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24/07/2025

Is “The Happiness Trap”, by Dr. Russ Harris, just another self-help book? Or is it a very unrealistic psychological novel that is only meant for Mental Health Professionals?

Harris has written this book in a way that captures the essence of everyday lives of people and their struggles with their thoughts and emotions, giving very practical experiments to not avoid or tackle those feelings but rather allowing them in you.

This is exactly what separates this book from other self-help books, recommended to almost everyone wanting to not just bring a change in their thought patterns but also bring a better sense of perspective of their existing thought patterns.
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(Books, happiness trap, psychology, acceptance and commitment therapy, self help)

10/10/2024

World Mental Health Day 2024

10/10/2024

World Mental Health Day 2024

Be strong for today, so you can be prepared for what tomorrow can bring

Are you ok?

Be kind

Take time for yourself

Check in with a friend

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25/08/2024

It couldn’t have been described better in any other way by one of my patients.
Isn’t this very commonly experienced by all of us?

15/08/2023

Life of a parent is tough.
Co-Parenting with conflicting views with your partner is although tougher.
Views from elders and relatives make it tougher.
Judgment from friends and acquaintances makes it still tougher.

Don't pass on the struggle to your child (no matter what their age is).

You remain the shield and hold your patience. Yes, shouting on a flower won't make it bloom.
Creating a nurturing environment will definitely do.

Yes, parenting is tough... even tougher for a softer parent.

18/04/2023

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

Psychoanalytic theory

01/03/2023

Everyone who has experienced love has, most likely, faced a painful breakup. Ongoing research is beginning to recognise that the feelings associated with losing a relationship–and the love accompanying it–following a difficult separation are like the grief experienced when someone close dies.
Therapy can play an essential role in helping people manage that grief and the associated extreme emotions they struggle to cope with.
What is the Relationship Grief Process?
While we typically associate the grieving process with bereavement, it can also accompany unchosen relationship termination and lead to similar emotional upset.
Indeed, the loss of love, a relationship, and a partner can cause considerable emotional pain that may require therapeutic support to process.
Research has found several factors (physical and psychological) that are associated with breakup distress and the grief process, including: - Physical pain - Sense of rejection - Feelings of betrayal - Compromised immune function - Reduced vagal activity that controls bodily functions - Physical pain in the heart or chest (referred to as broken heart syndrome)
Whatever the trigger, the grief process is a very real and natural process resulting from any extreme loss, helping our brains adjust to a new (possibly unwanted) reality.

25/02/2023

Part of the experience of being human is to have a full range of emotions.
These emotions are neurotypical and instructive. They allow us to make informed decisions as to our behaviour, and they solidify our values.
Feeling your emotions is not the same as being “triggered”. Being "triggered" can be expressed as the experience of having feelings associated with past trauma that are sparked by current stimuli. This can include things like smells or sounds, but the key differentiating factor between the two is that of time.
Emotions occur in the present and can simply be a reaction to a current event.
A “trigger” is sparked by something that occurs in the present, but the reaction and response references a trauma that occurred in the past that has caused deep psychological pain.
Once triggered, the traumatised individual is no longer reacting to the current situation but rather is transported to the moment of their past trauma.

16/02/2023

Confidence fluctuates - And that’s okay! Confidence isn't just some innate quality that makes people who they are; it's something that changes over time and varies from person to person based on their experiences in life and how they choose to interpret those experiences as well as what others tell them about themselves (or don't).
The most important thing to remember is that your self-worth does not change just because your confidence fluctuates. You are worthy of love, respect, and belonging no matter what kind of day you're having or what kind of mood you're in. 💙

03/02/2023

What is the ideal sleep cycle?

Eight hours sleep is the most common sleep recommendation, however, it’s well reported that you should get between 7 and 9 hours sleep.

One sleep cycle equates to roughly 90 minutes. During this period your brain goes through five stages of sleep.

How many cycles of sleep do we need?

During an entire night of sleep, the brain goes through a number of sleep cycles. The first four stages of sleep are called non-rapid eye movement (NREM).

After two stages of light sleep in which the body is drifting and transitioning into dormancy, deep sleep arrives.

The fifth stage of sleep is called rapid eye movement (REM). The body experiences bursts of rapid eye movements, and brain waves change to those we experience while being awake.

What is the most important stage of sleep?

All of the five stages of sleep are important. Sleep is a cycle, and your brain must complete each to get the full benefit.

However, how much light sleep you get doesn’t seem to impact how tired you feel when you wake; how much deep sleep or REM sleep you get is more vital for feeling well rested and replenished.
Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker.

27/01/2023

Imagine you are beginning a new project at work. Your boss comes to see you and tells you that he’s really excited to see the final product because he knows you’re going to do well.

Since your boss has high expectations for your performance, he might give you more support during the project. Additionally, because you want to meet his expectations, you may change your behavior as well. You might spend more hours on the project, working overtime, and double-check the quality of your work. Because both your boss and you changed your behavior, the project may end up being more successful than it would originally have been if your boss hadn’t told you he believed in you. Your boss’ expectation made you work harder which led to improved performance and therefore a better outcome.

This is the The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, which is a psychological phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance in a given area.
The effect is named for the Greek myth of Pygmalion, the sculptor who fell so much in love with the perfectly beautiful statue he created that the statue came to life.
Although the Pygmalion effect occurs mostly subconsciously, it shows that others’ expectations can greatly influence our performance. When someone thinks highly of us, we work hard to maintain those expectations.
If someone we respect or want to impress, such as a teacher or employer, believes we will succeed, they can influence our own impression of ourselves. Positive expectations allow us to take the necessary steps to meet those high expectations. We are likely to push ourselves harder because we believe that we can achieve success.

25/01/2023

We could spend our whole lives waiting for someone to apologize or take responsibility for how they hurt us before we let go.
But the problem with that scenario is, we've made someone else incharge of how and when we heal.
If we truly want to break a cycle and heal, we have to forget about what the other person is or isn't doing and focus entirely on our own process.

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