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

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 managing exaggerated fear” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by managing exaggerated fear: This post is about exaggerated fear. Fear can be connected to stimuli or situations that are not per se dangerous – i.e. the reaction is disproportionate…

This post“Increase your self-esteem by understanding the dangers with compensation” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. There are several mature defense mechanisms that are helpful strategies for: – Managing unwanted impulses and anxiety – Resolving underlying issues or problems – Getting a more peaceful mind and relationships  …

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…

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…

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….