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# Joshua Davidson Therapy

Mental Health Therapy

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## Posts

- [Musings](https://www.jomida.com/musings/) - Blah de blah
- [The Five Phases of Trauma Therapy](https://www.jomida.com/2023/05/06/the-five-phases-of-trauma-therapy/) - Trauma is a term that is often very misunderstood in Mental Health. Here we examine what mental health trauma is and the best 5 Phases of Trauma Therapy,
- [Small Talk and Signalling](https://www.jomida.com/2023/06/30/small-talk-and-signalling/) - Small talk is more than just polite nothingness, it helps us safely check in, helps us be social, and important helps us find interesting people. But only if we do it right.
- [Hearing Voices Primer](https://www.jomida.com/2023/06/28/hearing-voices-primer/) - Hearing Voices Primer, we've added a new Education Page to give you a quick framework orientation to the Hearing Voices experience.
- [ADHD GP - Round 2](https://www.jomida.com/2026/08/14/adhd-gp-round-2/) - The second round of ADHD GPs has dropped, and we have the ADHD GP List.
- [Lazy is a Myth](https://www.jomida.com/2026/07/10/lazy-is-a-myth/) - Lazy is a term derogatory term we give to people that have yet to get the right assessment, diagnosis and medication. Perhaps we should stop using it.
- [ADHD & Getting in trouble](https://www.jomida.com/2026/06/05/adhd-getting-in-trouble/) - Many ADHDers feel like they get in trouble all of the time, which seems so unfair. Sometimes true, sometimes mistaken. We cover how to tell and what to do.
- [Pre-Sleep Anxiety](https://www.jomida.com/2024/03/11/pre-sleep-anxiety/) - Pre-Sleep Anxiety is the weird brain state that we can get in to specifically when we are trying to go to sleep, negating the sleep we are desperate for.
- [Med Tip for ADHDers:](https://www.jomida.com/2026/04/20/med-tip-for-adhders/) - Medication and Dopamine, Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) and Adrenaline (epinephrine) [the key ADHD neurotransmitters]. There are around 15 different forms of medication that can work for you, some can stack, some shouldn't (stack means work together well). There are that many because there are lots of different types of ADHD, and the "typical" meds may not be
- [Psychedelics](https://www.jomida.com/2026/03/03/psychedelics/) - Psychedelics specifically refers to a class of drugs that cause hallucinations, that is the primary effect is to trigger an altered state of mind. This "trip" can be perceived as an "expansion of consciousness". The most common psychedelic drugs are LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide), ketamine, mescaline, psilocybin, and DMT (Dimethyltryptamine). Psychedelics are not a current
- [More Keys to Mental Health](https://www.jomida.com/2026/01/16/more-keys-to-mental-health/) - Last time we looked at the top 4 keys to Mental Health, Diet, Exercise, Medication Therapy and Talking Therapy. In this we recognised that most of mental health is biological and some is to do with knowledge and understanding your experience. This time we are going to focus on that old wisdom - balance aka
- [Changing yourself](https://www.jomida.com/2026/01/06/changing-yourself/) - 4 Types of people who matter when you change. Criminal justice system, people who support us, people who use us, people we have hurt. No one else.
- [MH News: TGA warns about online Melatonin](https://www.jomida.com/2025/10/15/mh-news-tga-warns-about-online-melatonin/) - Thee Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) (Australia's government authority that regulates medicines, medical devices, and biologicals) has tested several brands of Melatonin sourced from online suppliers and found that the quantity of active material (Melatonin) can vary significantly from the listed dosage. This range was from 0% to 400%, which is significant. The TGA urges people
- [Who am I as a therapist?](https://www.jomida.com/2025/10/03/who-am-i-as-a-therapist/) - What am I as a therapist? I need to be what my client needs, so long as I don't compromise my genuine self. Here are some thoughts on what that looks like.
- [Paracetamol / Tylenol Does Not Cause Autism](https://www.jomida.com/2025/09/23/paracetamol-tylenol-does-not-cause-autism/) - Despite the warning from Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Paracetamol / Tylenol does not cause Autism, and here is the brief scientific reason why.
- [Mental Health News - Online Melatonin Suspended](https://www.jomida.com/2025/09/18/mental-health-news-online-melatonin-suspended/) - Melatonin is a supplement that helps people to sleep. Australian pharmacies sell melatonin in only 1 or 2 mg tablets, which is not strong enough for many neurodivergent people. Your GP can give you a script for higher doses from a compounding chemist at a premium cost, or you can order your higher doses online.
- [Mental Health News](https://www.jomida.com/2025/09/03/mental-health-news/) - Mental Health News, ADHD changes in WA (mostly good), NDIS Thriving Kids scheme (worrying)
- [Concept: Radical Acceptance](https://www.jomida.com/2025/05/15/concept-radical-acceptance/) - Radicall Acceptance does not mean approval: disapprove of what is happening right now, while acknowledging that it is happening and we and do something about it
- [4 Keys to Mental Health](https://www.jomida.com/2025/05/07/4-keys-to-mental-health/) - The 4 Keys to Mental Health Therapy. 1) Diet, 2) Exercise, 3) Medication, 4) Talking Therapies - a brief look at what and why.
- [Bad Guy, Mistaken or Scapegoat](https://www.jomida.com/2025/01/23/bad-guy-mistaken-or-scapegoat/) - Being accused of being bad, or doing bad is not uncommon. An accusation doesn't mean truth. How to tell if you are the bad guy, mistaken or their scapegoat
- [The Priority 5](https://www.jomida.com/2024/10/31/the-priority-5/) - Sometimes we are not sure what is most important for us to do. For people who see me for therapy, here is a guideline of The Priority 5. 1) Medication2) Food3) Safety4) Your happiness5) Someone else's happiness* Happiness follows the Consent Rules
- [What ADHD Medications work?](https://www.jomida.com/2024/11/01/what-adhd-medications-work/) - We've added a page to our ADHD section, "what-medications-are-actually-useful", which looks at natural remedies, and medications.
- [Understanding Eating Disorders](https://www.jomida.com/2024/08/19/understanding-eating-disorders/) - Eating Disorders is a group of conditions that affect the ability to meet the bodies needs for nutrition. Understand what they are and how to manage them here.
- [Chronic Pain is awful](https://www.jomida.com/2025/01/05/chronic-pain-is-awful/) - Chronic pain is awful. It can affect our physical and mental health. Where possible, heal, then reduce pain, then treat and manage pain.
- [Determining Real](https://www.jomida.com/2024/12/18/determining-real/) - We can easily be fooled by others, and easily fooled by ourselves. Knowing what is real and what is not can be difficult. Here is aset of guides to help.
- [Surviving Christmas](https://www.jomida.com/2024/12/13/surviving-christmas/) - Many people love christmas. For them, christmas is a time of joy, sharing and good will. I wish them the best and I'm glad they enjoy it. For others, this time of year is hell. Here we will be looking at why people struggle, and some things you can do for surviving christmas. There are
- [Trans and Gender Dysphoria Confusion](https://www.jomida.com/2024/11/18/trans-and-gender-dysphoria-confusion/) - Trans affirming care requires gender dysphoria to be true, but the DSM definition fails to account for 1) poor interoception, 2) trans identity euphoria.
