Keyword: withdrawal

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Withdrawn Personality Types with Don Riso and Russ Hudson January 22, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Don Riso, Russ Hudson
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Why do some people retreat into an inner world and resist engagement with others? Enneagram teachers Don Riso and Russ Hudson break down three withdrawn personality types (the Investigator, the Individualist, and the Peacemaker), tracing their roots in childhood overwhelm and exploring how to reach the people who hide behind them.

Alcohol Withdrawal and the Body with Dr. Kent Robertshaw September 8, 2010

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Kent Robertshaw
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, The Mind & Neuroscience

Alcohol dependence does something specific to the brain’s stress response, and sudden quitting can be medically dangerous. Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, psychiatrist, explains how cortisol and adrenaline surge during withdrawal, why tolerance builds, and how outpatient medication can safely bring someone down from heavy drinking. The conversation extends to chronic pain and fibromyalgia.

The Intensely Private Person March 25, 2008

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Family & Parenting, Identity & The Self

Some people don’t just value privacy, they use it as armor. Armand DiMele traces the roots of extreme emotional withdrawal from overbearing parents to adult relationships where closeness feels like invasion, and explains why guilt is the worst tool for reaching someone who has built their world from the inside out.

When Love Is Toxic November 21, 2006

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Identity & The Self, Love & Romantic Relationships

Love can be toxic rather than healing for people who are wired for solitude. Armand DiMele examines the schizoid personality type, those who experience love as an intrusion, tracing the diagnostic criteria, the private person’s hidden inner life, and how holidays expose the tension between compulsive sociality and deep withdrawal.

Mood Modification and Addiction August 16, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Kent Robertshaw
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Emotions & Inner Life

Every addiction is really a mood management strategy. Armand and Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, walk through the core components of addiction, salience, mood modification, tolerance, and withdrawal, using gambling, shopping, cigarettes, alcohol, and internet use to show why substances and screens feel easier than people, and what actually helps someone stop.