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Neurosis
Michael Schreiner | February 12, 2018Emotional Detachment and Ambivalence
Fear of Obligation Ambivalence is the experience of having simultaneous conflicting thoughts and feelings. In the case of...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | February 6, 2018Cultivating Self-Love and Compassion
Gardeners of Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors Some people find it hard to know where to start when...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | January 26, 2018Abandonment And Controlling Behavior
Protecting Against the Dreaded Outcome of Abandonment We have written about how people who were abandoned in childhood...
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Addictions
Michael Schreiner | January 26, 2018Cutting Through The Vicious Cycle Of Addiction
The Attempt to Reduce Unwanted States of Being The vicious cycle of addiction lies in the fact that...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | January 23, 2018The Paradox Of Abandonment
Increasing Intimacy People who were abandoned by primary caregivers in childhood face certain challenges when it comes to...
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Abuse
Michael Schreiner | January 18, 2018The Veiled Language Of Abuse
Embedded Message of Unworthiness and Unlovability Whatever visible form abuse may take, the embedded message which sooner or...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | January 10, 2018Moving on in a Healthy Way
The Nature of Existence is Impermanence Given that the nature of existence in general and human existence in...
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Grief
Michael Schreiner | January 10, 2018Grieving Secondary Losses
Loss Produces Grief Any significant loss will produce grief. Whatever the main object of that grief is can...
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Neurosis
Michael Schreiner | January 9, 2018Helping Someone With Emotional Detachment Confront The Void
Nothing Wrong With the Emotional Apparatus Most people struggling with emotional detachment don’t seek out help on their...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | January 9, 2018Getting Through The Rocky Periods Of Life
Challenging The Non-Change Bias Life is full of ups and downs but many of us fall into what...