- [False Hole in Bucket Illusion](https://www.jomida.com/2024/11/01/false-hole-in-bucket-illusion/) - There is a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza. And to fix that hole, I need to fix another thing, and to fix that... Hopefully we all know the song, where Henry is stuck, unable to do any task, because every task needs something else to be done first, and each of those
- [Top 5 Fixes to Weird Mood and or Thoughts](https://www.jomida.com/2024/08/28/top-5-fixes-to-weird-mood-and-or-thoughts/) - Behold! The Top 5 Fixes to Weird Mood and/or Thoughts. While there are other reasons why you may have weird moods or thoughts, these are the most common reasons, in order, why they occur. 1) Meds Did you take your medication? * If you forgot, then this is the most likely reason why your thoughts
- [Task Cost and Spoons](https://www.jomida.com/2024/10/15/task-cost-and-spoons/) - Everything we do costs something, let us call that cost "spoons". Each task is made up of 5 phases, where we might lose too many spoons. Let's fix that.
- [AuCtober 1 - Understanding Autism Neurodivergence](https://www.jomida.com/2024/10/01/auctober-1-understanding-autism-neurodivergence/) - Autism is a neurological difference. Using a CPU analogy, we look at how to think about brian divergence and where Autism fits into this.
- [ADHD Primer, Part 1 - ADHD History and Medical Context](https://www.jomida.com/2022/10/06/adhd-primer-part-1/) - ADHD Part 1 explores ADHD history and the medical context for ADHD.
- [ADHD Primer - Part 2, Understanding ADHD](https://www.jomida.com/2022/10/20/adhd-primer-part-2/) - In Part 2, Understanding ADHD, we explore what ADHD actually is and why the neurotransmitters Dopamine and Noradrenaline are so important.
- [ADHD Primer Part 3 - Autism and ADHD Comorbidity](https://www.jomida.com/2022/10/31/adhd-primer-part-3-autism-and-adhd-comorbidity/) - Exploring the connection between Autism and ADHD, and why so many people have both traits.
- [Over Emotion and the STOP Skill](https://www.jomida.com/2023/08/07/over-emotion-and-the-stop-skill/) - Over Emotion, Adrenaline Crash and the STOP Skill - from an Irrational Re-Action to a Wise Thought-Out-Action
- [Autism Parents](https://www.jomida.com/2022/11/16/autism-parents/) - "Why can't parents talk about their experience with Autism?" Actually, it's more complicated than that. We know that most parents of Autistic kids are also Autistic (85%+). Due to historical poor understanding of Autism, the parents of Autistic kids have often grown up thinking they are neurotypical, and to survive, they have tried to be
- [Therapist Hot Tips](https://www.jomida.com/2024/09/10/therapist-hot-tips/) - Therapist Hot Tips: 6 Phases of Trauma / 5 Fixes for Weird Mood & Thoughts / 4 Brain Fog Inefficiencies
- [Positive Stress or Toxic Stress](https://www.jomida.com/2024/06/07/positive-stress-or-toxic-stress/) - Humans are finite. If we struggle to get things done, we calculate the most impactful things, then use stress to get that done: Positive Stress or Toxic Stress?
- [ADHD Learning](https://www.jomida.com/2023/11/13/adhd-learning/) - ADHD can make learning quite hard. Here are 12 ADHD Learning methods that can help you get the most out of learning for ADHDers (these work for everyone!)
- [Mental Health and Medicine](https://www.jomida.com/2022/11/22/mental-health-and-medicine/) - Good Mental Health requires both good body health, which may require medical aid, and mind health via therapy to address behaviours, skills & thinking patterns
- [Feeling Antisocial](https://www.jomida.com/2022/12/06/feeling-antisocial/) - Humans are social animals; not all people benefit from social interactions; it is okay to feel antisocial; there are also things you can do about improving this
- [Anxiety and the fight flight response, a quick guide](https://www.jomida.com/2023/05/12/anxiety-and-the-fight-flight-response-a-quick-guide/) - Long term anxiety and a faulty fight flight response can be hard to manage. This is a quick guide for what to do for a few variants.
- [Over Thinking](https://www.jomida.com/2023/06/22/over-thinking/) - Over Thinking is part of Anxiety. It can be behaviourally driven, a trauma response, or biochemically driven. We explore here some things you can do.
- [Anger Side](https://www.jomida.com/2023/07/13/anger-side/) - Anger, Angry, Assertive, Aggressive - when is this reasonable and when isn't it? How should we be judged, and how should we judge?
- [Identity, Dysphoria and Inclusion](https://www.jomida.com/2023/08/03/identity-dysphoria-and-inclusion/) - Identity is both how we and others see us. When these are not in sync, we can feel dysmorphic. Sometimes our identity is problematically medicalised.
- [Postnatal Depression, Making it Temporary](https://www.jomida.com/2023/09/20/postnatal-depression/) - Postnatal literally describes the time after giving birth, and depression is a symptom. Causes can be biological and or situational. It is important to get help
- [Hack Your Health, Video Review](https://www.jomida.com/2024/04/28/hack-your-health-video-review/) - Netflix's "Hack Your Health, the secrets of your gut" is a simplistic look at gut biome health and why it may be important. We review some of the good and bad.
- [Brain Energy, Book Review](https://www.jomida.com/2024/04/11/brain-energy-book-review/) - Book review: Brain Energy; reviewing Dr Palmer's book about mental health. A useful book for understanding how more than a recent shocking experience can affect
- [Do Not Be Daunted](https://www.jomida.com/2024/03/18/do-not-be-daunted/) - Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
- [Consent](https://www.jomida.com/2024/03/10/consent/) - Consent is very important. No is a complete answer. There are a few subtlelies that are briefly explored beyond that.
- [Schrödinger's Douchebag](https://www.jomida.com/2021/05/26/schrodingers-douchebag/) - Some people say mean things and claim it is a joke... but is it? Or has it now become a joke because you are upset.
- [Gene's Predicting Mental Illness](https://www.jomida.com/2024/01/08/genes-predicting-mental-illness/) - Does genetics accurately predict mental illness or health? Short answer: no, but it can affect things and be an indicator for caution.
- [Autism and Suicide](https://www.jomida.com/2023/12/04/autism-and-suicide/) - Autism and risk of suicide, self harm and other issues, discussing stigma and misconception. People are't lost to autism, they are lost to preventable suicide
- [Serenity Mantra](https://www.jomida.com/2023/11/28/serenity-mantra/) - May I have the patience to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, the wisdom to tell the difference.
- [Taming the Mess](https://www.jomida.com/2023/10/18/taming-the-mess/) - Taming the Mess can be overwhelming. Sometims this is due to medical, neurological or mental health problems. Here we look at a strategies to build skills
- [Free Time vs Availability,aka Need vs Whim](https://www.jomida.com/2023/10/11/free-time-vs-availabilityaka-need-vs-whim/) - Can we normalise NOT confusing someone's FREE time with their AVAILABILITY
- [Spoon Theory and Resource Management](https://www.jomida.com/2023/09/04/spoon-theory-and-resource-management/) - Maintaining Mental Health if frequently about resource management. We can simplify the cost of managing this to the cost in spoons, which we call Spoon Theory.
