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Deric Hollings
Apr 17, 20248 min read
Sad Science
[DISCLAIMER] I was nine-years-old when I first legitimately contemplated suicide. I had a plan, thanks to my late mother who outright...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 17, 20244 min read
Wishes, Dreams, and Goals
[DISCLAIMER] When I was in elementary school, I found it odd that people would cast coins into a large fountain in a local park while...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 17, 20245 min read
I Go to Work
[DISCLAIMER] When I was a child in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, there were certain hip hop artists who were approved of by the adults in...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 16, 202417 min read
Radioactive Rationality
[DISCLAIMER] REBT Not every Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioner adheres to theory, tradition, or principles of this...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 15, 20243 min read
Completing the Puzzle
[DISCLAIMER] My approach to mental, emotional, and behavioral health care is analogous to putting together a puzzle. Clients present to...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 15, 20246 min read
Sondra
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When residing in Amarillo, Texas, having transferred to a new high school for my sophomore year, I...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 15, 20246 min read
Intellectual Honesty and Integrity
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled Swimming in Controversial Belief, I stated the following: Per one source, “When Plato gave...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 14, 202411 min read
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
[DISCLAIMER] When I was in graduate school for social work, a startling statistic dripped from the lips of many female students with whom...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 14, 20245 min read
Feeling Bad Rather Than Being Disturbed
[DISCLAIMER] From a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) standpoint, there’s a difference between feeling good, neutral, or bad when...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 14, 20244 min read
E.T.
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Universal Studios, fair use When I was a child, I enjoyed the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial....
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Deric Hollings
Apr 13, 20248 min read
Motivated Reasoning
[DISCLAIMER] Save All the Puppies Act In a blogpost entitled Nationwide Mental Health Crisis? I stated: Policy such as a hypothetical...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 13, 20246 min read
Goals
[DISCLAIMER] Concisely stated, a goal is the end toward which effort is directed. For instance, my aim for this blogpost is to clarify my...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 13, 20245 min read
Semper Gumby
[DISCLAIMER] When serving in the Marine Corps between 1996 and 2007, I frequently heard the axiom “Semper Gumby.” As the motto of the...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 12, 20247 min read
Boredom
[DISCLAIMER] Featured on his 1998 album Ghetto Fabulous, rapper Mystikal released a song entitled “I Smell Smoke.” Personally, I prefer...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 12, 20247 min read
P.O.S.
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Denial of truth and reality This may come as a surprise to you, though you aren’t a machine which is...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 11, 202415 min read
Body Count
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Adios According to one source, the pop cultural phrase “body count” refers to “1) How many people...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 10, 20246 min read
Welcome to Complex Systems
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I’m a fan of biologists Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying’s DarkHorse podcast in which Weinsten often...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 10, 20243 min read
Quick Wizardry
[DISCLAIMER] Although I never read any of the literature produced by J. R. R. Tolkien, I’ve enjoyed film adaptations of his work. To this...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 10, 202411 min read
Dating TrApps
[DISCLAIMER] Anecdotes I begin this post with a couple of personal anecdotes. The first relates to my time in Brasil when serving a...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 9, 20248 min read
Shoulding at the Supermarket
[DISCLAIMER] In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), one of the four major irrational beliefs relates to demandingness....
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