Bay Area Reptile Dysfunction

ACCEPTANCE OF SELF - When people first come to a peer support group, they think both more highly of themselves than is warranted, and less highly of themselves than is called for. How do we think too highly of ourselves? We have a tendency to think that every thought that goes through our head is true, just because we had the thought. When we remember the past, we change our memories to make ourselves look better and nobler. We know we are frequently wrong in general, but whe...Continue reading

Homeostasis, A Process B Process, FAB (Fading Affect Bias), Pollyanna Process, Nobody Gets Out Alive and There Are No Free Lunches Some things are just a part of being alive. They are inevitable. Hence the phrase: Nobody gets out alive. All life ends in death. This thought is easy (and at the same time, not so easy) for us to accept because over the course of our lives we have seen it played out over and over again. All goldfish have a shelf life. Yesterday’s cat is ...Continue reading

Patterns of nature are amazing! #FloweringPlants