Building up capacity and self-care
Relationships are integral to our mental health, and the quality of our intimate relationships has a significant impact on whether we experience psychological health (or illness). Key ingredients for a quality or ‘good’ relationship include secure attachment, validation and a higher ratio of positive to negative interactions. Even ‘good’ relationships…
Many of us engage in counterproductive self-sabotaging behaviours. We may self-sabotage our relationships or careers for example, in a misguided attempt to protect ourselves from being hurt or experiencing negative emotions. Such behaviour is driven by subconscious impulses for punishment and deprivation.
Depression and low mood problems are the result of a partial or full shut down of our internal psychological system in response to an emotionally intense experience. The individual’s internal psychological system is in crisis and is flooded with feelings of helplessness, powerlessness and a sense of never-ending doom.
This post is an overview on the most common lifestyle factors which can impact on our physical and mental health, and which can boost our well-being. These including positive and quality relationships, physical exercise; eating habits; sleep; listening to music; reading; watching series; challenging yourself to perform well and to…
Night-terrors, nightmares and other sleep problems related to difficulties with emotional processing of painful experiences occur when their mind and body are trying to process and let go of conflicting and painful emotional material. This painful material which during the day we might be able to avoid or which can…
Chronic pain is experienced differently by every individual in terms of location, intensity, frequency and duration of the pain, as well as the impact on the individual psychologically. Psycho-physiological pain, or physically expressed pain with emotional bases, can be treated successfully with ISTDP.
This is a first post in a series about what helps success. These series will cover the importance of focus, will, goal and determination and commitment to achieve it. We will look at the practical components of effective performance and recovery routine, helpfulness of introducing positive challenges for building up…
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