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Philosopherdoc, Las Vegas, NV (2025)

10/20/2025

True Depression? Or maybe, just a horrible life? No pill or combination of pills will fix the latter. A young man living in his divorced mother or father‘s basement spending hours watching Internet, po*******hy, scrolling through everyone’s Facebook and Instagram feeds and everyone else’s comments. Commenting on this and liking or disliking that. With no goals and no direction. No community, no church, no friends no significant other? Succumbing to vices? No Exercise? No job? No ongoing learning? This patient does not need medication. He needs to change what he is doing with his time and what he is willing to commit himself to. Philosopherdoc.com

10/06/2025

William James, the Father of American Psychology said it best: “We do not sing because we are happy. We are happy because we sing.” And Emerson wrote: “Do the thing, and you will have the power. But they who do not the thing have not the power.” The message? Don’t wait until you feel “good” to do something. Do it, and THEN you will feel good. Last week, after a difficult, long day of seeing patients, I wanted nothing more than climb into bed, shut the door, and turn off the light. The problem, was that my friend Ofer, and his team of volunteers were on their way to my house to help build our Sukkah, a temporary hut/dwelling, made of wood with palm leaves for a roof, for the Holiday of Sukkot (The Festival of Tabernacles). We have paid hundreds of dollars previously to have someone construct it and hundreds more to take it down. Ofer and his friends do not accept or desire payment, but request a small donation made to our synagogue. Amazing. And I knew that what I really needed in order to feel better, wasn’t becoming a recluse, or sleep, but was to do the thing that I didn’t feel good enough to do, but knew once I was engaged in it that, I would feel great. And that is what happened. No prescription, no co-pay, no potential side effects, no time spent sitting in a waiting room, but engaging in a worthy project with friends who sought not payment, but to do a service that would benefit other people. Try it! We are a curious species, indeed. When we find ourselves engaged in a project, building something, creating something, and working towards a worthy goal, we are at our best, and least susceptible to depression. Do not wait until you feel good to get started, for perhaps, you will never feel good enough to start. Thank you again Ofer Simani, Simon Simani, Ilan Aberman, and Ariel Tehrani for your generous help.
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09/05/2025

Anger Assuaged, Despite a Broken Air Conditioner, Due to Better Answers from Better Questions. A systemic approach to confront any challenge. “We can fix the 5 year old unit for $6,000 but we should really get you a new AC unit this week for $15,000.” “What!?” How can we systematically deal with adversity and challenges? We can start by asking better questions which inevitably yield better answers. “Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” E.E. Cummings would say. Indeed. Why does this always happen to me? Why does God hate me? When will it ever change? Why do I always screw up? Such questions yield disempowering negative answers. Change your questions, and you change your destiny. We can also alter the words we use to describe how we feel to soften our emotions, the intensity, even create laughter, and diffuse a conflict when we are “enraged,” “furious,” “livid.” Conversely, we can intensify the specific vocabulary we use to enhance our mood, especially if our mood is not where we would like it to be because of the effect it will have on our mind, causing us to anticipate a better future and better emotional state. And recall that very rarely are you without options. Seek alternative creative solutions. philosopherdoc.com

08/11/2025

What you say to yourself regarding a “busted tire,” a newly discovered dent in your car door in a parking lot, or when a friend does not take your call, might determine your level of happiness and your susceptibility to pessimism and depression. Do you say “why does this always happen to me? This is the way it always is for me. It’s never going to change. I’m so stupid. I think God hates me.” These are the dreaded “3 Ps of Learned Helplessness,” where you are the cause (Personal) of the problem, it’s always going to be like this (Permanent), and your whole life is corrupted and damaged in all aspects (Pervasive). Whether you’re explanatory style is negative or positive will also affect your young children and influence their ability to handle disappointment, stress in their future, and whether or not they will succumb to depression. Our recent blowout driving back from Denver, Colorado was instructive. Because it’s not what happens, it’s what you do about it. It’s how you think about it. Philosopherdoc.com

08/01/2025

Survival Strategies From, and The Memory of the USS Indianapolis. July 30, 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the Pacific Ocean. This marked one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the US military, as almost 900 soldiers perished. And the ones that did survive days in shark infested water, dehydrated, under the searing hot sun, covered in oil and gas survived in part by thinking about those at home who they needed and who needed them. And in the case of those with no one at home who depended on them, who in the future would need them even those that had not even been born yet. Man is not an island and cannot live alone. Especially, when facing challenges, adversity, and tragedy. In your time of woe, maybe it is better to interact with other people, to think about them. focus on their problems, what you can contribute, how you can help them rather than turning inward consistently to focus on yourself and your own problems. Focus on other people who you need and who need you. Even if those people have not come into your life and might not have even been born. This strategy will help you as it helped those few survivors of the USS Indianapolis. On the 80th anniversary of the tragic loss of so many American Patriots, we remember them and we use the strategy implemented by the survivors to help us deal with lesser challenges then surviving until you are rescued in the Pacific Ocean. philosopherdoc.com

