Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology
Dr. Gary Bell
Not for the faint of heart or sensitive spirit, Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology is about helping our lives in the insane world we exist today. It is a sarcastic, smart and witty view of the lives we cope with, including straight answers, real information and new perspectives to bring LIFE back to our existence. Dr. Bell brings deep insight, common sense and weaves general knowledge of how the brain is operating under various circumstances. Dr. Bell challenges us all to OWN our lives. How do we become change in an ever changing world? If anything, you might sound smarter to your friends. Everyone is an armchair therapist, but now you will know enough to be dangerous. No whining or caterwauling allowed! This is a search for essence, passion and meaning as we exist surrounded by mediocrity, insecurity and insignificance. Take your medication and listen. You might learn something.
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Sep 23, 2016 • 56min
Hypochondria and Neurotic
To be married to or be a hypochondriac or a neurotic person can literally suck the life out of you. To not have insurance with a hypochondriac can cost millions over a lifetime in medical expenses with no answers. Googling every odd sensation a person can have at any given moment, has more than tripled the hypochondriac population across the globe. Healthcare is the most secure occupation due to this. Being a hypochondriac or neurotic is no joke. One could be having a perfectly normal day destroyed by paranoid ideology that suddenly takes over. Listen and learn about how these disorders can be managed!
Sep 16, 2016 • 56min
Conflict Avoidance
Conflict avoidance is one of the key identifiers that a person has not transcended into adult life. Relationships, employment, raising children and anything calling for compromise requires conflict. All that is required is to have the willingness to be an active listener to another person's perception. Whether you agree or disagree is irrelevant. You have to be willing to hear. Tune in and learn how to identify someone who avoids conflict -maybe you- and work through the issue into a peaceful life.
Sep 9, 2016 • 55min
Facing Unemployment
Unemployment looms over anyone who works for someone else. The almighty dollar is king and people are the means to more, if it is thought you are not a quick goodbye is coming. No company or business is completely loyal to their employees. The values that once push the United States to the top is gone. We must be rugged individuals faced with the prognosis that on the average the majority of adults will go through at least 4 career jobs before retirement -if that is in the cards-. Tune in and learn how to survive!!
Sep 2, 2016 • 56min
Bi-Polar or Borderline Personality
Bi-Polar and Borderline Personality Disorder have so much in common. They both create chaos in everyone's life they touch, especially when untreated. Both often look for a co-dependent partner to project all their complex madness on. Coping instead of living is their way of life. Riding on total exhilaration in one moment and drastic depression the next. Partners always confused if they are crazy or is it who they are with. One disorder is genetic and the other from on-going child neglect or abuse. Both disorders are hard to distinguish or understand. I will break it all down for you. Listen and learn!!!
Aug 26, 2016 • 58min
What Makes People Attractive
Facial similarities, body shape, feelings, attitudes, scents, communication styles, energy, sexual presence, flaws and all kinds of complicated features shape what attracts one person to another. We will simplify and focus on what can turn ugly into hot and sexy. Loneliness lies beneath people's deepest fears and most disturbing thoughts. If we don't feel attractive, we don't feel we belong. We feel like an obligation and someone who is used for their goodness, rather than a desired person. We will explore that laws of attraction in depth and hopefully it will help improve your attractiveness!!!
Aug 19, 2016 • 56min
Difficult Children
Raising children on it's own is the most difficult job in the world, but having a difficult child can push any parent to utter insanity. Difficult children come in all flavors of attitudes, narcissism, dangerous behavior, destructive behavior and complete stupidity. I will go into how to work with all types of children and explore potential mental issues and how to cope with them too. Tune in and learn to make your life more peaceful!!!
Aug 12, 2016 • 57min
Cross Cultural Relationships
Cross Cultural Relationships can be highly complex. Forming a relationship with someone of a different culture can be highly enchanting. Then one discovers a vast amount of differences in our expectations, areas of compromise, views of finances, religion, family blending, family responsibilities, communication, gender differences and traditions. These fragile relationships sometimes take more than a therapist to fix. They also require an anthropologist. We will explore cultures around the world and see how a global economy is creating complex global relationships.
Aug 5, 2016 • 51min
The Power of Pornography
Pornography has fueled the sex drives of the human race for 10,000 years or more. Some cultures have prided themselves on it's role in their everyday lives. However, pornography can be a secret addiction and can destroy a monogamous relationship in so many countless ways. We will examine the brain's response, the biological outcomes and how it impacts our everyday lives. Pornography has it benefits and its downfalls. The dehumanization of human sexuality is the biggest. Listen in and explore this multi-Billion dollar industry and its impact!
Jul 29, 2016 • 58min
Transitioning from Child to Adult
The transition to adulthood for many children can be challenging for them and their entire family. What we once thought was an adult at 18 years old is now developmentally 32. Some go to college and never make a life, some never leave and others move on and make it. There are true developmental factors that define an adult. By clarifying what an adult is, maybe some will understand how to transition.
Jul 22, 2016 • 56min
Finding Mr. or Mrs. Right
Less than 10% of all people in long term relationships claim they have found their most suitable partner. Most are gigantic compromises with poor communication, selfish partnering skills, short bursts of love, respect and the ability to cherish. Couples often seek counseling after they have crashed the apple cart hundreds and thousands of times using the examples their parents passed down to them of true love. If people would seek professional help early, they would have better tools. However, the biggest obsticle is jumping into bed with someone and then trying to build a relationship. Finding the right partner for you is what this show is about. Listen and learn! You may want to improve what you have or trade it in for a new model.