- [P450 Enzymes and Medication Metabolism](https://www.jomida.com/2023/08/09/cyp2d6-and-cyp2c19-enzymes-and-medication-metabolism/) - Most medications rely on the enzymes CYP2D6 and CYP2C19, which has some genetic variance. This can change whether or how well these medications work for you.
- [Speaking Up](https://www.jomida.com/2023/08/10/speaking-up/) - Speaking up is an important skill. We need to be able to express our reasonable needs and have them taken seriously. Often we feel threatened, or are silenced.
- [Our New Office has just Opened!](https://www.jomida.com/2023/03/01/our-new-office-has-just-opened/) - I'm excited to be starting my new location in Midland, Western Australia. It's a New Office! We have scope for new clients, and scope for new clinicians - apply now!
- [Average Jo Envy and Divergent Pride](https://www.jomida.com/2022/08/22/average-jo-envy-and-divergent-pride/) - I was talking to a client today about "Average Jo Envy". TL:DR - The most common group is the “average” group. Peer group pressure makes us feel like we have to conform. Not fitting in to the most common group triggers fears of rejection. Fatigue and a lack of guidance on how to fit in
- [Toxic People - Mind Toolset](https://www.jomida.com/2022/05/05/toxic-people/) - People can be hard. It can be difficult to work out what who to trust and who to distrust. Some people need special care in handling, some people are just toxic. Here is a series of ideas that helps you to get from meeting with the assumption that they are decent, to a potential recognition
- [Autism is not Overdiagnosed](https://www.jomida.com/2022/04/19/autism-is-not-overdiagnosed/) - I've heard quite a lot of people state that they think that Autism is overdiagnosed, and a few stating we are in an Autism Pandemic. No. This is not true. Part of the problem lies in comprehending what a diagnosis actually means, because most people don't understand what Autism actually is. The stigma is that
- [Eye Contact is Overrated](https://www.jomida.com/2022/04/18/eye-contact-is-overrated/) - When we look at an object, light reflects off that surface, strikes our eyes, goes through our lens, triggers photo-receptors on our retinas, triggers an ion cascade through nerve fibres to our brain, branches through our limbic early warning system and up through to our occipital region to paint an hallucination of the object within
- [Rejection Sensitivity](https://www.jomida.com/2022/04/10/rejection-sensitivity/) - Rejection Sensitivity is a strong reaction to perceived or actual rejection. It can often be triggered by fearing having done something tenuous wrong that another person will then act upon, or by the perception of negative feedback. It often starts as a result to poor masking. Masking is a mechanism that neurodivergent people, such as
- [Sensory Sensitivity](https://www.jomida.com/2022/04/14/sensory-sensitivity/) - The standards to which we create things are based on the average wants and comfort levels of people. The biggest group is called "typical", and since perception is about how your brain perceives things, we refer to their neurology as neurologically typical; shortened to neurotypical. Importantly, all people have a limit to what sensory they
- [Social Scripts and Social Contracts](https://www.jomida.com/2021/10/21/social-scripts-and-social-contracts/) - Introduction Social Scripts are a good way to shape social behaviour and small talk. Social Contracts are agreements that you feel obligated to uphold. Each of these allow society to be civil with low effort. Errors in either of these can cause social awkwardness. Additionally, some people exploit Social Scripts and Social Contracts for their
- [Anxiety - Part 1](https://www.jomida.com/2021/08/22/anxiety-part-1/) - Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome. At low levels it prepares us for an experience with low predictability in case the outcome is not good for us and we need to act quickly and decisively to become safe. This is a good thing. Anxiety heightens our
- [Parenting Tips](https://www.jomida.com/2021/06/24/parenting-tips/) - Being a parent is hard. We hear all sorts of complex advice that seems contradictory. For most youth, this is what I recommend to parents to help guide them. Some youth require extra layers on top of this - for that, check with your or your children's therapist. 1) Let your children know you love
- [Choosing to Change](https://www.jomida.com/2021/06/14/choosing-to-change/) - Change is hard, takes work and may not work the way you want it to. This is why most people try not to make changes. This can lead to some of the common traits of denial, bargaining and anger rather than making the necesarry changes to meet the situation. People will invest a great deal
- [Trauma Coaster](https://www.jomida.com/2021/05/27/trauma-coaster/) - Sometimes, despite our best efforts, life happens and all that we can do is hold on until the ride is over. It may seem scary and that we can't possibly survive, but we will and do. This feeling is called the Trauma Coaster.
- [Are you good?](https://www.jomida.com/2021/03/16/are-you-good/) - Frequently people are told they are good or bad, and sometimes the people doinng the telling have good intention and are wrong, have bad intentions and are wrong, or may actually be right. There is a signficiant loss of power when we let someone else tell us if we are good or bad - we
- [The Power of Choice](https://www.jomida.com/2021/07/05/the-power-of-choice/) - The past has happened We can’t change it, but we can learn from it The present is happening This is the time that we can act, this is where we can make a change ... but to what? The future is yet to happen We can look forwards and chose a pathway to the future
- [ADHD Gets a Pretty Bad Wrap](https://www.jomida.com/2021/07/01/adhd-gets-a-pretty-bad-wrap/) - ADHD gets a pretty hard wrap, mostly because it is diagnosed based on their ADHD brains are not going well. We very rarely assess people for ADHD when their ADHD brains are working for them. So here is what it looks like when ADHD works well. Other things that I would add as modern pros:*

## Pages

- [Why JD Therapy](https://www.jomida.com/) - We seek therapy when we don't know how/what to do, so why does the psychologist / therapist to ask you what to do? At JD Therapy, we work out answers with you.
- [Hearing Voices, a Primer](https://www.jomida.com/hearing-voices-a-primer/) - 'Hearing Voices' includes perceiving otherness through all the senses. Hearing Voices is common, doesn't mean you are crazy, and it isn't always bad.
- [TeleHealth](https://www.jomida.com/telehealth/) - TeleHealth is used when Face-to-Face is not available. Joshua Davidson Therapy offers TeleHealth in the forms of Video and Phone. Medicare, NDIS and Private
- [Pseudoscience](https://www.jomida.com/pseudoscience/) - Pseudoscience is the term given for any belief or practice that is mistakenly based on the scientific method. The scientific method is an iterative process that includes systematic observations, measurements and experiments to test an idea / hypothesis for its accuracy. When an idea is considered accurate enough, it is considered to be scientific. People
- [Good to Abusive Scale](https://www.jomida.com/good-to-abusive/) - Some people need special care in handling, some people are just abusive. Here is a series of ideas that helps work out who you are likely dealing with.
- [Three Pillars Method](https://www.jomida.com/three-pillars-method/) - The Three Pillars Method is a heuristic / method for how we can determine when we should not forgive, forget and give a person another chance.
- [Trust Zones](https://www.jomida.com/trust-zones/) - Trust Zones lean on the idea of Green, Amber and Red Flags of behaviour to help work out who someone likely is. This matches alertness and caution to the person
- [Flag System](https://www.jomida.com/flag-system/) - Green Flags = Good, Amber Flags = Caution, Red Flags = Concerning. The Flag system helps us to categorise a behaviour that we observe, so we recognise safe.
