Therapist: “Do you want to learn more about yourself as a person?” Client: “I guess, but I probably won’t like it.” Therapist: “I didn’t say you had to like it. But, if you do it right, it only hurts for a little while. One thing I’d like you to do
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger November 27, 2018
A majority of Americans say rudeness — particularly behind the wheel, on cell phones and in customer service — is the biggest trigger to their anger. Here is where we need to use anger management to counterbalance the hostile, impulsive, infantile insistence on getting what we want, when we want it.
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Normally, things run smooth and our emotions and thoughts work in harmony towards a common goal. However under situations of stress, unresolved anger, private sorrow, or paralyzing fear may flood our thoughts. We can make efforts to solve the mystery of where the intensity of our emotions comes from by getting
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Therapist: “You say you want a relationship with your mother. Well, you’ve got one, but it’s destructive. You cannot begin a constructive relationship with her until you put an end to this negative one. It sounds like you are feeling helpless and discouraged. I’m willing to guess she expects you
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12 Weight Loss Mantras 1) Your body will resist permanent weight loss 2) Biology is not destiny 3) Consistency and commitment are the keys to weight loss 4) There are three stages of success: Honeymoon Frustration Acceptance 5) Your hunger can be kept quite on very little fat 6) If
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When your anger is triggered, try the following anger interventions: 1: “Ride It Out.” This is not the same as “ignoring.” You are consciously choosing to give his argument all the attention it so richly deserves, namely none. You just appear to be paying attention. Nodding your head would be a
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For something so common, anxiety is still massively misunderstood. There are myths and misconceptions about everything from what anxiety disorders look and feel like to what actually helps to treat these illnesses and navigate anxiety. Which is why we asked several anxiety experts to clear things up. Below, you’ll find
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Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger November 27, 2018
Bipolar II disorder is a less severe version of bipolar I disorder. That’s likely an assumption you’ve already come across. Maybe you read it in an article. Maybe you heard it from someone else, maybe even a mental health professional. Author Julie Kraft has heard bipolar II called “bipolar light”
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For the first three decades of Julie Kraft’s life, every day was a struggle. “From the minute I woke up to the moment my head hit the pillow each night, my mind would spin with worries and fears—most of them irrational—about the past, present and the future,” Kraft said. “I
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This is what most people think obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) looks like: washing your hands excessively because you’re a germaphobe. Sometimes, people think it’s also needing to have a neat, orderly home, and checking to see if you locked the door way too many times. And while some of this is
Read More Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger November 2, 2018