Blogs

What Freud Didn't Know

Emotional Well-being through Neuroscience and Psychology
by Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
Tim Stokes has been doing psychotherapy for more than 30 years. He is the clinical director of Corporate Psychological Services and author of What Freud Didn't Know (January 2010). See full bio

Comments on "Got a stubborn psychological problem? You can probably blame your amygdala."

Got a stubborn psychological problem? You can probably blame your amygdala.

By Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D. on September 14, 2009 in What Freud Didn't Know

The brains tendency to record emotion memories seems to underlie much of what we regret: over-reactions, under-reactions, feelings, assumptions and behaviors that persist even though they don’t fit our circumstances. (And, stay tuned: this understanding can help us master these problems.) Read More

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

Subscribe to What Freud Didn't Know

Recent Posts in What Freud Didn't Know

Don’t expect an 'Ahaa" insight itself to produce much relief. by Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
Help for those “I don't know what possesses me.” tendencies. by Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
A bit neurotic at times? It's likely that evolution designed you to be that way. by Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
Rogue emotion memories make us all a bit (or more) irrational. by Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
Why neurobiology can't define us. by Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
More of What Freud Didn't Know blog

Current Issue

The Expectations Trap

Why we're conditioned to blame our partners for our unhappiness.