- [Toxic People Mind Toolset](https://www.jomida.com/toxic-people-mind-toolset/) - This page has moved to www.jomida.com/good-to-abusive/, was Toxic People Mind Toolset. Figuring out if someone is a problem and how to change assumptions.
- [DARVO - Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender](https://www.jomida.com/darvo-deny-attack-reverse-victim-and-offender/) - DARVO - Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. Understanding how to use this detection tool, and what to do about it.
- [Grey Stoning](https://www.jomida.com/grey-stoning/) - Grey Stoning (Grey Rocking, Going Neutral) is a method of detaching yourself from a toxic person (Narcissistic, NPD). We explore how and why.
- [Schrödinger’s Douchebag](https://www.jomida.com/schrodingers-douchebag/) - Schrödinger’s Douchebag: Someone who claims it was a joke only after you get offended - how to tell, what to do.
- [Testing for Toxic](https://www.jomida.com/testing-for-toxic/) - Here are some ways to remove your rose tinted glasses and test for toxic. Testing for toxic helps you know who you are dealing with.
- [Understanding Abusive People](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-abusive-people/) - This page lists links to various ways to understand and deal with abusive people.
- [Managing Toxic People](https://www.jomida.com/managing-toxic-people/) - Generally, avoid toxic people. If you can't, there are a few ways to manage the interaction and mitigate the harm. Greystoning, Steering conversations, etc
- [Narcissism and NPD](https://www.jomida.com/narcissism-and-npd/) - Exploring the spectrum of self interest, selfish, narcissistic traits, narcissism, NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) and why they do wha tthey do.
- [Diabetes](https://www.jomida.com/diabetes/) - Diabetes is 2 major and several minor medical condition, that affects management of glucose / glycogen. Meds & lifestyle are the major treatments.
- [GLP-1 RA Nerdy Knowledge](https://www.jomida.com/glp-1-ra-nerdy-knowledge/) - GLP-1 RA Medication is cool. Here we cover the nerdy side of what is GLP-1 medication, how it was discovered and developed - Gila Monster Venom and Anglerfish.
- [GLP-1 Medication](https://www.jomida.com/glp-1-medication/) - GLP-1 medications are fascinating medications that add stabilised Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists into your bloodstream, which activate the GLP-1 receptors. This medication is used primarily for weight control and diabetes support, via three mechanisms: 1, balancing blood sugar; 2, supplying the feeling of satiation; and 3, modifying some neurotransmitters which improves brain function. The medication
- [Nutrition, Health in Body and Mind](https://www.jomida.com/nutrition-health-in-body-and-mind/) - Nutrition is what we consume for our bodies to grow, heal and maintain ourselves. A poor diet can cause many complex health problems for our bodies and mind.
- [Rejection Sensitivity](https://www.jomida.com/rejection-sensitivity/) - Rejection Sensitivity (RSD) is mostly a biological condition which can be exacerbated by real world circumstances and poor social skills.
- [ADHD GPs, ADHD Repeat Scripts etc](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-gps-and-repeat-psychiatric-prescriptions/) - In Western Australia, GPs can now repeat psychiatric scripts for ADHD; ADHD GPs can now diagnosed and prescribe. Quick summary and "how to" for GP and patients.
- [ADHD](https://www.jomida.com/adhd/) - ADHD is a common neurological condition. Here we have a series of useful articles to help you understand what ADHD is, and what you can do about it.
- [Brain Modes](https://www.jomida.com/brain-modes/) - Brain Modes is quick way to recognise what mental mode we are in, and if this is the right state for now, or if we should do something about it.
- [Logical Fallacies, Informal](https://www.jomida.com/logical-fallacies/) - Informal Logical Fallacies are errors in an argument's content/context, rather than its structure. The premises fail to provide good reasons for the conclusion.
- [Understanding Executive Function](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-executive-function/) - The term 'Executive Function' is often used to describe higher order human functioning. Different experts mean different semi-related things when they use the phrase 'Executive Function', which leads to confusion when comparing various academic papers on Executive Function, or trying to have a common medical or scientific meaning for the term. Approximately, Executive Function frequently
- [Bullying, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly](https://www.jomida.com/bullying-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/) - In the spectrum of Bullying, it can be hard to know what to do. Here we explore how to tell what is going on and what you can do about it.
- [Beating Social Anxiety, Humble Theory](https://www.jomida.com/beating-social-anxiety-humble-theory/) - Social Anxiety is a devastating condition. Social Anxiety interferes with social connection due to an intense and or persistent fear of social situations, often driven by the fear of being judged poorly, humiliated, betrayed or rejected by others. Social Anxiety is primarily a trait born from biological conditions, and exacerbated by circumstances. The mindset that
- [Domestic Violence Primer](https://www.jomida.com/domestic-violence-primer/) - Domestic Violence, Relationship Violence, Intimate Partner Violence etc is generally a Cyclic Violence that has a particular pattern. Understand and address it.
- [Dietary Vitamins and Minerals](https://www.jomida.com/dietary-vitamins-and-minerals/) - We are complex biological machines that require complex fuel to make us work properly. While we can make many of the parts we need from base ingredients, without those base ingredients we can become very unhealthy. Unhealthy can be seen through biological tests and often felt as mental illness. The most common dietary vitamins and
- [Anxiety](https://www.jomida.com/anxiety/) - Anxiety is a natural human feeling to prepare us for a potential problem. When it becomes a common feeling, something is wrong, which might be a disorder.
- [Education](https://www.jomida.com/education/) - Developing the self is a life long persuit, but you don't have to do it alone and without help. Here we have a map to information freely provided by JD Therapy.
- [Depression](https://www.jomida.com/depression/) - Depression can be temporary depression, a long term Depression Diagnosis or Major Depressive Disorder. Brief depression is normal. diagnostic can mean comorbid.
- [Alternative Medicine Truths](https://www.jomida.com/alternative-medicine-truths/) - What is the uncomfortable truth about alternative medicines? We go through the logic and examine if they are worthwhile. Spoiler: No.
- [Dopaminergic System](https://www.jomida.com/dopaminergicsystem/) - Dopamine is a vital neurotransmitter for creativity, behavioural reward and cognition. ADHDers (people with ADHD) struggle to regulate neuronal dopamine.
- [Perpetrator Reformation](https://www.jomida.com/perpetrator-reformation/) - Can an Abuser/Perpetrator Reform or change? Almost always no, they can't. Even when they do, you can't help them if you are the victim. Here is why...
- [Social Scripts and Social Contracts](https://www.jomida.com/024-social-scripts-and-social-contracts/) - Introduction Social Scripts are a good way to shape social behaviour and small talk. Social Contracts are agreements that you feel obligated to uphold. Each of these allow society to be civil with low effort. Errors in either of these can cause social awkwardness. Additionally, some people exploit Social Scripts and Social Contracts for their own gain.
- [Conflict](https://www.jomida.com/conflict/) - Humans are social animals. When we get along we create wonders. When we don't, conflict arises. This covers various forms of conflict and how to address them.
