Mind-FULL Reads
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The Real Problem With "Tough Love"
“The idea of tough love legitimized verbal abuse as a tool for changing people and their behaviors; it was hailed as a motivational tool. It was not.”
“The idea of tough love legitimized verbal abuse as a tool for changing people and their behaviors; it was hailed as a motivational tool. It was not.”
Regulate Your Nervous System Right Now
“Dysregulation occurs when we get triggered into a sympathetic state. This survival state can also be referred to as fight, flight, freeze, or fawn mode.”
“Dysregulation occurs when we get triggered into a sympathetic state. This survival state can also be referred to as fight, flight, freeze, or fawn mode.”
16 Signs You Were Raised by a Highly Critical Parent
“Parental treatment can affect not only how you feel about yourself as an adult but also the quality of your relationships.”
“Parental treatment can affect not only how you feel about yourself as an adult but also the quality of your relationships.”
4 Types of Grief No One Told You About
“While many experience the setbacks and tragedies of life with grief and mourning, many feel they are not entitled to the word.”
“While many experience the setbacks and tragedies of life with grief and mourning, many feel they are not entitled to the word.”
Daily meditation may work as well as a popular drug to calm anxiety, study finds
“People are lifted up by relationships in which the other person models, instigates, and supports psychological flexibility and mindfulness.”
“People are lifted up by relationships in which the other person models, instigates, and supports psychological flexibility and mindfulness.”
How to Tell That You Have a Good Therapist
“People are lifted up by relationships in which the other person models, instigates, and supports psychological flexibility and mindfulness.”
“People are lifted up by relationships in which the other person models, instigates, and supports psychological flexibility and mindfulness.”
How People-Pleasing Damages Self-Worth
“Growing up in this type of environment conditions a child to become hyper-observant in learning micro-behaviors—in assessing for the slightest differences in expression or nuances in their parents’ approval or disapproval.”
“Growing up in this type of environment conditions a child to become hyper-observant in learning micro-behaviors—in assessing for the slightest differences in expression or nuances in their parents’ approval or disapproval.”
Why It's So Hard to Ever Feel Satisfied
“Researchers have found that feeling contented isn’t good for the species because it keeps us from seeking further benefits or improvements.”
“Researchers have found that feeling contented isn’t good for the species because it keeps us from seeking further benefits or improvements.”
When It's Gaslighting, and When It Really Isn't
“The need to control, the act of manipulating, and the leveraging of power are essential components of gaslighting—not hurt feelings or challenged viewpoints.”
“The need to control, the act of manipulating, and the leveraging of power are essential components of gaslighting—not hurt feelings or challenged viewpoints.”
10 Anxious Behaviors That May Actually Be Trauma Responses
“Research has demonstrated a link between trauma and many symptoms of anxiety, finding that our experiences in childhood and beyond often lead to behavior manifestations present well into adulthood.”
“Research has demonstrated a link between trauma and many symptoms of anxiety, finding that our experiences in childhood and beyond often lead to behavior manifestations present well into adulthood.”
What to Do When You Just Can't Get Started
“An inability to get started often stems from the stories we tell ourselves, often inaccurate, about who we are and what we're capable of.”
“An inability to get started often stems from the stories we tell ourselves, often inaccurate, about who we are and what we're capable of.”
4 Signs That a Parent Is Emotionally Immature
“Having a parent who is emotionally immature can be deeply frustrating (enraging even) and cause you to question your own sense of self and perception of reality.”
“Having a parent who is emotionally immature can be deeply frustrating (enraging even) and cause you to question your own sense of self and perception of reality.”