Will the economic downturn actually make people happier, because they have less money to go out and therefore will have to spend more time with their families?
This is the suggestion of a post by the Brain Blogger. I can see the general point and how it might be true for middle income families but for people already on the bread line a recession is not going to make them any happier.
In the US, psychiatrists are increasingly turning to medication rather than offering psychotherapy, according to reports.
This seems to be the opposite of the direction of the travel in the UK, which is trying to embrace more talking therapies.
For those of you who read my post yesterday you might be interested to know whether I cycled in to work today, following my intensive visualisation session yesterday. Unfortunately, when I awoke I discovered it was raining and visualised myself getting wet, so I got on the train instead. Needless to say I have been redoubling my visualisation efforts today in readiness of a big push on the bicycling front tomorrow.
In the US, psychiatrists are increasingly turning to medication rather than offering psychotherapy, according to reports.
This seems to be the opposite of the direction of the travel in the UK, which is trying to embrace more talking therapies.
For those of you who read my post yesterday you might be interested to know whether I cycled in to work today, following my intensive visualisation session yesterday. Unfortunately, when I awoke I discovered it was raining and visualised myself getting wet, so I got on the train instead. Needless to say I have been redoubling my visualisation efforts today in readiness of a big push on the bicycling front tomorrow.
Maybe you could visualise some sunshine? (I tried with chocolate.. )
I did visualise sunshine yesterday and even though it wasn't sunny this morning I did actually cycle in and felt all the better for it!