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
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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 [...]
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03, 2021
The harsh reality of mirtazapine withdrawal symptoms
The worst part about anti-depressant withdrawal (in this case withdrawal from mirtazapine), is the fact that it can feel like we need to put our lives on hold for months, sometimes years, before we are [...]
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12, 2020
Planning for addiction recovery
So, it seems that my challenge NOW is another process from recovery of ADDICTION. Do you have any behaviours which you consider addictive, but which don't serve you well? We all have those sorts of [...]
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05, 2020
Saying ‘sorry?’ – try ‘thank you’ instead!
Have you ever had the experience of someone pushing past you in the street, and them saying 'sorry', as they push past? Or have you ever experienced a situation in the world where someone needed [...]
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05, 2020
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy CBT for maladaptive thought processes
This post is about a tried and true psychological therapy approach that I believe can result in big changes in the way that you engage with the world. Or how you feel about it. I [...]
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04, 2020
The interesting theory of object relations
Have you ever had the experience of coming face to face with something you don't like about another person, and suddenly feeling passionate that you want to cut ties with that person, or thinking that [...]
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04, 2020
Thoughts on the impacts of enforced isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic
How are you going? It is an important question to ask during this very unusual and challenging time of the coronavirus pandemic and all the quarantine conditions that we are all subject to at the [...]
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09, 2019
Strategies for the fight, flight, freeze response
Have you ever been in the situation where you are engaging in a social situation and someone says something to you or does something to you, that makes you feel uncomfortable or challenges your self-image, [...]
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08, 2019
Our psychological relationship with money explained
How do you feel about money? I am guessing that you quite like it! In the West, it could be argued that we are obsessed with money. I wanted to delve a little further into [...]