- [Understanding Social](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-social/) - Humans are social creatures. Not all humans are our friends, nor our enemies. Understanding friends, family, acquaintances and professionals helps keep balance.
- [Social and Interpersonal](https://www.jomida.com/social/) - Social can be hard. How do you know if you are doing well or poorly? We cover some important self-assessment methods here.
- [Feeling Antisocial](https://www.jomida.com/feeling-antisocial/) - Humans are social animals; not all people benefit from social interactions; it is okay to feel antisocial; there are also things you can do about improving this
- [General Anxiety Disorder](https://www.jomida.com/025-anxiety-part-2-general-anxiety/) - General Anxiety is often biological in nature. It is different to social anxiety or phobia in the general nature of the condition.
- [Escaping Abuse](https://www.jomida.com/escaping-abuse/) - Once you have managed to escape your abuser, the challenge is to stay away, rebuild your life and reconnect to healthy people. We explain how here.
- [Neurotransmitters](https://www.jomida.com/neurotransmitters/) - Neurotransmitters are the key to how our brain thinks, feels and acts.
- [Understanding Science](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-science/) - The Scientific Process is the best system that we have developed so far in testing ideas. Scientists are human, and humans aren't perfect. How to Science.
- [ARFID, Neurodivergence and You](https://www.jomida.com/arfid-neurodivergence-and-you/) - ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). Commonly comorbid with Autism and other neurodivergence. This deep dive explains much of ARFID and solutions.
- [Relationship Basics](https://www.jomida.com/relationship-basics/) - Relationship Basics: You can leave, show love, honesty, hearing their intent, fair rules, own your errors. We explore what these mean.
- [Understanding Transgender](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-transgender/) - We look at the science and facts behind Transgender and dispell some of the myths to reinforce why trans affirming care is important and how it can save lives.
- [ADHD Neurology](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-neurology/) - ADHD is a Neurological Condition. Very few places have any real information about how, what and why. We do. We also look at meds and common misdiagnosis.
- [ADHD - Understanding ADHD Essentials](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-understanding-adhd-essentials/) - Understanding ADHD Essentials is a condenced summary of actually important information about ADHD, the medical side, the neurological side, and ADHD identity.
- [Dopamine](https://www.jomida.com/dopamine/) - Redirect to Dopaminergic System.
- [Autism](https://www.jomida.com/austim/) - Autism refers to the experience of having different neurology (Neurodivergent) from the neurologically typical (Neurotypical) people. Medically, it means that you have significant impairments in 3 different fields of social communications plus 1 non-social impairing trait according to the ICD, or the same 3 different fields of social communication plus 2 non-social impairing traits according
- [Suicide and Self Harm](https://www.jomida.com/suicide-and-self-harm/) - This topic is mostly taboo for no good reason, ignorance is not a protective factor. Most people do not casually consider the option to take their own lives, or harm themself, let alone act on it. Suicidal Ideation is the serious thought about killing yourself, while Suicide or Suicide Attempt is the action taken to
- [The Goldilocks Zone](https://www.jomida.com/education/neurology/the-goldilocks-zone/) - Our bodies work in a complex interconnection of various chemicals. To remain healthy, we need to keep these in the Goldilocks Zone. Not too high, not too low.
- [Neurology](https://www.jomida.com/education/neurology/) - Neurology is about our brain, the seat of our awareness, choices and decisions. Understanding neurology helps understand what can go right and wrong
- [Safety Plan](https://www.jomida.com/wellness-plan/) - Your Wellness Safetly Plan is a dynamic document that helps you and your allies make wise decisions in times of crisis when you aren't thinking clearly.
- [Stress Mountain](https://www.jomida.com/stress-mountain/) - Stress is natural, but can erupt into freeze, fawn, flight and fight. Stress Mountaing helps us understand the Rumble before Metldowns, and what to do.
- [Understanding Fear](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-fear/) - Fear is one of the Primary Feelings we biologically use to inform us about the world. Fear is not a bad feeling, it is informative.
- [Task Cost Optimisation](https://www.jomida.com/task-cost-and-spoons/) - All actions cost some kind of energy, let us call them Spoons. How do we reduce the cost? Understanding Task Costs helps us optimise tasks and minimise costs.
- [Understanding Autism, the Medical Model](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-autism-the-medical-model/) - Autism is medicall called Autism Spectrum Disorder. As Autistic people have begun to take hold of their identity, the model and the identity have diverged
- [Psych Ward](https://www.jomida.com/psych-ward/) - Psych Ward has wings that are voluntary and in some hospitals, involuntary. Psych ward is about containment, not healing, although healing might happen.
- [Psychedelics and Mental Health](https://www.jomida.com/psychedelics-and-mental-health/) - Psychedelics specifically refers to a class of drugs that cause hallucinations, that is the primary effect is to trigger an altered state of mind. This "trip" can be perceived as an "expansion of consciousness". The most common psychedelic drugs are LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide), ketamine, mescaline, psilocybin, and DMT (Dimethyltryptamine). Psychedelics are not a current
- [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder](https://www.jomida.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/) - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often mistakenly diagnosed instead of Autism or recognising a general preference for pattern. Actual OCD can be treated.
- [Misconceptions about Autism](https://www.jomida.com/misconceptions-about-autism/) - Autism Spectrum is poorly represented by "low/high functioning", "less/more Autistic" and "Levels 1/2/3". The Autism Wheel is not perfect, but is much better.
- [Regret and Guilt](https://www.jomida.com/regret-and-guilt/) - To err is human, we all make mistakes, and from recognising those mistakes, we can grow and become better. Mild to moderate feelings of regret and guilt are social neurological mechanisms to encourage learning, which prompts us to grow individually, and thus improve social interaction, since working in cooperative groups is very good for humans.
- [ADHD Squirrels and Frogs](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-squirrels-and-frogs/) - Let me explain Squirrels and Frogs. ADHDers try to focus when... LOOK!!!! A squirrel!!! Squirrelling is where either the conversation takes a sudden left turn OR You just lose focus. Frogging is where you mentally leapfrog through a few topics. Trying to explain is too hard. People think you were distracted by something unexpected, rather
- [Contact Us](https://www.jomida.com/contact-us/) - Contacting Joshua Davidson Therapy is easy, and so is online booking! Sessions are available with minimal wait lists for new clients / patients
- [Understanding Addiction](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-addiction/) - Addiction is terribly misunderstood and poorly treated, mostly self-medication for poorly diagnosed and treated conditions, some is acquired dependency. Nine Ds
- [Determining Real](https://www.jomida.com/determining-real/) - Reality is complex, but it is where we live. Here is a way to help you work out what to focus on, determining real and how to work out what is an error.
