Protected: Ego: understanding how it affects our behavior
Ego: what does it mean? In what ways does it manifest itself in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? In what ways does it affect our relationships? Different meanings and…
About self-deception. Can we recognize it ourselves?
Self-deception and trauma A person who has been traumatized is more likely to engage in self-deception. Either the experiences are too painful to bear, or their ego has been hurt…
Protected: How to set boundaries without damaging meaningful relationships
Why to set boundaries is challenging In terms of love, parental and professional relationships, setting boundaries remains a challenge. For example, it can be difficult to enforce boundaries without offending…
Protected: Instructional thinking and feeling. Generalized advice. One fit all approaches
Generalized advice. What does it mean? When dealing with emotions and behavior, concrete, generalized advice might impede the process of dealing with problems and finding solutions. Under this perspective, what…
Protected: How acceptance improves relationships and how to achieve it
Acceptance: A difficult concept to accept In spite of the fact that psychologists, coaches, and philosophers emphasize the value of accepting other people, attitudes, habits, or behaviors, it remains a challenge for…
Protected: Anger and Listening. How to prevent or defuse anger
Importance of listening The act of not listening to what others have to say can lead to anger, as well as vice versa: we may become angry when we do not…
Protected: Aggression, Ego and Responsibility. The most important characteristic of aggression
The most important characteristic of aggression In most cases, aggression is motivated more by hurting another person than by achieving a greater goal. Aggression and justification Justifying/using aggression is one…
Decisions: how does lying to ourselves impacts them
Making decisions by listening to our hearts I have noticed that I feel sadder and more discouraged when I am not listening to my heart, than when I fail to…
Protected: SHARE Lv: Anti-“oppressive”
The anti-oppressive therapeutic approach Most likely, denial, avoidance, and other defense mechanisms lead to self-defeat or take us down the wrong path in life.These strategies are employed to avoid pain.…
Protected: How therapy works? Relationship vs Authority, and Acting Out
Acting out in therapy. Definition Acting out: to behave badly or in a socially unacceptable often self-defeating manner especially as a means of venting painful emotions (such as fear or…