Humor
You have to laugh. It’s the only way to get through this
Books
The Devil’s Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce, consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The lexicon was written over three decades as a series of installments for magazines and newspapers. Bierce’s witty definitions were imitated and plagiarized for years before he gathered them into books, first as The Cynic’s Word Book in 1906 and then in a more complete version as The Devil’s Dictionary in 1911.
Mental Health Resources
Dr. Ramani Durvasula
https://youtube.com/@DoctorRamani
Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula is an American clinical psychologist, professor of psychology, media expert, and author. She has appeared on media outlets discussing narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic abuse, including Red Table Talk, Bravo, the Lifetime Movie Network, National Geographic, and the History Channel, as well programs such as the TODAY show and Good Morning America.
Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, CA, Professor Emerita of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and the Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training & Consulting. She is an author of several books including Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist, and “Don’t You Know Who I Am?”: How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. The focus of Dr. Durvasula’s clinical, academic and consultative work is the etiology and impact of narcissism and high-conflict, entitled, antagonistic personality styles on human relationships, mental health, and societal expectations. Her work has been featured at SXSW, TEDx, Red Table Talk, the Today Show, and Investigation Discovery. You can also find her on YouTube where she has accumulated millions of views on her videos discussing narcissism on her successful channel, and on social media @DoctorRamani. Now she will be adding the role of host to her resume as she launches her new podcast, Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani, a show that focuses on narcissism and its impact on relationships.
Patrick Teahan Therapy
https://youtube.com/@patrickteahanlicswtherapy
HELLO! I’M PATRICK TEAHAN LICSW AND A FELLOW CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR!
I earned my master’s degree in Social Work from Boston College, and my bachelor’s degree music and psychology from University Of Massachusetts Boston. Before private practice, I paid some clinical dues in service to veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs in acute inpatient psychiatry. I also spent time being a clinical supervisor in community mental health and private practice outpatient clinics.
While I loved getting my master’s, my experience in childhood trauma healing came from my time as a client. At 19, I stumbled into therapy as a somewhat feral childhood trauma survivor and spent five years with a gifted and profoundly effective trauma therapist and fellow LICSW – Amanda Curtin.
Amanda developed the RRP group model of childhood trauma that I now practice, do research on, train and talk about on my YouTube channel.
These days, I spend most of my time making psychoeducational videos on childhood trauma using Amanda’s RRP model and throwing in my own 2 cents. Well, maybe more than a couple of cents. YouTube tells my I’ve hit 15 million views since starting in 2018.
When I’m not doing videos on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, I carry a small caseload for group and individual that is full, conduct trainings for other therapists and run an online remote healing community.
I also play drums in between all these things to have fun and ground myself.
That Guy in the Orange Hat 
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