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My Laissez-Faire Attitude About Your Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut studio album Excuse My French (2013), rapper French Montana (“Montana”) released the song “ Ain’t Worried...
Deric Hollings
Mar 11, 20257 min read
Come Into My World
[ DISCLAIMER ] When subject to pretrial detention in the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar in San Diego, California from June 13, 2002...
Deric Hollings
Mar 8, 20258 min read
Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave
[ DISCLAIMER ] Per one source , “Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive,’ is a very ‘ Shakespearean ’ phrase,...
Deric Hollings
Feb 13, 20254 min read
Drinking From a Firehose
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), photo credit (edited), fair use The term “drinking from a firehose” suggests that a person is...
Deric Hollings
Feb 8, 20257 min read
10 Years
[ DISCLAIMER ] When in graduate school for counseling (2009-2011), I met a fellow student and we began an intimate partner...
Deric Hollings
Feb 5, 202510 min read
What Do You See?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use On January 20, 2025, during an inauguration event held in support of President of the United...
Deric Hollings
Jan 22, 20255 min read
This is a Fallible Human Being
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The above image is an illustration of Anthony Fauci, a described “ American ...
Deric Hollings
Jan 20, 20257 min read
Different Toilet
[ DISCLAIMER ] Growing up, I sometimes heard the adage “same shit, different toilet” to vulgarly describe that the same problem may...
Deric Hollings
Jan 15, 20257 min read
Cold and Hot Possibilities
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use On November 24, 2024, legacy media outlet The Economist published a piece stating, “Of Donald...
Deric Hollings
Jan 11, 202511 min read
Traditional ABC Model
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you sought my services for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). Aside...
Deric Hollings
Jan 9, 20257 min read
Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use According to Google’s artificial intelligence overview, the phrase rearranging deck chairs on...
Deric Hollings
Jan 6, 20256 min read
Disturbed
[DISCLAIMER] Disturbed When viewing music through the lens of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I typically write about rap or...
Deric Hollings
Mar 16, 202411 min read
REBT and Emotions
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I occasionally encounter criticism about the perceived promotion...
Deric Hollings
Mar 14, 20244 min read
I Could "Should" Myself to Death
[DISCLAIMER] *Yellowstone spoilers contained herein. Property of Paramount Network, fair use When watching season five, episode two of...
Deric Hollings
Mar 14, 20245 min read
Challenging the B-C Paradigm
[DISCLAIMER] One of the fundamental techniques used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is practice of the ABC model—not merely...
Deric Hollings
Mar 5, 20245 min read
'Bout That Action
[DISCLAIMER] I recall years ago when having a discussion with a client about activism, the individual expressed surprise when I didn’t...
Deric Hollings
Mar 5, 20248 min read
Tautology
[DISCLAIMER] A rhetorical tautology may be described as the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be...
Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Wacky Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] I enjoyed visiting arcades when I was a child. Although I wasn’t particularly skillful when playing electronic games (e.g.,...
Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Relax Your Mind, Let Your Conscious be Free
[DISCLAIMER] In 1989, I attended LL Cool J’s Nitro World Tour, which featured Eazy-E, N.W.A, Slick Rick, De La Soul, and though he was...
Deric Hollings
Feb 22, 20246 min read
Dancing Through the Bullshit
[DISCLAIMER] To say that my time as a Marine Security Guard in Lima, Peru from August 2000 to March 2001 was challenging would be an...
Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
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