You have to understand that PTSD has to be an event that you experience, a very traumatic event. And actually, there is evidence that brain chemistry changes during this event in certain individuals where it's imprinted indelibly forever and there's an emotion associated with this which triggers the condition.
Dale ArcherWhen you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.
Dale ArcherI think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.
Dale ArcherPathological liar' is absolutely the toughest individual to deal with as a psychiatrist. Because you can't take anything they say at face value. And you can't, you know, fill in their personality. You don't know what's real and what's not.
Dale ArcherYou cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
Dale ArcherUniversities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
Dale Archer