Psychiatric Disorder

Heroin addition is often described as a disease like any other. It is not.

Indignation and frustration are often taken as their own justification. But are they?

Self-Esteem

The Horrors of Self-Esteem

Theodore Dalrymple M.D. on April 28, 2015

Our predecessors thought that self-esteem was a horrible notion. They were right.

Our predecessors thought that self-esteem was a horrible notion. They were right.

Happiness

Don't Aim for Happiness

Theodore Dalrymple M.D. on April 25, 2015

Loss and melancholy cannot be avoided. Poetry assists acceptance better than manuals of happiness.

Loss and melancholy cannot be avoided. Poetry assists acceptance better than manuals of happiness.

Philosophy

Enjoy Yourself... or Else!

Theodore Dalrymple M.D. on April 23, 2015

Everywhere we go we are bombarded with stimuli to keep us entertained. Do we have no right to silence?

Everywhere we go we are bombarded with stimuli to keep us entertained. Do we have no right to silence?

Some people want to dramatize themselves by pretending to have been present at catastrophes. It can be lucrative or in other ways rewarding.