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TIFS on Your Mental health: Experts say five of nine traits are inherent within those with serious personality issues
Borderline Personality Disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis built around nine traits that describe patterns of unstable emotions, relationships, and self‑image. Clinicians look for a combination of at least five traits before considering the diagnosis. The list includes fear of abandonment, intense and shifting relationships, an unclear sense of identity, impulsive behavior, self‑harm or suicidal thoughts, rapid mood changes, chronic emptiness, difficulty controlling anger, an
Dennis McCaslin
38 minutes ago2 min read


Our Arklahoma Heritage: A trio of Union sympathizers from Pope County met with foul deaths in the aftermath of the Civil War
In the rugged landscape of the Arkansas River Valley, the year 1865 did not bring the immediate peace suggested by the surrenders at Appomattox or Doaksville. In Pope County, the end of formal hostilities gave way to a localized, internal conflict that targeted the men tasked with transitioning the region back into the Union. Among the most prominent figures of this era were William Stout, Archibald D. Napier, and Albert Parks. These three men shared a common bond of Unionis
Dennis McCaslin
2 hours ago3 min read


Stone Gardens: How the road from 1761 Germany to a marble headstone in Adair County traversed 200 years of history
William Burrell Barker was born in 1948 in McMinn County, Tenneseeand died on November 25, 1948, in Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma, where he was buried in Westville Cemetery. This final resting place caps a family saga spanning centuries, from German immigrants dodging religious persecution to Virginia colonists clashing with French forces and Native warriors, Revolutionary soldiers fighting for independence, and War of 1812 veterans guarding Tennessee frontiers, all pushi
Dennis McCaslin
3 hours ago4 min read
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