Ask the Psychologist Issue #6: Reasons People Join Gangs that Inflict Human Suffering
I have been asked many times, why do people join hurtful gangs that inflict human suffering ? This question is even more relevant now that we are watching riots on TV, in many parts of the our country, where hurtful behavior is being demonstrated, by what can be called gangs; one that is mentioned often […]
Ask the Psychologist Issue #5: Demonstration, Rioting and Looting, WHY
Some people are asking the question, what should happen to people who demonstrate and may cause injury to others or damage others property. First one needs to distinguish between a demonstration, rioting and looting, regardless what the media calls it. Demonstrations (Or Protesting) are a form of activism, usually taking the form of a public gathering of people […]
Ask the Psychologist Issue #4: Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin (Z-Pak), and Zinc Sulfate
Now that the President explained that his physician approved him taking zink and hydroxychloroquine to prevent him from contracting COVID-19, I thought the below information from a few noted physicians may be informative as to why his decision was made. It’s a crime medicine is being taken over by petty politics, which may prevent someone […]
Ask the Psychologist Issue #3: Symptoms of Being Confined at Home
People have been asking me if they are over-reacting to this world epidemic of COVID-19 and becoming overly paranoid. So what is a definition of paranoia; Paranoia is the irrational and persistent feeling that people are out to get you. The three main types of paranoia include paranoid personality disorder, delusional (formerly paranoid) disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. Symptoms of being confined to your home […]
Ask the Psychologist Issue #2: Cognitive Dissonance
I have been asked recently, why so many people, at present, are so extremely divided on how they see the world, resulting in very angry exchanges. My prior Ask The Psychologist edition explains, why people who are angry, have such difficulty communicating; Recripical Inhibition (Below). This current edition talks about how people get to that point. The Theory of […]
Ask the Psychologist Issue #1: Reciprocal Inhibition
Many people have been asking me lately, why are there so many angry people, who are so difficult to talk to in a reasonable manner. The answer is a basic psychological and physiological concept. Reciprocal Inhibition is a psychological term, as well as a physiological term, that means you can’t have 2 opposite emotions or physical reactions […]
Vibroacoustic Disease (VAD) Is Much More Than A Hearing Problem
(Text version of the article available below) by Bart P Billings, PhD, COL(Ret) In the late 1990s, I was working with some professional audio sound technicians and had an opportunity to experience the sound system for a major concert. They wanted me to listen to the sound system they were setting up in a large […]
SEZ ME: Just thinking about non-stopped Veteran suicides resulting in possible Govt savings with TV series and news interviews focusing on the subject
“If we had 20 to 22 Vets die in combat each day, people would be marching in every city in the USA. Why are citizens and the government marching in the opposite direction, when we lose this number of Vets each day to suicide?” “The lead profession in the mental health field; PSYCHIATRY! — Has failed, […]
Here we go again in Parkland FL. How can we get the national media to read this and see what is happening? All they talk about is the same old thing — Guns and Mental Health. If they want a solution it’s here.
WHY ISN’T ANYONE ASKING THE OBVIOUS QUESTION,— ”WAS THE SHOOTER NOW OR PREVIOUSLY ON PRESCRIPTION BRAIN ALTERING PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS THAT HAVE A BLACK BOX WARNING INDICATING SERIOUS ADVERSE REACTIONS? On 10/4/17, I wrote an editorial discussing the mass shootings in Las Vegas and also in Southerland Springs Texas (Below). Today, 2/11/18, I read an article […]
