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Articles by Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

About Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis
Dr. Pediaditakis is based in Raleigh NC and a regular contributor to The Grey Area News. Dr. Nicholas’ blog may be read at chroniclersofthesoul.com.
Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: By Way of Good-bye

June 22, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA As I have now decided to retire — after 63 years of practice and over 15,000 patients — I now will have time to contemplate and reminisce And remembering to […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Sex, Sex, Everywhere

May 7, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Έρος ανίκατεν μαχαν — “Sensual love (forever) undefeated in battle” Sophocles (chorus in Antigone) Sexual drive and behavior in humans are powerful in dominating our behavior in more ways then […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: …Together We will Thrive, Separate We will Become Extinct

April 26, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA I return to this subject over and over because is a matter of life and death for our species as humans. The story of our origin as a species is […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner:  Gossiping About Gossip

April 1, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA As I have mentioned many times in the past, we humans are complicated creatures. There exist two separate groups of inborn traits in us, which together make up our human […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: “…And the Pursuit of Happiness”

March 16, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA  “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” said Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers in his immortal proclamation, heralding the independence of our country. Well, life and freedom one […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Killing of the Children

March 8, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD Ironically, a few days ago I was writing an article with the heading, ”….and the pursuit of happiness” — which will appear in a future issue — when the news arrived […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The False Promise of Going on A Diet

January 10, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD I have mentioned the subject before but is needs repeating — If one of your resolutions in the new year is to go into a diet, please don’t. Studies and observations at […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Tragedy of Humankind — In Place of A Christmas Carol

December 21, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans are amazing, awe-inspiring creatures —  as justifiably declared by Sophocles, one of the ancient Greek “Shakespeares.” We are not only intelligent, contemplative, curious, and able to use symbolism and […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Opioids and Us — A Perfect Storm

October 31, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD Recently with opioids, we are facing a perfect storm. Let me explain. When atmospheric conditions are just right (like temperature, wind, and atmospheric pressure) and they act in unison, the result […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Some Rational Thoughts for An Irrational Subject

October 10, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We, as a nation of over 300 million people do not really have a “gun problem” — whether as “protectors” of the second amendment or  the “gun control people.” Instead, we […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Brexit–A Cautionary Tale About the Foolish Behavior of Nations

September 23, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD Nations, like humans as a group, pressuring and being pressured by leaders, often resort to foolish decisions which are not to their self-interest but are self-harming. A classic example for my […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: We Are All Now Of the Same Household

August 24, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Some Thoughts Regarding the Recent Tragic Events in Charlottesville, Virginia By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD On my way to the farm where I raise Black Angus cows as a hobby, I asked my frequent companion, grandson […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Persistence of Obsolete Beliefs

July 13, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD The ancient Greeks, as usual, had a word for it, ου με πείσεις καν με πείσης — “You are not going to persuade me, even if you give me evidence to persuade […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Some Thoughts about Our Death

June 30, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We erroneously have believed in the past that the knowledge of our inevitable death was an exclusive one for we humans. Now we do know that elephants for sure — and […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Death of Your Partner

June 22, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans are above all social beings. Our evolutionary success and survival depended on it and still does. A significant part of us prompts us to cooperate, exchange affection, display altruism, […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Into the Woods and Across the River

June 12, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD  We humans, only yesterday geological-time-wise, were roaming the Savannas and the forests, just about a hundred to two hundred thousand years ago. And we loved it! At night, as the darkness […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: And Now – All About Poetry

May 29, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA And there is poetry. Poetry is putting words in an emotionally mobilized way to better express our secret deep feelings, fantasies, and life that usually we do not dare to […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Beep Beep Game

May 26, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA There was in the near-past a cartoon, sometimes shown before starting the main feature in a movie or on television, whereupon a coyote was forever chasing an animal known as […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: 2 War, The Ever-present Looming Monster of Humanity

May 8, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Let’s declare from the beginning: war is not inevitable. Switzerland and Sweden with their centuries of peace attest to that. Neither is it an organized faculty residing in our human […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Folly of Our Responses to Terrorist Acts

April 24, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Our exaggerated responses, both by the officials and the media, while self-serving with the created big hullabaloo, to terrorist acts are in fact aiding and abetting their intended goals. We […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: What is Normal?

April 12, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA I have often been asked what is normal in humans regarding their thinking, behavior, and their feelings. Here is my answer: A normal human being is a person that — given […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Affection and Gratitude for My Adopted Country Revisited

March 27, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA  Our country, which I was lucky to adopt for the last 55 years (trying to contribute and be useful like the rest of my fellow citizens), is enormous, privileged, and […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Let’s Talk About Religion

February 27, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

 Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Religious narratives and practices are almost universal. All such narratives share certain characteristics centered around a powerful deity, whether it is called God, Theos, Gott, Dieu, Allah, Elloheim, YHWH, or […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Modernity – A World of Contradictions

February 3, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Modernity brought changes such as rapid dissemination of information along with equally rapid dissemination of technological innovations and scientific knowledge, mutually beneficial inter-dependency in trade, massive traveling and inflow of […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Future of Humans

January 18, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Are we humans going to make it? We could and we may. We have all the qualities for it; but, we should not take that for granted, even though we […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Irrational Tribalism

December 29, 2016 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

How our own collective irrational responses, dictated by tribal traits embedded in our human nature, aid and abet terrorists in their aims Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA The amazing fact is hiding in plain sight, […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Dark Side of Tribalism

December 7, 2016 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA We humans  are social beings. We cooperate, have altruism, empathy, eagerness to excel, and solicit the admiration and approval of our  tribe/nation/group. We also share heroic narratives and faith along […]

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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Boredom

November 17, 2016 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Boredom Is an Overlooked and Unstudied Phenomenon as A Source of Unhappiness and Trouble for Humans Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA   One monotonous day is followed by another monotonous, identical day. The same things will happen, […]

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