If you have watched the movie “Tenet”, you may find the idea of inverted entropy, which allows people to move backwards through time, creative and exciting. In the movie, the Protagonist’s mission is to stop the use of the algorithm for inverting the entire world. It is beyond dispute that this is a catastrophic outcome …
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The 12th anniversary of my private practice on 28th September 2020 signifies a milestone for a new page. My assistant, Lap, and I are planning a new venture to be launched in the coming year. We are going to provide more useful knowledge and insights in psychology for our audience through different modalities. From the …
As a clinical psychologist, my family members and friends frequently ask me for advice in mental health, relationship issues and other problems, such as work stress. Sometimes, someone in my social network may request formal psychotherapy for his or her spouse or close friends. I usually politely turn down their request and try my best …
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Many of my clients suffer from social anxiety in different levels of severity. Some of them are very successful professionals or businessmen, who have adequate social skills and harmonious relationships with others. Others have severe avoidance and disconnect with their social network totally. In the surface, those with social anxiety tend to distant themselves socially. …
When I think about what Hongkongers are facing in the third wave of the pandemic, the movie, “Cast Away”, popped up in my mind. The movie was launched in 2000. It was about a man’s desperate effort to survive in an uninhabited island alone for four years after a plane crash. In “Cast Away”, Chuck …
As drivers, most of us had experienced a surge of fear when another driver in another lane cut the line and was on the verge of crashing into our cars. Within seconds, our surge of fear activated our automatic reaction of turning our wheels so that we can avoid the crash. This automatic reaction is …
