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….
Here the post “Increase your self-esteem by being more assertive” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by being more assertive: This post continues with the mature defense mechanism assertiveness. As mentioned in the last post, assertiveness is expressing one’s needs, feelings and thoughts…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how we use tactics to manage strong feelings” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how we use tactics to manage strong feelings: All defense mechanisms are effective but to varying degrees in managing uncomfortable inner…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by using humor to manage tough situations” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by using humor to manage tough situations: Humor is a mature defense mechanism pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a situation. Another common example is the ability…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by using generosity to manage strong feelings” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by using generosity to manage strong feelings: Altruism is when one’s behaviors and actions are aimed to benefit someone else for that person’s sake rather than for…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by using anticipation to manage challenging feelings and thoughts” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by using anticipation to manage strong feelings and thoughts: The coming posts end the summary of defense mechanisms by going through the mature defense mechanisms…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by identifying your coping strategies for managing strong feelings and anxiety” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Identify your coping strategies for managing strong feelings and anxiety: The tricky thing with defense mechanisms is that they are difficult to identify. Since they are…
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 understanding how fantasies can help you” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how fantasies can help you: Healthy fantasy is also about escaping real problems and uncomfortable situations by diving into literature, TV and Internet. For fantasies…