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Forgiveness is a process. A lot of people believe that forgiveness is accomplice in the “snap of the fingers”. I hear people say, “forgive and forget” all of the time.  However, forgiveness can take hours, days, weeks, months, or even years.  According to Life Innovations, “Forgiveness is the decision or choice to give up right [...]

In 2007, statistics from a Stanford University, Harris Poll  and reported on youths addicted to video games. The poll showed 8.5% of youths (between the ages of 8 – 18) in the US could be classified as video game addicts. While another 23% of youths would say that they are addicted to video games. What does [...]

Shopping can be a fun way to spend time with friends, prepare for the future, and keep up with the latest trends of the season; but when does liking to shop turn into having to shop to deal with stress in life. Some people find themselves enjoying shopping so much they start to use the [...]

For many people, drinking alcohol is nothing more than a pleasant way to relax. However, people with alcohol use disorders drink to excess, endangering both themselves and others. This question-and-answer fact sheet explains alcohol problems and how psychologists can help people recover. For most adults, moderate alcohol use–no more than two drinks a day for [...]

Individuals often hide their drinking or deny they have a problem. How can you tell if you or someone you know is in trouble? Signs of a possible problem include having friends or relatives express concern, being annoyed when people criticize your drinking, feeling guilty about your drinking and thinking that you should cut down [...]

FPS & MMOG’s (If you know what this title means, you will benefit from reading…) Since we are officially in the Summer season, I think it is important to look at how routines change for the students of Atlanta. With the slowing economic tide that we are facing, many employers are not hiring as much [...]

Do you ever find yourself stressing about situations that you really don’t have any control over? What’s that like for you? How does it make you feel? Do you find yourself feeling sad or worried or not so much? There are many factors in life either from the environment or from family that can make [...]

Are you familiar with the term “Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG’s) or First Person Shooter (FPS)? Maybe you are too familiar with these terms. Have you let your work performance or school performance slip in the last few months?  Is all that you think about, when you are at school, the evening’s gathering [...]

Are you concerned about the amount of time your child/teen/spouse is spending in front of the computer or Play Station or X-Box 360?  How much time is too much time playing games? What are some symptoms of game addiction?   Your loved one spends most non-school/work hours on the computer or playing video games. He [...]

Is It Good to ‘Let It All Hang Out’? Psychologists now say that this is a dangerous myth. Some people use this theory as a license to hurt others. Research has found that ‘letting it rip’ with anger actually escalates anger and aggression and does nothing to help you (or the person you’re angry with) [...]