Increase your self-esteem by understanding how feelings can become opposite – Reversal (1 minute read)

There are many anxiety inducing patterns often called cognitive distortions or thought traps. These are ways of thinking that seem true but are in fact not reasonable, realistic or relevant to the situation. Noticing when we are using thought traps and countering them is an important part of traditional CBT-exercises that also can reduce symptoms…

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how you cope with strong feelings and anxiety” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding how you cope with strong feelings and anxiety: Defense mechanisms are often called involuntary coping mechanisms. Involuntary means that we all use…

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding mature handling of unknown feelings and anxiety” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding mature handling of feelings and anxiety: The last two posts were about using fantasies as a defense mechanism and that they can be…

This post  “Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear” is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear: This post continues with fear. Exposure is the main technique to constructively handle fears, i.e. with the aim to living the life you would like and not avoiding…

Here the post “Increase your self-esteem by  deliberate compensation” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by deliberate compensation: There are several more mature defense mechanisms than the ones suggested by the psychiatrist Vaillant and which have been the topic of the last posts….

This post “Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear” is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear: Here, the post continues with how to handle fear. Emotional exposure aims to create strong emotional reactions by repeatedly experiencing the feared subject or situation….