Dr. Angie Gereis

Dr. Angie Gereis Hello, my name is Dr. Angie Gereis, and I am a licensed clinical psychologist in California.

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New Years resolutions are often a branch from a reflection of your past year. Even if you do not participate in New Year...
12/27/2022

New Years resolutions are often a branch from a reflection of your past year. Even if you do not participate in New Years resolutions, having time to reflect back on your year can be an effective way to focus on a direction you want to go moving forward. โฃ
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I do not need to repeat what you all know: this year was exceptionally difficult for many, for some it was fine, and for others it was great. Whatever your year held, I encourage you to use the following reflections (by yourself or in a conversation with a loved one) to pause and appreciate where you are right here and now, and all the events and situations that brought you here. Through all the ups and downs and in-betweens, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ญ. โฃ
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I wish you all a year full of peace, warmth, connection and love. I am forever grateful for all of you and this beautiful communityโฃ
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A fundamental existential question comes to mind for me here: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?โฃโฃThe conclusion I...
12/10/2022

A fundamental existential question comes to mind for me here: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?โฃ
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The conclusion I often come to is ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . The real dilemma lies in knowing the difference between living and surviving. Survival patterns are a complex amalgamation of neurochemical, biological, and emotional factors that come together to keep us alive at all costs based on perceived/experiences that were threatening. Living entails some of the same factors, with the main difference being the human capacity to practice awareness, live presently, and change, despite some of those powerful survival patterns that would encourage you to stay the same. โฃ
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That would mean that ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. The task then is to figure out how these patterns are keeping you stagnant or helping you change and grow. โฃ
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This is no easy task, my fellow humans. Rewiring our brain to understand that surviving is not the end all be all of living is on par with mastering being a human. However, this does not mean it is impossible. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž. โฃ
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๐Ÿค”This leads to new insights, better emotional outcomes, and healthier relationships, which is in my opinion, IS living. ๐Ÿ˜Šโฃ
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*DISCLAIMER: The information presented on this page should not be substituted for, nor is it intended to be, therapeutic/psychological advice, nor does it constitute a therapist-client relationship. Please consult with a mental health provider in your area for your unique mental health needs, or call 1-800-950-NAMI for resources and support. โฃ

I dedicate this post to all those who have many/mixed feelings about the holiday season. I donโ€™t believe the holidays ar...
12/06/2022

I dedicate this post to all those who have many/mixed feelings about the holiday season. I donโ€™t believe the holidays are a joyous occasion for everyone, and itโ€™s important that we acknowledge that the holidays can be filled with pain for many. โฃ
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On Thanksgiving, we ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž, which we know from research has a host of benefits. During Christmas, or other holidays, we practice engaging in joy and celebration. I hope you can take the time to honor your emotions, whatever they may be. I understand this can be difficult, so I outlined some things to think about and practice when those emotions feel too overwhelming. โฃ
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When I say โ€œ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐žโ€, I am saying before you go into the holiday season or to your familyโ€™s house, create a plan where you can control all feasible variables. For example, if you know driving with a certain person or family member to the house may trigger you, plan ahead: if you can drive separately do so. If you need to drive with them, and you feel comfortable doing so, bring headphones and listen to music, ask for some quiet time in the car, talk to someone on the phone (prepare and practice this). Though I know some of you will say this seems rude, ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐. โฃ
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If the holidays become too overwhelming, please know that there are resources everywhere to support you. Please reach out if you want some resources, including exploring therapy.

๐ŸฅฐFinally, be kind to yourself to others during this time. ๐Ÿฅฐโฃ

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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ. I will often...
08/23/2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ. I will often hear people say both inside and outside my office that they are โ€œso depressedโ€ after a situational factor, when what they are describing is their temporary emotional state of sadness. โฃ
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๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก. Depression is a serious medical and mental condition that impacts 16.1 MILLION American adults (adaa.org). โฃ
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Our confusion can lead us to neglect a serious condition that requires treatment (depression) or, on the other end of the spectrum, overreact to a normative emotional state (sadness). And here's why the distinction is crucial: If we (or a loved one) are depressed, it has huge implications for our long-term mental health, physical health, and longevity.โฃ
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If you or a loved one is concerned that you are experiencing some symptoms of depression listed above (there are many other symptoms), please reach out to a therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, a primary care doctor or any other medical professional. You are not alone in your experience, and it is not something that should be minimized or ignored. โฃ
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*DISCLAIMER: The information presented on this page should not be substituted for, nor is it intended to be, therapeutic/psychological advice, nor does it constitute a therapist-client relationship. Please consult with a mental health provider in your area for your unique mental health needs, or call 1-800-950-NAMI for resources and support. โฃ

Oh, the ironyโ€ฆ โฃโฃHow many of you have experienced โ€œbeautiful ironyโ€ in your life? ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐ŸฟโฃโฃJapanese researchers foun...
08/17/2022

Oh, the ironyโ€ฆ โฃ
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How many of you have experienced โ€œbeautiful ironyโ€ in your life? ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฟโฃ
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Japanese researchers found in 2011 that how people react to irony depends on individual traits like self-esteem and humor preferences.Specifically, peopleโ€™s self-esteem and their openness to indirect forms of communication predict how likely they are to be receptive to irony. โฃ
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So when it comes to self-experienced irony, how likely are you to be receptive to your own strength? Do you give credit to the idea that you survived something you thought would break you? โฃ
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Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Have a great Wednesday folks! โฃ
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