When Facebook became a big thing, I avoided it. But…a few years ago, I joined Instagram as I realized that I wanted to experience directly what it was about, and the best way to do this, is to join them. After a few years, I am fine-tuning the IG posts and make my account a […]
It took me a long time to make sense of the phenomenon of some personality traits that make up someone’s character. The traits I was so puzzled about and found so complicated to understand are all around us. I am referring to the narcissistic traits that include self-centeredness, entitlement, arrogance, and often a lack of […]
It is not just clients who fall for promising advertisements. Psychotherapists, counsellors, and psychologists, even those with post graduate degrees seem to buy into the new, or very old but sounding new and improved, therapy approaches. Even professional organizations fail to distinguish between solid evidence and the active ingredients and the so-called serving suggestions, the […]
I used to believe, that emotions are functional and universal physiological responses (bodily reactions) to external and internal environmental stimuli. Mostly, this is still correct, but emotions might not be as shared and universal as stated (see Lisa Feldman Barrett). Based on the book: How emotions are made (2017), I am coming to the conclusion […]
In medicine, the word “trauma” is used to indicate a physical injury including an injury to the brain. In mental health, trauma is used to refer to a distressing and disturbing experience. When people talk about childhood trauma, they often refer to the long-lasting psychological injuries related to abuse or to extremely adverse experiences that […]
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