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We make some of our greatest gains
When we see old things
In new ways
Contact Dr. Mason by email at DrSBMason@aol.com.
by Dr. Steve Mason 42

Member L.A. County Bar Association ~ FINRA Arbitrator
OBSESSIVE COMPLUSIVE DISORDER
This morning I woke up singing a Freud himself pointed out the fallacy California State Bar Since 1975
song. That probably sounds like a here when he said: “A cigar may be a Celebrating Super Lawyer status for 12 years 2007 through 2018
good thing but it wasn’t. The song I phallic symbol but it can also be a good
was singing was not one I like. In fact, smoke” suggesting that you don’t want
it was one I actively dislike. Yet every to go too far in over analyzing
time I stopped for a few minutes, that unconscious symbols.
same silly tune would pop into my
head. It was a negative pattern. So while there may or may not be
something that initiates an obsessive A Sense of Purpose: Join a Service Group
You may have heard of Obsessive thought or a compulsive behavior, it
Compulsive Disorder. The first part, really doesn’t matter. In the end, all you If you are looking for a way to give back, support women’s issues and have an
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And it’s worse if the behavior is can see this in individuals who use together. Think about the difference you can make in the world that surrounds you.
destructive. Smokers trying to cut social media to climb aboard the same
down will be surprised when they soapbox and repeat the same mantra. SOROPTIMIST UPCOMING EVENT
suddenly find themselves lighting up It’s not uncommon to find a history of
and how often do you punish yourself such repetitive ideation in people who
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I was once talking with a woman Look At It This Way
who had been fired from her job as a When you catch yourself in a
librarian. She told me in great detail repetitive act or thought, try to come up
how a new administrator didn’t like with a plan for redirecting it the next Are you waiting for someone to ask you to VOLUNTEER?
her and set about destroying her time around. Recall a pleasant, relaxing then....CONSIDER US ASKING
career. This tale of woe went on and on experience - lying on the beach perhaps
until I asked when it happened. “It was - and relive it in as much detail as Soroptimist International of Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs
in 1992.” This poor woman had been possible. Feel the sun, smell the surf, would like to invite you to learn more about how you can have an impact.
obsessively reliving the same dreadful hear the gulls in the distance. The next
event for more than a quarter century! time that silly tune pops into your head
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unconscious hostility toward mom? repeat.
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