Read the latest blogs from David E. Myers, Ph.D.. David is a relational counselor and therapist serving the Birmingham, Alabama area. Dr. Myers specializes in a number of different areas, including psychotherapy, relationship counseling, help with anxiety, help with depression, and psychodynamic therapy. Read more below!
People pursue relationships, objects, and goals that make them happy. The pursuit of happiness is vital to American culture, so much so that it’s enshrined as an inherent inalienable right along with liberty and life. So, in a country that puts happiness on a pedestal, why are so many people depressed? Studies show that there’s an inextricable link between the pursuit of happiness…
The holiday season is here! And we’re sure you’re going to have a blast with friends and family once COVID is over. But while all the dinners and shopping willgive you a dopamine rush, you may feel low as the post-holiday life sets in. This is because we get used to the high level of activity, and it’s difficult to…
If you’re still feeling depressed after the holidays, you should reach out to a friendly psychotherapist like David Myers PHD
A 2020 study by CDC involving 54,000 participants found out that symptoms of anxiety are three times higher than the number recorded in the second half of 2019. What could be the reason? Achievement-oriented people are more likely to get anxious. While they have the perfect job, high salary, well-raised children, and a beautiful house, they expect themselves to stay productive and…
The future is necessarily unpredictable, so uncertainty is something all human beings come up against. That’s not a bad thing per se. Uncertainty stimulates planning and resilience, and forces us to adapt to changing conditions. The sum of all that is personal growth, which is always a good thing. However, sometimes uncertainty can be overpowering. Our planning and resilience may…
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Life becomes tough when one doesn’t see meaning in it. This is an issue that philosophers have grappled with for millennia: nihilism. Nihilism refers to many different beliefs, of which all aren’t hopeless or bad. However, here, nihilism refers to a belief that everything is meaningless or baseless. While people don’t commonly endorse the belief, they do feel it. A…
If you’ve ever felt two or more emotions, you’ve probably noticed how different things appear to you in different moods. By this, I don’t mean that you start experiencing completely different things relative to others. For instance, if you’re looking at a tennis ball, you’ll see a tennis ball regardless of how you feel (unless you’re hallucinating). However, there’s more…
Whether it’s your parents constant comparing you to other kids, the harsh words your girlfriend said in the midst of an argument, or the nasty labels a bully gave you at school, other people’s words leave an imprint on you.
While many of us learn to ignore others’ opinions of us, people with low self-esteem struggle to shake them off. Often, they become so consumed by what others have to say that they let themselves be defined by it.