- [Phases of Late Stage Diagnosis for MH](https://www.jomida.com/phases-of-late-stage-diagnosis-for-mh/) - Some people who experience long term mental ill health are not accurately diagnosed until quite late in their adult life. We refer to this as Late Stage Diagnosis. This can be due to you not recognising that your struggles are actually unusual, or your medical professionals not recognising the specific condition that you have. The
- [ADHD, PMDD, Mid Cycle Crash and Hormone Interactions](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-pmdd-mid-cycle-crash-and-hormone-interactions/) - For healthy people, how we think and feel, is at core based on our neurotransmitter levels. While these can be affected by life circumstances, diet, pregnancy, neurological conditions, medications, and illness, PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder) is very connected to the menstrual hormone cycle. That is, your monthly cycle, birth control medication, cholesterol intake and statin
- [Neurodivergence](https://www.jomida.com/neurodivergence/) - Neurodiversity recognises that not all brains work the same way. The most common cluster of brain types is called Neurotypical (neurologically typical), as it is more typical to come across them. Neurodivergence points out that not all brains are typical, which has behaviour and experience differences inherent in those differences. Neurodivergent mostly refers to the
- [Understanding Menstruation](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-menstruation-basics/) - Menstruation is a natural process involving human reproduction. Here we look at the ovary and uterus system, trans people and how to manage your period.
- [Neurotransmitter Sliders and Diagnosis Primer](https://www.jomida.com/neurotransmitter-sliders-and-diagnosis-primer/) - Neurotransmitter levels have profound effect on our ability to think, feel and behave. When our neurotransmitter levels are either temporarily or long term out of the Goldilocks Zone, we experience what we call mental ill health. The Goldilocks Zone can be conceived of like graphic equalizer sliders, increasing and decreasing the level to have various
- [Borderline Personality Disorder](https://www.jomida.com/borderline-personality-disorder/) - Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the 11 Personality Disorder conditions in the USA DSM 5 TR. Medically speaking, a person who meets at least 5 of the 9 criteria listed for BPD matches this condition. Statistically, BPD diagnosis unfairly biases towards women (around 80% women to 20% men) for no specific diagnostic reason,
- [ADHD Primer 3 – Autism and ADHD, aka AuDHD](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-primer-part-3-autism-and-adhd-aka-audhd/) - Lookling at the link between Autism and ADHD and asking if they really are different: Technically they are, but...
- [ADHD Primer 1 - ADHD History & Evolution of ADHD](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-primer-part-1/) - ADHD History and Medical Description. Here we look at the medical history of ADHD and how the name and definition evolved, aka why ADD is 35 years out of date
- [ADHD Paralysis](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-paralysis/) - ADHD Paralysis describes the inability to action a task until you have created enough stress.
- [ADHD Primer 2 - Understanding ADHD](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-primer-part-2-understanding-adhd/) - ADHD is mostly about Dopamine and Norepinephrine. Understanding how these affect thinking and feeling, and how we uses feelings to change neurotransmitters.
- [ADHD Symptoms Often Mistaken for Personality](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-symptoms-often-mistaken-for-personality/) - ADHD is a hereditary congenital neurological condition that leads to executive dysfunction due to the neurotransmitter Dopamine being either insufficient in the prefrontal cortex and or used inefficiently in the prefrontal cortex. ADHDers often have mood and behaviour difficulties due to a secondary common problem with the neurotransmitter Noradrenaline being either too high, too low,
- [ADHD Types, A Better Way to Understand ADHD](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-subcategories/) - DSM and ICD list 3 ADHD sub types, hyperactive, inattentive and combined. These descriptions are mostly useless. Here we explore some better categories.
- [Mental Health](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-mental-health/) - Mental Health is when our balanced mood informs our thinking, then wise choices. Various problems can disrupt this, leading to ill mental health.
- [The Six Phases of Trauma Therapy](https://www.jomida.com/the-five-phases-of-trauma-therapy/) - Trauma is a term that is often very misunderstood in Mental Health. Here we examine what mental health trauma is and the best 5 Phases of Trauma Therapy,
- [Weird Mood or Thoughts - Top 6 Causes](https://www.jomida.com/weird-mood-or-thoughts-top-6-causes/) - The top 6 causes of Weird Mood, Behaviour and Thoughts, in order are Meds, Food, Menstrual, Fatigue, Sensory and Threat.
- [Social Anxiety](https://www.jomida.com/social-anxiety/) - Social Anxiety describes how someone can feel anxious in the presence of strangers, acquaintances, friends and family. Social Anxiety is an intense and persistent fear of social situations, often driven by the fear of being judged, humiliated, or rejected by others. This isn't just mere shyness, it is a condition that severely impacts a person's
- [Solving Problems](https://www.jomida.com/solving-problems/) - Life Problems are that infuriating part of life that kicks you when you aren't expecting it. Often they are a circumstance outside of our control that we now have to adjust to, sometimes they are of our own making. Solving Problems starts with understanding them, then finding the Solution, and then Reviewing the whole process
- [Retraining the Brain - It's habit forming](https://www.jomida.com/retraining-the-brain-its-habit-forming/) - Changing out instinctive responses, habits, rituals, and behaviours defaults is a form of skills acquisition.
- [Cognitive Biases](https://www.jomida.com/cognitive-biases/) - Thinking is an expensive process. Humans use shortcuts to save time and energy. These are biases that can be right, but also can go wrong.
- [Schizophrenia](https://www.jomida.com/schizophrenia/) - Schizophrenia is a very misunderstood diagnosis. Half diagnosed people respond positively to medication, while other methods are needed for those who don't.
- [Autistic Burnout Recovery](https://www.jomida.com/autistic-burnout-recovery/) - Autistic Burnout is experienced by neurodivergent people who have pushed way too far and cannot continue for a few months without recovery. We cover how and why
- [Fear Reflex - Freeze, Fawn, Flight, Fight](https://www.jomida.com/fear-reflex-freeze-fawn-flight-fight/) - The Fear Reflex: Freeze (assess or hide), Fawn (soothe the threat), Flight (evade / anxiety) and Fight (overcome / aggressions / anger); invoked in emergencies
- [BioPsychoSocial Model Plus](https://www.jomida.com/biopsychosocial-model-plus/) - The BioPsychoSocial Model: a concept of how biological, psychological, and social factors influence health & illness. We include economic and spiritual (Ikigai).
- [Autistic Sense of Justice](https://www.jomida.com/autistic-sense-of-justice/) - A "Sense of Justice" is the internal moral belief in fairness, equality, and rightness, leading individuals to perceive injustice when it occurs and motivating them to act against it. An "Autistic Sense of Justice" refers to the heightened awareness and distress experienced by many Autistic People in response to unfairness, inequity, or violations of rules,
- [Domestic Violence](https://www.jomida.com/domestic-violence/) - Domestic Violence is the repeated violence that occurs within a relationship. Here is important information about Cyclic Violence and what to do to Escape.
- [Beating Insomnia](https://www.jomida.com/beating-insomnia/) - Insomnia is techinically chronic sleep problems, however any problem sleeping can have strong health consequences. Here we look at how to beat sleeplessness.
- [Copyright, Fair Use and Generative AI Statement](https://www.jomida.com/copyright-fairuse-and-generative-ai-statement/) - All text is from Joshua Davidson, other than what has been marked as a reference.
- [Meet Joshua Davidson](https://www.jomida.com/meet-joshua/) - Joshua Davidson, Senior Social Worker, lead Mental Health Therapist, is a caring, passionate and knowledgeable counsellor with15 years of counselling experience
- [Services](https://www.jomida.com/services/) - An expanded list of services by JD Therpay
- [Postnatal Depression](https://www.jomida.com/postnatal-depression/) - Postnatal Depression literally describes the time after giving birth where a person can feel various versions of depression. Here we look at 6 important factors
- [Trauma](https://www.jomida.com/trauma/) - Trauma is often misunderstood. A traumatic event affects you until you heal. We need to be careful not to mistake stress and distress as the same as Trauma.....
