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Pins about #mentalhealth. Self care, mental health, boundaries, toxic people, personality types.
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Everyone daydreams but not for hours on end and not to the detriment of their career, relationship, and other life goals. That’s what differentiates maladaptive daydreaming from the ordinary kind.
If you grew up in a dysfunctional family, you probably had a role to play. It had nothing to do with who you are, but helped prop up the system. Find out your dysfunctional family role when you take the 2-minute quiz.
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Rather than a normal part of any growth journey, whether personal or business, you see failure as fatal. You assume making one mistake at work, for example, means you’ll lose your livelihood. Read on for solutions to catastrophizing.
I’ve noticed a lot of my unhappiness has come from wishing things were different. How to stop wishing things were different and finally be happy.
Brain Size
Structure And Function
Mindfulness Meditation
Self Discovery
Personality Types
Being Used
Overcoming
Trauma
Mental Health
Mindfulness meditation changes the structure and function of the brain. It can help reverse some of the outcomes of complex trauma like diminished brain size and emotional dysregulation. Read more.
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Youre Not Alone
Feeling Lonely
Toxic People
Self
How Are You Feeling
Facts
Feelings
Many of us feel lonely even in a crowd of people. In fact, you might withdraw because you feel more lonely with others than you do on your own. Read about why and how to change that.
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Make You Feel
How To Know
Brene Brown Quotes
Delusional
Tell The Truth
Guilt
Self Care
According to Bessel van der Kolk, trauma happens when we feel unseen or unknown. He wrote one of the most seminal books on the subject, The Body Keeps the Score. Read how to overcome the trauma of feeling invalidated.
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Emotional Regulation
Healing Journey
Public Speaking
Tolerance
Understanding Yourself
Windows
If you’re on a trauma healing journey, you may have heard the term “window of tolerance”. That’s why you can attend Toastmasters for years without feeling any better about public speaking. In fact, you might feel worse.
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Self Compassion Meaning
Feeling Down
Feeling Worthless
Inner Critic
Self Image
Negative Self Talk
Perfectionism
Connell
There’s a lot of talk about getting outside your comfort zone. It’s important to stretch and challenge yourself in order to grow and heal. But, there’s a difference between comfort and safety. Read on to learn more.
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Emotional Health
Stop Expecting
Coping Mechanisms
Don't Give Up
The traumatized brain is tasked with keeping you safe at all cost. That’s why it starts expecting the worst as a coping mechanism. How to stop expecting the worst.
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Physical Health
Advocate
Self Help
Forgiveness
Anger
Physics
Much of the self-help advice out there seems to advocate suppressed anger. They bypass this important emotion and go straight to forgiveness instead. Read to find out why suppressed anger is bad for your mental and physical health.
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Expressing Emotions
Human Emotions
Family Scapegoat
Social Stigma
Troubled Relationship
Toxic Family
Journal Writing Prompts
Make You Believe
Dating Coach
Did you know self-awareness is the key to changing your life? But many of us who grew up in abusive or neglectful homes lack this basic component of a satisfying life. How to improve your life by increasing self-awareness.
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Survival Mode
Insecure
Take Care
Retreat
Unlike children from secure backgrounds, those of us with insecure attachment became preoccupied with trying to keep ourselves safe. We went into survival mode because we believed, often rightly, that no one would take care of us so we had to take care of ourselves. Join us at the Reparenting Yourself retreat May 5-7 to overcome the impact of unmet childhood needs and put yourself first with less guilt and more self-love.
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Emotions
Ptsd
Reminder
Mindfulness
Emotional flashbacks are different from the flashbacks we associate with PTSD. Rather than visual and auditory reminders of a specific event, emotional flashbacks are more of a feeling. They take you over and immerse you in the unsafety you felt in your childhood.
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Mixed Emotions
What Is Gaslighting
Black And White Thinking
Family Roles
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in the which the perpetrator denies or diminishes your experience. It’s a cruel emotional manipulation that makes you doubt yourself and even reality.
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Get What You Want
Deserve
Mindset
Beliefs
How do we get out from under these false beliefs of feeling unworthy? How do we change our mindset and begin to believe we deserve to get what we want out of life?
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Since Brene Brown gave her famous talk, the difference between shame and guilt has become that one makes you feel bad for what you did and the other makes you feel bad for who you are. But is that true?
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Family Estrangement
Bear The Burden
Family Systems
Dealing With A Narcissist
When Things Go Wrong
The scapegoat is the one who tells the truth about obvious defects in the family. Rather than support, the family scapegoat gets gaslighting from the rest of the family.
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Narcissistic Sociopath
Narcissistic Behavior
Free Advice
Pissed Off
Lessons Learned
Life Skills
Dominant
Conversation
Narcissisms - Narcissist Blog Articles
Mental Health
Solitude
Much
That Look
Reasons
We all know a certain amount of solitude is good for you. But how much is too much? Rather than measure in hours or days, it helps to look at the reasons behind your desire for time alone.
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Attachment Styles
Be A Better Person
Falling In Love
Dating
Relationship
Romantic
Healing avoidant attachment style to move into an intimate relationship. Why avoidant attachment style dominates the dating pool.
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Self Discipline
We Need
Personal Growth
Work Hard
Rest is more than self-indulgence. It’s an essential ingredient of personal growth and development. Here are 5 reasons why rest is important for personal growth and development, productivity, and mental health.
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Alcohol Dependence
Compulsive Behavior
Willpower
Myths
In The Heights
Addiction
Willpower never works, whether it's for weight loss or breaking addictions. Why is the desire to stop never enough to keep us away from compulsive behaviors? Here are 5 reasons.
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5 Ways
Childhood
Healing
Memories
Here are 5 ways childhood trauma impacts us as adults and what we can do about it. Signs of childhood trauma and how to overcome.
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