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Increase your self-esteem by understanding how sexualisation can affect you (1 minute read)

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how sexualisation can affect you” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding how sexualisation can affect you: This defense mechanism sexualisation is about transforming fear, pain or other overwhelming experiences into something connected to erotic arousal. It…

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

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how feelings can become opposite – Reversal” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding how feelings can become opposite – Reversal Reversal is an immature defense mechanism described already by Freud. It includes transforming something into its opposite….

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Increase your self-esteem by stopping harming yourself (1 minute read)

This post “Increase your self-esteem by stopping harming yourself” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by stopping harming yourself: Turning against the self implies redirecting feelings towards oneself that were originally directed towards someone else. It is an immature defense mechanism about punishing or harming…

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Increase your self-esteem by understanding others impact on you – projective identification (1 minute read)

This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding others impact on you – projective identification) continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding others impact on you: Projective identification is an immature defense mechanism. It is when one person’s feelings or anxiety are transferred into another…

Feelings

Increase your self-esteem by developing your defense mechanisms (1 minute read)

This post “Increase your self-esteem by developing your defense mechanisms” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by getting to know and manage your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by developing your defense mechanisms: As mentioned earlier, a defence mechanism is a psychological strategy. It is a manner of thinking and behaving, that we…

Feelings

Increase your self-esteem by asserting your anger (1 minute read)

This post “Increase your self-esteem by asserting your anger” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by getting to know and manage your emotions.   Increase your self-esteem by asserting your anger: Here is an example of how anger can be transformed into healthy self-assertion.   Examples of the 8 steps: 1 Note the…

Crises

The 1st Important Step In Handling Crises Such As Corona

In these terrible Corona times I will now pause my posts on general topics and focus on ideas on how we can get through these tough times together. The 1st step in handling a crisis is to practice techniques to calm yourself. The most important tool for this is to take control of your breathing: Focus on breathing…

Anxiety & Mood

How to challenge anxiety by making an exposure hierarchy (1 minute read)

This post “How to challenge anxiety by making an exposure hierarchy” continues with what to do with anxiety provoking, unproductive thoughts. Unproductive topics are those that you have very little control over or which are very unlikely. You can choose among several strategies. This post continues with Strategy 4 which is about behavioural experiments to…

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The 4th strategy for handling anxiety provoking thoughts (1 minute read)

This post “The 4th strategy for handling anxiety provoking thoughts” continues with what to do with anxiety provoking, unproductive thoughts. Unproductive topics are those that you have very little control over or which are very unlikely. You can choose among several strategies. Strategy 4 is about behavioural experiments to test your feared assumptions. These experiments…

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A 3d strategy for calming anxiety provoking thoughts (1 minute read)

A 3d strategy for calming anxiety provoking thoughts (1 minute read) This post “A 3d strategy for calming anxiety provoking thoughts” continues with what to do with anxiety provoking, unproductive thoughts. Unproductive topics are those that you have very little control over or which are very unlikely. You can choose among several strategies. Strategy 3…