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Best of the MindFields College Blog

March 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Since last September we’ve had 72 posts on this blog on many different topics, so I’m going to filter out a few of what I consider the most interesting or important posts and put them all in the same place.

The Dreamcatcher: Read the New Scientist interview with Joe Griffin answering questions on REM sleep, depression, psychosis, trauma, conflict and cult behaviour.

To sleep, perchance to dearouse: An account of my most vivid personal experience of dreaming dearousing a traumatic event I witnessed.

The Origins of the Human Givens Approach: Find out how the human givens approach originated.

The Magic Porridge Pot: Ivan Tyrrell bravely writes on ‘autistic’ government thinking and over regulation and what to do about it.

The link between dreaming and depression: Watch a short video about why depressed people wake up exhausted.

How the link between REM sleep and depression affects the treatment of Bipolar disorder: Discussing Bipolar disorder, a post prompted by a question from another blogger.

This country needs more than ‘Supernannies’: Why the ‘givens’ of human nature should be the touchstone of any government policy.

What makes a good therapist or counsellor?: A checklist drawn up to protect people from potentially harmful types of counselling.

The link between worrying and depression: How worrying always preceeds depression, why this is related to REM sleep, and what you can do to break the cycle.

Can the NHS learn from nature?: What is an effective system and can the NHS be saved by this knowledge?

Posted by: Eleanor

Tags: Ivan Tyrrell · The Magic Porridge Pot · REM Sleep · Human Givens · Trauma · Depression · Dreaming · Government

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