How to Tell if You’re Projecting
Knowing how to identify when we’re projecting is extremely difficult, but an overly intense focus upon the behavior or attributes of another person may be a sign.
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Points of Departure
The basic emotional issues that drive us, and their implications for the most common psychological problems: depression, anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, etc.
The Tenacity of Defenses
Psychological defenses are deeply etched neural pathways, like deep ruts in a well-traveled road, impossible to remove. Under psychological and emotional pressure, they will always come automatically and feel like the easiest, most natural response.
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Different Types of Depression
A discussion of three underlying dynamics in clinical depression: unconscious rage, a drastically fragmented self and toxic levels of shame.
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Emotional Dependency and Stealth Control
Behind the apparent helplessness of people who suffer from extreme emotional dependency often lies a a secret and unacknowledged fantasy of controlling everybody around them and coercing them to adopt the role of caretakers.
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Insufficient Mind in Anxiety Attacks and Disorders
A mental inability to bear intense emotions often lies at the heart of anxiety attacks and disorders, where the person experiencing anxiety feels threatened by (and in danger of disintegration under the pressure of) emerging and unknown emotions.
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How Fear of Disintegration Gives Rise to Anxiety Symptoms and Panic Attacks
The fear of disintegration often lies behind anxiety symptoms and panic attacks; it may also be involved in ptsd symptoms.
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What ’10 Signs of Depression in Men’ Won’t Tell You
A list of the ten most important signs and symptoms of depression, including some advice about how to make the most effective use of online resources for depression.
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What We Mean When We Use the Word ‘Love’
We use the word “love” to describe a number of different emotional experiences. A closer look at those uses can shed light on the varieties of love and how much actual regard they entail for a separate person.
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Hatred and Anger as Glue
Outbursts of rage and anger may reflect an underlying fear of psychological disintegration.
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