy: marked by mistrust, neediness. A Sad Story Getting tired of these sad stories? So am I. I would like to tell you the sad stories of other people, but unfortunately that would go...
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