emotions
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How to Spot Common Defense Mechanisms
We’ve all encountered painful experiences in the past, most of them dating back to our earliest childhood memories. As newborns, with only the faintest awareness of our surroundings, we cry at every opportunity of discomfort. Crying or aggression is a natural reaction to averse stimuli such as hunger, thirst, and…
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Why I go to Therapy for Emotional Regulation
Have you ever felt a burst of anger in your lungs, so much so that tears start to well up in your eyes? Something in your life, maybe a person or an event triggered these hyperarousal emotions to go off. You end up snapping at a colleague for something small…
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4 Emotions that are Hard to Grapple with & How to Deal with Them
A special shout out to our lovely Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, and Amygdala, for making this post possible today. These lovely contributors make up the limbic system in our brain—responsible for emotion and emotional memory. Our emotions can sometimes make life seem vibrant and wondrous— imagine sharing a special moment with your…
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