Pure Life Sober Living

08/19/2024

https://www.purelifetampa.com/post/psychological-obsessions-fixations-and-how-they-develop

THEORIES DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY A fixation is a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of psychosexual development. These fixations occur when an issue or conflict in a psychosexual stage remains unresolved, leaving the individual focused on this stage and una...

06/10/2024

https://www.purelifetampa.com/post/symptoms-of-a-high-functioning-alcoholic

Being a functioning alcoholic doesn’t mean falling over in a drunken stupor. Sometimes alcoholics hide their problems really well. I’m not here to bash social drinking and I’m not here to act as an advocate, either. What I am here to do is warn you about the effects of alcohol addiction as it ...

04/22/2024

https://www.purelifetampa.com/post/8-things-that-toxic-mothers-do

Marginalizing, scapegoating, and more.KEY POINTS • A parent not only creates the world a child inhabits but also dictates how it is to be interpreted. • An unloved daughter’s core conflict is her recognition of how she’s been wounded by her mother and her hunger for her mother’s approval a...

01/12/2024

ANXIETY Overcoming the debilitating tendency to worry about being judged by others. KEY POINTS • Studies show that people consistently overestimate how much, and how badly, others think about their failings. • Being consistently kind helps one worry less about what others think. • Developing a...