BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, MD, AND LOIS B. MORRIS How do we know who is trustworthy and who isn’t? That depends on each of us. Trust in a relationship is a two-way street. We need to know how to build trust, to evaluate it, bank it, and share it. Without trust, it is […]
By John M. Oldham, M.D., and Lois B. Morris Does the New Personality Self-Portrait 25 capture a vulnerability to conspiracy theories? Recent studies have targeted a handful of likely personality traits that we can track. Popular U.S. COVID conspiracy theories Honestly, with all the social and political instability of these times, who doesn’t entertain […]
BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, MD Yes, people with personality disorders can and do make it big, even while suffering deeply. But they don’t always recognize that they can be their own worst enemy. When they’re feeling miserable, they may think it’s because other people are being unreasonable and don’t understand them. They may not […]
BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, MD I’m more a fan of baseball personalities than I am of baseball. And in this pandemic-delayed season, I’ve had plenty of time to indulge my favorite pastime, mapping personality styles. A short while ago on this blog site, I displayed the actual Personality Self-Portrait of the late catcher and morning […]
BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, M.D. It’s now the spring baseball season, but we’re in an upside-down world in which it’s hard to imagine sitting in a crowded stadium. Anyway, so far we don’t have a choice, since the season is postponed and the stadiums are closed. But in the spirit of the season, I […]
BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, M.D. The defensive cloak of denial works only so long. COVID-19, we wanted to believe, was over there. For as long as we could, we refused to see that this ruthless pandemic could take over our country, our town, our street. But no more. Now we know the savage nature […]
BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, M.D. Consider the case of Prince William vs. Prince Harry: Do you need a princely temperament to wear the royal crown? “This isn’t a power struggle,” acknowledges Sam Walker, The Wall Street Journal leadership columnist. “William is the heir by birth and Harry, sixth in line to the throne, has no […]
