Why do so many people dread the dentist? Armand DiMele uses dental fear as a window into how the brain wires pain to neutral stimuli, how that wiring buries itself under layers of displacement, and how extinction learning and reward associations can undo it.
Most decisions to leave, whether a job, a relationship, a therapist, or a church, are driven by unexpressed anger rather than genuine incompatibility. Armand DiMele argues that learning to voice what bothers you is nearly always the alternative to walking away, and that unspoken resentment turned inward becomes depression.
Hidden anger quietly poisons relationships, careers, and daily life without anyone naming it. Armand DiMele argues that unexpressed anger drives people to switch doctors, quit therapy, ghost friends, and shut down emotionally, and that welcoming honest feedback is the antidote. Calls explore workplace frustration and depression rooted in self-directed anger.
Fugue states are everywhere: in drinking, meditation, marathon running, internet use, even falling in love. Armand DiMele argues that any habitual escape from the present moment is a form of dissociation, explains the neurological cost, and offers practical steps for learning to stay.
Psychological compensation drives us to mask pain rather than face it, and the fix often grows larger than the original wound. Armand DiMele and co-therapist Lisa Arnone, LCSW explore how cigarettes, painkillers, bravado, and even love choices can be coverups that reinforce the very suffering they were meant to relieve.
