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What is the most potentially dangerous mental illness out of the ones we tend to observe around us everyday?

What is the most potentially dangerous mental illness out of the ones we tend to observe around us everyday?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-08-07T12:36:45+00:00 August 7th, 2019|

Without researching the specifics, I’m confident that depression results in more deaths due to people taking their own life then any other mental [...]

Why are those with personality disorders encouraged to have relationships for their mental health, when healthy people are told to avoid the personality disordered because they’re abusive and unstable? Shouldn’t the personality disordered isolate?

Why are those with personality disorders encouraged to have relationships for their mental health, when healthy people are told to avoid the personality disordered because they’re abusive and unstable? Shouldn’t the personality disordered isolate?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-07-28T12:54:42+00:00 July 28th, 2019|

My initial reaction is to be very disturbed by such a stigmatizing and negative perspective of anyone with a diagnosed personality disorder. In [...]

Can narcissists be good people? And can normal people live with narcs without suffering?

Can narcissists be good people? And can normal people live with narcs without suffering?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-05-24T22:52:42+00:00 May 24th, 2019|

First of all you need to dispel the notion that being narcissistic means you are one kind of person. Narcissism exists on a [...]

As a therapist, have you ever snapped at a patient for what you believe(d) to be a valid reason? What was it?

As a therapist, have you ever snapped at a patient for what you believe(d) to be a valid reason? What was it?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-03-26T01:19:57+00:00 March 26th, 2019|

I don’t really think there is a valid reason for “snapping” at a patient. That said, I’ve definitely found myself in some sessions [...]

During the last session with my therapist I felt weird, like we were somehow distant emotionally and I had this feeling that I can’t say anything right and that I was boring. I am very attached to him and feel so bad right now. Why did I feel this way?

During the last session with my therapist I felt weird, like we were somehow distant emotionally and I had this feeling that I can’t say anything right and that I was boring. I am very attached to him and feel so bad right now. Why did I feel this way?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-03-26T01:17:23+00:00 March 26th, 2019|

While I can’t know what you feel, what you are describing sounds like a common example of someone who has a poor sense [...]

Is it common for those diagnosed with BPD to use the push-pull tactic? Pulling you back so they get the opportunity to devalue you again?

Is it common for those diagnosed with BPD to use the push-pull tactic? Pulling you back so they get the opportunity to devalue you again?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-02-21T19:40:17+00:00 February 21st, 2019|

As others have indicated, this is not a “tactic”, it’s an unconscious result of splitting or seeing things as either black or white. [...]

I told my therapist that I loved him and he hard-swallowed right after. What do you think this could mean?

I told my therapist that I loved him and he hard-swallowed right after. What do you think this could mean?

Jonathan Schnapp 2019-02-12T04:09:31+00:00 February 12th, 2019|

People are not like a chemical solution that turns a specific color when a specific chemical is mixed in. They are far more [...]