All posts tagged "power"
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Understanding the Masochistic Life Solution
Repeated Exposure to Trauma Repeated exposure to abuse, abandonment, or other trauma produces seemingly unbearable amounts of anxiety....
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The Leap of Faith in Therapy
Changing in Ways Big and Small Deciding to go to therapy is very much a leap of faith....
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Responding To Criticism
Is the Criticism Just or Unjust? The psychological trick in responding to criticism is in figuring out whether...
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Psychology of Resentment
Projecting Responsibility for Unhappiness When we’re feeling resentful the typical response is to point that resentment towards the...
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Fortune Telling And The Status Quo
Predicting the Future With Absolute Certainty Elected leaders intent on maintaining the status quo purposefully employ a faulty...
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Understanding the Authoritarian Ethic
Power Over Others Is the Name of the Game The authoritarian ethic can best be understood by phrases...
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Abandonment 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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Moving 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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Anxiety is the Feeling of Helplessness in a Hostile World
A Working Definition for Anxiety As funny as it sounds, most people don’t have a working definition for...
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Increasing Responsibility Is Increasing Power
Most of us believe we’re the heroes or the victims of our own life stories. We cycle through...
