Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

Fear of failure consumes the life of nearly 25% of all people in the world. It is a depressed lifestyle that stops the enjoyment of life in all areas. To only do what is safe, means one is coping with life rather than living. How can anything ever be discovered, invented, innovated or evolve when the desire to take a leap of faith is not there Fear of failure means one sits back and watches the re...

Control Freaks are among us everywhere in the world. You can not escape them, so you have to learn how to adapt to them. From work to relationships we will identify control freaks, give coping skills to deal with them and help them from being one. Do yourself a favor, tune in and learn how to make more peace in your life! Time well spent!

Positive communication done consistently will rewire your brain out of depression and impact your span of influence broadly. The world is starved for people who bring good energy and happiness. Nothing is more magnetic than a person who is optimistic and sees the good. Tune in and learn how to change your life and all those who you communicate with! It is not about being fake, it is about changing...

A suicidal life is a life where one is unspeakably committing suicide by their habits, addictions and choices. For some it may be as simple as how they drive, others alcohol or drugs. For most it is obesity and how they maintain their health. From managing diabetes to cigarettes, we will span the topic of committing suicide through lifestyle right in front of their families eyes. Tune in and learn...

Schizophrenia itself effects 1% of the population of the world. Many are in prison and on our streets everywhere. Some are lucky enough to live in adult care or with their families. Some are savvy enough to maintain their medication, therapy, facing the disorder straight on and managing to live a somewhat normal life. With boys it usually blossoms around 18 and women around 28. It can be spotted m...

Secrets can be deep and hurtful. They infect your integrity and require enormous energy and sophisticated coping skills to continuously hide your true self from anyone in your life. Impulsive, curious and unexplainable emotional decisions and mistakes are a part of life. To maintain and image will catch up with you eventually. Listen and learn how to take a chance and reveal hard truths to those w...

Memories are the only thing we leave behind in this life that last. However, only if we make them meaningful to the people we love. In order to do that, we have to be fully present in the moment. It is like the difference between a vacationer and a traveler. Travelers study and dive into the cultures they visit, while vacationer take pictures in front of what they think is important. Tune in while...

Smell can change a person's impression in an instant. From being a calming factor to the most agitated and disgusted. The laws of attraction are deeply tied to smells. As is the ability to attract people to buy. In psychology smell can be of the greatest influence to manage emotions and set the stage for how people socialize. Tied to memory, smell is one of the most powerful subconscious influence...

Givers and Pleasers fill their lives with people who they train to have their needs come before the Giver on an ongoing and expected basis. Givers and Pleasers are often insecure, depressed and hopeless in a trap they have built for themselves. Let's learn how to shake their lives up and reset some boundaries. Let's see them grab their lives and find out who they really are. Tune in and learn!

Paranoia can be a way of life or state of mind. It can be a symptom of a much bigger diagnosis or stand alone an completely disrupt your life. Living in fear is not living at all. It is coping. Even some cultures around the world are inherently paranoid. We will take a real look at how to deal with paranoia and even eliminate it. Tune in and learn!

Teenage sex is a very complicated situation for teens and their parents. Bottom line, if you have no income, home, means of transportation and a solid future ahead, you have no business breeding. However, logic often does not win the day here. Over 40% of all teens before 16, admit to having either oral or intercourse. With sexting, texting, snap chat, facebook and all other social media sex is on...

Marriage communication is very different then regular communication. In life we use many of the same tools, but the consistent obligation to be responsible for what we say to our partner can create big consequences in quality of life when we lie, are aggressive or disrespectful. Marriage communication requires us to listen, validate and be open to our perceptions. Tune in and learn!!

Humanism is both a philosophy and way of life. Instead of living under religious doctrine. Humanism is about living for each other. Life is to have purpose beyond ourselves and taking full responsibility for ourselves. No cope outs about God doing for or to us. We will deeply explore this living philosophy and unravel how important, healthy and effective it can be in this complicated world. I am n...

The human race is one of the most social creatures in the world. We bond together in clicks, cultures, races, religions, parties, nations and organizations. These connections tend to influence and dictate how we operate as people. Behaviors and thoughts are shaped to conform with social consequences if not followed. When you are living in the middle of these influences it is hard to comprehend how...

People who self injure most often have one thing in common...the need to avoid emotional pain. Self Injury has been a part of the human race for thousands of years. The neurotic need to have a tangible injury overlay a internal struggle. Often times the medical community shuns people who self injure. Treating them poorly while tending to their wounds. We will take on this dynamic topic straight on...

2016 has been one of the most stressful election seasons in the history of our country. Change is hard for many people and having faith in an elected official of any kind is even more stressful. I am taking on this election from a mental health perspective and give you some tools (no matter your candidate) to rebalance your life. This show is about evolving and directing our energy into our purpos...

Multiple personalities has thousands of years of history in the existence of mankind. Usually caused by harsh abuse or major trauma in childhood, this disorder is very real and pervasive. I have treated Multiple Personalities (Dissociative Identity Disorder) on several occasions. Used most often as a coping skill triggered by stress, Multiple Personalities can be managed or co-exist in a healthy w...

For decades we have watched cartoons laughing, dramatic, and seemingly mindless. Mellow drama in our superheros and loony tunes. We will diagnose and shed light on to cartoon character mental illness. To watch the extremes of what we all know exists in life not only entertains but teaches. Lets have some fun. Listen and learn!!!

Sexless Marriage arrives in many ways, shapes, forms and fashion. The statics are astonishing. The definition of a sexless marriage is couples who have sex less than 10 times a year. Some are agreed to be this way, others are medical and some are just downright complicated. I see sexless marriage in therapy nearly every day. Sadly, it does not need to be this way. We will focus on how a marriage a...

The creation of Facebook turned our society upside down. Combined with Twitter, Snap Chat and all the other means of communication, people don't even have to leave their house to have friends. Amazingly, social media creates a virtual life and takes over relationships and families. Children and personal lives get exposed to the world, affairs are at your finger tips and all of the self destructive...

Multiple marriages are as common as a Facebook page. Sadly, people's desire to be never satisfied, fully commit, desire to learn how to be married is a vast minority of the people who take the vows. With social media in full play, people tend to reinforce negatives in their lives, project them on their partners and build support systems around them. Multiple marriages is a red flag, but not a deat...

You never know who you married until you divorce them. Sadly, people who have bred and had children, often decide that they can't be adults and talk so they put their kids in the middle. This act forces a child to align with one or the other causing life long emotional damage. We are going to help co-parents either learn how to co-parent or deal with the immature piece of crap they have to work wi...

Loneliness is a very complex emotion. People can be married, in a relationship, surrounded by people that love and care about them and feel lonely and empty. Marriage can be the loneliest place on Earth when it is not working. We will explore loneliness, its desperate impact and find remedies. Tune in and learn!!!

It is common sense that stress leads to nearly every serious major health event in our lives. Cancer, heart disease, flu, diabetes, addiction and the list goes on. This episodes explores what stress does, how to manage it and extend years upon your life. Tune in and learn!!!!

Throughout the history of mankind, we are one of the few species who actually preys on our own. The weak, young, old, vulnerable, naive and ignorant are systematically targeted by predators for either personal gain or pleasure. Predators can be charming, attractive,successful, intelligent and many times can be a friend or family member. They often groom or stalk their prey creating confusion and d...