Are bloggers narcissists?
The next question that comes to my mind in the intervening hours is: 'Is blogging making me narcissistic'? I am very ashamed to say this out loud. It doesn't represent the person that I want [...]
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09, 2023
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09, 2023
A fly in the ointment – real-life
Have you ever considered the way that social media (or any form of social interaction) on the interweb impacts your real-world social life? I Googled 'social media is making us antisocial' (or a near variant) [...]
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07, 2023
What is risk aversion in psychology?
One thing that I am noticing about the way I operate in the world when I am suffering from psychosis is that I become extremely RISK AVERSE. If the average person's desire to avoid losses [...]
5
07, 2023
How to best do mental health support work?
Something about my NDIS support shift this afternoon made me think about how I can engage in professional development in my mental health support work. I want to have a real impact on my client's [...]
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06, 2023
Feeling sad thoughts – self-compassion statements
Are you feeling sad today? I can empathise. I have been feeling sad lately too. Someone who had made me feel like they cared for me, left me suddenly and I have had feeling sad [...]
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06, 2023
Validate your own feelings – the ACT approach
One of the things that make ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) so useful is the fact that I think it can be a kind of 'validation' for your thoughts and feelings. If you are feeling [...]
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06, 2023
Cognitive training for schizophrenia-induced cognitive deficits
Sometimes it feels like I am stuck in a bit of a cognitive cage. The idea of putting thoughts into words for a blog article feels like some kind of Herculean effort. Nonetheless, I want [...]
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05, 2023
Why do you want to work as a disability support worker?
It is an interesting question. And one, which I suppose you are likely to be asked in an interview for disability support work - 'Why do you want to work as a disability support worker?' [...]
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10, 2022
Self-compassion for a crappy day
Do you ever have one of those crappy days when things go pear-shaped for whatever reason, and you are left in psychological pain? We all have those kinds of days sometimes. It is a part [...]
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10, 2022
How (and why) to transform anxiety avoidance
The most interesting thing that I have come to learn about anxiety is that it can be a signal that something transformative has the potential to happen. Anxiety avoidance is understandable. Because the sensation of [...]