07/27/2025

What could be more tragic than the death of a child? The death of a child, by her own hand. And this, is where we find ourselves my friends. In an age of unprecedented prosperity in The West, what has happened? Why are so many young people, adolescents, teens, so isolated, without hope, purpose, meaning, alone, contemplating and attempting su***de? Can we point to something specific that has occurred in the last 15 years that might explain this tragedy? Author Jonathan Haidt, I, and many others believe we can indeed. I treat depressed patients everyday, and one of their stories involving a su***de attempt by their young grandchild demanded further exploration. It involves excessive exposure to Social Media and an unwillingness to “Parent,” due to fear of losing the child’s “unconditional love.” Let us be parents, and then be friends, to our children, regardless of the feared consequences. Philosopherdoc.com ***deprevention

07/25/2025

“Pay no attention to that pine cone young lad! The real pleasure will be found over that hill,” or something to that effect. But is that true? Yes and no. Dopamine, “The Molecule of More,” vs. the “Here and Now” molecules are in competition. And one often predominates. Which is good, and bad. We need drive to push us towards a worthy goal, and the sense of reward when we attain it. But we cannot constantly be pursuing something in the future, sacrificing the “here and now,” everything that is around us, this very instant. Philosopherdoc.com

06/20/2025

The Individual, vs. the Collective. Democracy vs. Totalitarian Regimes and Communism? Each of us has inherent value, potential, "a spark of The Almighty," some say. This value, is minimized, even eliminated in totalitarian regimes. But how do you treat those on a lower socioeconomic, or intellectual level than you? With value, respect, with dignity? As if he too is created in the image of the The Almighty? In the Book of Numbers, Bamidbar (in the Desert, in Hebrew), an interesting word combination (Naso et Rosh: lift the head) is used when the Israelites are commanded "to count" the people that focuses on the individual's worth. Fortunately I was the recipient, many years ago, of this philosophy, when two boys sought to befriend a troubled, sometimes violent, easily distracted boy, and "lift his head." I am eternally grateful for what they did for me. Like Reb Zoma said: "Who is honored? One who honors others." And as Rabbi Sacks said, we are as important as we make other people feel. Philosopherdoc.com

06/09/2025

How do you stay on track? What do you do when you lose focus? When your life seems like it is spiraling out of control? When you’re clinging to the edge of the Earth? Stay focused on your goals and dreams. And write down a few more. What do you want? Where do you want to go? What do you want to be? What do you want to see? What do you want to have? What do you want to share, and with whom? Write it down and define it. What type of difference can you make with your family, in your community for the country, with your specific set of skills at this specific point in history? Philosopherdoc.com

06/06/2025

It’s Easier to Leave Than it is to Arrive. Life lessons from Exodus, Numbers, and how to get back on track, when you lose your way. Why do many start, but never finish? Why do they promise, but do not produce? Many a despot have been overthrown, but democracy rarely rises from the ashes of the rebellion. Why is this? And how do we prevent this? And what can we learn from the Israelites’ attitude and mistakes, in The Desert? This video, is an expanded version of a talk I was privledged to give at the Young Israel Aish Las Vegas, on the Holiday of Shavuot earlier this week. The talk, and this subsequent video, are based on a speech I heard from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, of blessed memory, the former Chief Rabbi of England. My sincere gratitude to Rabbi Yitz Wyne and Rabbi Avi Anderson for the opportunity to share some ideas, and hopefully add a small fraction of what you add, daily, to the many, yearning for wisdom, insight, and clarity. Philosopherdoc.com

04/18/2025

Do not doubt the potential of others, especially when their cause is Just. As Lincoln said, “right makes right.” Not might, makes right. Philosopherdoc.com .

01/31/2025

"The Doctor and the Four Prescriptions." A powerful story and exercise in self-exploration. Who are you, deep down, inside your soul? Independent of the roles you play in society or your titles. How have you defined yourself? Has your identity been forced upon you by others? What did you used to do, that you loved, that you no longer do? What is going on around you, right now, that you have become oblivious to, that you might enjoy, were it not for your inability to slow down, to think, ponder, and wonder? Why do you do, the things that you do? Are you okay with these motivations? What do you incessantly worry about? Are you well balanced in the roles you occupy, and are you living fulfilled in these different roles at home, at work, in your community, and spiritually? Are there aspects of your personality, your inner being, that are not being expressed, or cultivated? This exercise is an opportunity to re-examine your life, to "take stock," and decide if some changes are overdue, to live more fully actualized. Philosopherdoc.com

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