- [Understanding Autism, the Computer Model](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-autism/) - Autism is primarily a divergent way that human brains work, that is notably different to that of the biggest neuro (brain) type, the "neurotypical". More accurately, Autism is a collection of traits that are human traits, but either hyper (above) or hypo (below) the common neurotypical person. Autism is not inherently a disability, although it
- [Aura Migraine](https://www.jomida.com/aura-migraine/) - Aura Migraine is more than a sore head. It can have a host of symptoms that are not expected. Most doctors don't know how to treat it. Oestrogen plays a part.
- [Beating Pre-Sleep Anxiety](https://www.jomida.com/beating-pre-sleep-anxiety/) - Pre-Sleep Anxiety can feel like ruminating, solving the impossible, suddenly wanting to do things - just before you go to sleep. It makes going to sleep hard
- [Bad Guy, Mistaken or the Fall Guy](https://www.jomida.com/bad-guy-mistaken-or-their-scapegoat/) - Sometimes we do bad things because we are Bad, or Mistaken. Sometimes we are a Fall Guy. An accusation doesn't mean truth. This is how to guide tell ...
- [Understanding Anger](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-anger/) - Anger is a natural feeling that tries to inform us of a problem. Anger is not aggression. Understanding Anger is important to change your choices and situation.
- [Spoon Theory](https://www.jomida.com/spoon-theory/) - Everything we do costs something. Physical and mental effort can simplified to costing "Spoons". With Spoon Theory you know how this works and can manage better
- [PDA, Pathological Demand Avoidance](https://www.jomida.com/pda-pathological-demand-avoidance/) - PDA is an adrenaline fueled "no" response when we need to change tasks. Understanding why it happens helps us avoid or manage the "nope" problem.
- [What is PMDD](https://www.jomida.com/pmdd/) - PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder) is when your thinking, mood and behaviour are frequently out, and it appears most often premenstrually.
- [ADHD Learning Optimisation](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-learning-optimisation/) - ADHD can make learning quite hard. Here are 12 ADHD Learning methods that can help you get the most out of learning for ADHDers (these work for everyone!)
- [Sensory and Pain Therapy](https://www.jomida.com/sensory-and-pain-therapy/) - Our Sensory system brings in information about our current local area and the state of our body in this moment. Some of that may trigger a pain response, which then triggers various actions. Chronic pain and sensory over reaction are awful life experiences, which often are biologically driven and neurologically processed. Sensory and Pain Therapy
- [Moods and Feelings](https://www.jomida.com/moods-and-feelings-part-2-calming-down/) - A key part to making decisions is understanding our feelings. Sustained feelings give us a mood. What others interpret is our emotions. Feelings can be wrong.
- [Talking Therapies & Medicine Therapies](https://www.jomida.com/mental-health-talking-and-medicine-therapies/) - Good Mental Health requires both good body health, which may require medical aid, and mind health via therapy to address behaviours, skills & thinking patterns
- [People Pleasing and Defiance](https://www.jomida.com/people-pleasing-and-defiance/) - While Neurotypical People find interacting with most people quite easy to navigate, Neurodivergent People often don’t. Two major ways to deal with this are either People Pleasing or Defiance. People Pleasing is driven by anxiety and tries to anticipate the other person’s wants and needs to fulfil them before they ask, or agreeing to anything
- [Diversity](https://www.jomida.com/009-diversity-part-1/) - Essentially, diversity is the concept of a range of items in a category, rather than just one type of thing, or the category. Humans are often considered to be all the same, a single type of thing. I argue that the concept of human is more of a category, than an item. Let's break this
- [Bipolar](https://www.jomida.com/bipolar/) - Bipolar is a mood disorder, where your mood will fluctuate strongly between elevated to depressed. Bipolar is often mis attributed to another condition.
- [Why JD Therapy](https://www.jomida.com/why-jd-therapy1/) - We seek therapy when we don't know how/what to do, so why does the psychologist / therapist to ask you what to do? At JD Therapy, we work out answers with you.
- [The Traffic Light System](https://www.jomida.com/the-traffic-light-system/) - Traffic Lights tell us how to go. Here are 4 tools using this concept for people - Green = Comfort, Amber = Caution, Red = Concern. Flags, Zones, Pillars, Toxic
- [Understanding Fear (old)](https://www.jomida.com/005-vlog-fear-response-part-1-responding-to-fear/) - This page has moved to Understanding Fear
- [Noradrenaline / Norepinephrine](https://www.jomida.com/noradrenaline-nerepinephrine/) - Noradrenaline is a neurotransmitter that is key to regulating our mood and in balance with dopamine, wise actions. Dysregulation connects to secondary problems.
- [Adrenaline / Epinephrine](https://www.jomida.com/adrenaline-epinephrine/) - Adrenaline is used in the body and brain to supply energy and oomph in muscular actions. In our neurology, Adrenaline can suppress cognition in a crisis.
- [Medical Biology](https://www.jomida.com/medical-biology/) - Humans are both biological and social beings. To manage the biological side of our mental health means understanding and supporting our Medical Biology
- [Understanding Vitamins, Minerals and Protein](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-vitamins-minerals-and-protein/) - Vitamins, Minerals and Protein Amino Acids are the lowest order of food that we can recombine to make us. This helps us grow, heal and do things day to day.
- [Consent - Fundamentally Easy](https://www.jomida.com/consent-fundamentally-easy/) - Consent is Fundamentally Easy to understand when the situation is black and white, but often quite difficult to work out in the grey spaces.
- [Calming Down](https://www.jomida.com/calming-down/) - Calming down is an important part of mood regulation. Heightened mood is sometimes triggered by circumstances, in which case calming down will give long term relief. However, generally mood is heightened due to biological reasons, which require addressing. In these cases, calming down is temporary, which gives you the space to do something about that
- [Understanding Eating Disorders](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-eating-disorders/) - Eating Disorders are a pattern of difficulty around food, leading to malnourished, with biological and mental health consequences. Often co-occurring conditions
- [Chronic Pain Neurology](https://www.jomida.com/chronic-pain-neurology/) - Chronic Pain Neurology is about understanding how pain can affect our neurology, which affects our mood, thinking and behaviour.
- [Trans and Gender Dysphoria Confusion](https://www.jomida.com/trans-and-gender-dysphoria-confusion/) - Trans affirming care requires gender dysphoria to be true, but the DSM definition fails to account for 1) poor interoception, 2) trans identity euphoria.
- [Grief and Change, The Kübler-Ross Model](https://www.jomida.com/grief/) - Change is hard. Humans have a process for handling change. Loss is part of change. We grieve when we experience loss and change. Here are the 7 Phases of Grief.
- [ADHD, what medications are actually useful?](https://www.jomida.com/adhd-what-medications-are-actually-useful/) - Some diet and exercise can help some symptoms of ADHD, but you do actually need medication. "Natural remedies" don't work - if they did, they'd be medicine.
