Halloween History
This clinical modality forces you to identify some ~sometimes~ scary thoughts (catastrophizing).
What is CBT
Often considered the father of psychotherapy.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Frequently experiencing irresistible theft urges.
What is Kleptomania?
This moon phase if often attributed to making people act worse or causing bad things to happen.
What is a full moon (also known as "Full Moon Lunacy")
In Mexico, they celebrate this holiday November 1st-2nd with sugar skulls & offrendas, pre-dating Spanish conquest.
What is Dia de los Muertos?
This clinical method forces you to face your biggest fear.
What is exposure therapy?
In 1692, a psych- like mass hysteria led to 20 executions for witchcraft. Currently this is blamed on "ergot poisoning".
What is The Salem Witch Trials?
This disorder features identity shifts and amnesia, frequently linked to childhood trauma.
What is Dissociate Identity Disorder?
This pop psych idea suggests opposite attract in relationships, but research shows birds of a feather flock together.
What is the opposites attract myth?
During WW2, rationing led to this substitute for Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters.
What is homemade treats and popcorn balls?
This modality utilizes Radical Acceptance by embracing pain without resistance, instead focusing on self- control and regulation
What is DBT?
Irrational dread of the number 13 or Friday the 13th, classified as an anxiety disorder.
What is a specific phobia
This ancient Gaelic festival that occurs on October 31st every year, where the lines are blurred between the living and the dead, is considered to be the origin of Halloween.
What is Samhain ("Sow-in")?
A cathartic method in Gestalt Therapy allowing patients to talk through any ~unfinished business~ with someone not in the room.
What is The Empty Chair Technique?
This discovery led to the abandonment of lobotomies as a form of treatment for psychiatric (and sometimes not) conditions in the 1960s.
What is Antipsychotic drugs
This debunked theory claims your personality is set by whether you're a first born or the baby of the family.
What is birth order theory?
In 1962, This Seattle dancing epidemic saw teens collapsing from exhaustion in "Twist" frenzy. It was blamed on repressed teen angst.
What is The Seattle Pilots Hysteria (Or Tanganyika laughter epidemic parallel).
Acting out vivid dreams, often time violently. Has been linked to previous "sleep murder" cases.
What is REM Sleep Behavior Disorder