Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: I Promise I Will Be Faithful: No You Won’t

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: I Promise I Will Be Faithful: No You Won’t: Now why can’t some men and women keep that promise? Well there are many reasons but if we ignore the imprint then we are forced to look ...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: The Difference Between Romantic Love and Sex

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: The Difference Between Romantic Love and Sex: Romantic love exists. Emotional attachment exists. Yet they involve different brain structures and different biochemistry than what dri...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Can I Find a Partner?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Can I Find a Partner?: It occurred to me that there are ways to find out if we can fall in love, whether we can sustain a relationship and how close we can be t...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Why We Can't Express Our Feelings

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Why We Can't Express Our Feelings: Having feelings and expressing them are two different animals; and I choose those words carefully because having feelings means having ac...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Why We Can't Express Our Feelings

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Why We Can't Express Our Feelings: Having feelings and expressing them are two different animals; and I choose those words carefully because having feelings means having ac...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Why We Overeact

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Why We Overeact: It always seems like a mystery when we see ourselves or someone else react inordinately to some some event.. But it is not overreaction;...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: The Importance of Good Care on Child Development

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: The Importance of Good Care on Child Development: From New Scientist 23 Sept 2000 page 18, "You Are What You Eat ," by Claire Ainsworth: "A mother's diet in the first f...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: The Importance of Good Care on Child Development (...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: The Importance of Good Care on Child Development (...: From New Scientist 23 Sept 2000 page 18, "You Are What You Eat ," by Claire Ainsworth: "A mother's diet in the first f...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Birth Trauma and Psychosis (First Published on Jul...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Birth Trauma and Psychosis (First Published on Jul...: A report about the relationship between prolonged labor and its complications to schizophrenia has been issued by Reuters Medical News an...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Prenatal Life and Its Later Effects (First Publish...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Prenatal Life and Its Later Effects (First Publish...: When I first wrote about how the birth trauma and prenatal experience affect adult behavior it was considered “New Agey.” Now, there are...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Evolution and Revolution (First published Septe...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Evolution and Revolution (First published Septe...: When scientists were polled recently about the greatest discovery in science, the majority chose Darwin’s Evolution. It explained so much i...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: A Brilliant Idea

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: A Brilliant Idea: A hospital back East has just come up with an idea to save and change lives; an idea so simple it is brilliant. They have founded the Cudd...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: What is Primal Therapy About?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: What is Primal Therapy About?: I received this note from one of our therapist and wanted to share it with you all. This is a self-explanatory session, and it is what Prim...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Can We Inherit Neurosis?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Can We Inherit Neurosis?: Yes. But let me explain.      First neurosis results from the impact or introduction of adverse events very early in our lives. So a m...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Suicide is Painless: Repression, Despair and the R...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Suicide is Painless: Repression, Despair and the R...:   A recent federal government study shows that suicide in the United States has become epidemic, hitting an alarming 30-year high. More and...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Can Feelings Hurt?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Can Feelings Hurt?: I know that feeling certain  feelings causes pain but can feelings hurt?  Are there special feelings that make us hurt.  Oh yes, and there ...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Mindfulness and Other Nonsense, the Twin Sister of...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Mindfulness and Other Nonsense, the Twin Sister of...: I was thinking about some of the new fads such as Mindfulness and wondering what would be the most succinct way to describe what is wrong wi...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Why Primal Therapy Needs No Doctor

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Why Primal Therapy Needs No Doctor: I write this is as an academic hall of fame in psychology and with years of psychology training and years of training in psychiatric s...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Talking Fast

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On Talking Fast: In childhood I talked so fast that is was hard to understand me, and I never knew why.   Then I had the key feeling. My father was so anxio...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: More on Hallucinogens

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: More on Hallucinogens: Recently I wrote on the dangers of hallucinogens. One of the more long-lasting and well known of them is LSD, Lysergic Acid Diethyla...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: ON NEEDS AND THEIR BIOLOGIC WINDOW

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: ON NEEDS AND THEIR BIOLOGIC WINDOW: The more I see of patients, the more I realize that there is a biologic time frame when each need can be fulfilled, and only within th...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: ON NEEDS AND THEIR BIOLOGIC WINDOW

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: ON NEEDS AND THEIR BIOLOGIC WINDOW: The more I see of patients, the more I realize that there is a biologic time frame when each need can be fulfilled, and only within th...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Can Psychosis Be Treated with Primal Therapy?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Can Psychosis Be Treated with Primal Therapy?: In our Primal view, all mental illness arises from trauma and pain at different stages of development, starting in the womb. But since ther...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: My Life: The War Years - PART A

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: My Life: The War Years - PART A: I have been telling my wife some stories about my life and she has encouraged me to write about it.  So I will. I had spent the war in th...