- [Understanding Medication](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-medication/) - Medication is taken to treat a biological condition. We are focusing here on understanding medication for the purposes of mental illness and health. Medication should be prescribed by a qualified medical practitioner, and the effects of taking that medication should be reported back to them so that adjustments and changes can be made. Most medication
- [Further Reading](https://www.jomida.com/other-content-providers/) - Further reading, videos and content beyond Jomida
- [Resources](https://www.jomida.com/resources/) - Downloads, frameworks and further reading
- [Weight Loss, Facts and Fiction](https://www.jomida.com/weight-loss-facts-and-fiction/) - Weight loss is complex. Firstly, society has unhealthy expectations of what a healthy weight is. This is then surrounded by fiction and erroneous facts
- [Understanding Stress, Positive and Negative](https://www.jomida.com/understanding-stress-positive-and-negative/) - We use stress to prioritise, initiate and complete tasks. We can slip into using Toxic Stress, which is long term harmful, when we could use Positive Stress.
- [Videos](https://www.jomida.com/videos/) - We have created a number of videos at our YouTube Channel [link] about mental various aspects of mental health. We have listed some of these below. 001 Knowledge An introduction to why talking therapies work - learning about one self to be able to have the tools and skills to make differences. Read the [transcript]
- [Knowledge is Power](https://www.jomida.com/001-knowledge/) - Knowledge is power. Knowledge is a key to better mental health. Knowledge helps you know what choices you can make, which are good, and then make actions.
- [Sleep](https://www.jomida.com/sleep/) - Sleep is very important for us. It helps flush and clear our brain, refreshes our bodies and allows healing of mind and body.
- [Resilience](https://www.jomida.com/resilience/) - Resilience is the ability to return back to our prior state after a stress or pressure. Understanding resilience allows us to build better resilience methods
- [Misdiagnosed Trauma](https://www.jomida.com/misdiagnosed-trauma/) - Too often valid symptoms and traits are misunderstood and blamed on trauma. Misdiagnosed trauma is a major problem in the health system for mental ill health
- [Body Meditation](https://www.jomida.com/body-meditation/) - Body Meditation is a combination of thoughts, breathing and paying attention to your body, to switch from Sympathetic Alertness to Parasympathetic Relaxation.
- [Endorphins](https://www.jomida.com/endorphins/) - Endorphins are a natural neurotransmitter than regulates pain perception and the feeling of happiness/joy.
- [Trauma Myths](https://www.jomida.com/trauma-myths/) - Here are 5 Trauma Myths and a brief explanation for why they are false. Trauma is awful, but PTSD is rare.
- [Taming the Mess](https://www.jomida.com/taming-the-mess/) - Taming the Mess can be overwhelming. Sometims this is due to medical, neurological or mental health problems. Here we look at a strategies to build skills
- [ADHD Diagnosis and Impaired Executive Functionality](https://www.jomida.com/adhd/adhd-diagnosis-and-impaired-executive-functionality/) - ADHD is a congenital neurological condition, insuffucient Dopamine is available to the Executive Function. It is hard for missed youth to get an adult diagnosis
- [ASRS Q6 - ADHD and Relaxing](https://www.jomida.com/asrs-q6-adhd-and-relaxing/) - ADHDers often find it hard to relax. Here we cover the most common experience and reason.
- [Over Emotion and the STOP Skill](https://www.jomida.com/over-emotion-and-the-stop-skill/) - When we push ourselves, too hard, we go through our adrenaline crisis into Over Emotion. To avoid unfortunate actions, we can use the STOP Skill.
- [Developing the Self](https://www.jomida.com/developing-the-self/) - Self Esteem, Self Worth, Managing Mood, Social Boundaries, Social Anxiety, and so on.
- [Self Empowerment](https://www.jomida.com/self-empowerment/) - Adapting to change is a major part of being human, as is helping others. Goal Action Plan Emotions Workbook Wellness Plan
- [Cognitive Fallacies](https://www.jomida.com/cognitive-fallacies/) - The world is big and complex. To make sense of it in a real time fashion, we humans take certain shortcuts. Some of these are biologically programmed into us, some of them are culturally learned, and some are assumptions that we have adapted due to our repeated experiences. Most of the time, these shortcuts work
- [Self Worth](https://www.jomida.com/self-worth/) - People are worthy, just by existing. We often give benefit fo the doubt to others that we refuse to accept ourselves. Let's talk about Self Worth.
- [004 Covid](https://www.jomida.com/004-covid/) - The world for many of us has got strange lately - terrorism, climate change, and now a pandemic. It seems to be some great big never ending slog. Terrorism - a word brought into the Western consiousness from the 2001 911 attack in the United States of America, was showing ever increasing issues with places
- [Sensory Sensitivity](https://www.jomida.com/videos/sensory-sensitivity/) - The standards to which we create things are based on the average wants and comfort levels of people. The biggest group is called "typical", and since perception is about how your brain perceives things, we refer to their neurology as neurologically typical; shortened to neurotypical. Importantly, all people have a limit to what sensory they
- [002 Understanding Change (Part 1 and 2)](https://www.jomida.com/002-understanding-change-part-1-2/) - Below the video is the transcript. Video part 2 is half way down. Change is a constant. We need to factor that in, or we are going to struggle. Even if we factor for change, change can happen differently to how we expected, which can blind side us. We have a very human reaction to
- [Young People](https://www.jomida.com/young-people/) - Young people often struggle with various aspects of life. That is kind of what being young is all about. However youth can get stuck on some particular aspects and need some assistance to move forwards. Here are some links to some worksheets that can help. Mood Chart "Mood chart - young and guardian" worksheetDownload The
- [Emotions Workbook](https://www.jomida.com/emotions-workbook/) - Basic Human Emotions - JoMiDa - downloadable PDF file (12 pages, 612 kb) Defining an emotion Emotions are a biological response to a current physical, previously remembered or imagined future situation (event). These biological responses set our body up to respond in the most instinctive manner to survive the moment, setting up the reaction that
- [Paradigm Framework](https://www.jomida.com/paradigm-framework/) - Ways of thinking to help you think about Mental Health The Life cycle of the Psychiatric Diagnosis Resources Management
- [The Life Cycle of the Psychiatric Diagnosis](https://www.jomida.com/the-life-cycle-of-the-psychiatric-diagnosis/) - [Download a pdf version The life cycle of psychiatric diagnosis] The Life Cycle of the Psychiatric Diagnosis describes the path many people find themselves in. Some people may skip steps, return to them, or become stuck on them. If people were to look at and reconcile the first step, they could skip all the way to
- [Resource Management](https://www.jomida.com/resource-management/) - Death Death is the end of life, it is clinical death. When you have died there is nothing you can do. While there is life, there is hope, but there is no longer any life. Your family will most likely mourn you, your friends certainly will and you can no longer contribute that special something
- [Goal Action Plan](https://www.jomida.com/goal-action-plan/) - Goal Action Plan - 7 Step The Goal Action Plan is a worksheet that assists you to go from identifying a goal, to working out the steps to journey from your present point to the eventual goal. It is designed to turn a big step into smaller, more achievable steps. Always remember, the journey of

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