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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 the strategy ‘escape reality’  ” 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   Increase…

This post “Increase your self-esteem by managing fear” is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by managing fear: This post continues with fear. As mentioned in the last post, fear is a powerful, primitive and lifesaving emotion. Fear makes us aware of dangers and entails important…

Here are some final comments before leaving the concept of flow, a key we can actively get more of in our daily life leading to more joy as well as increased self-esteem.   Positive psychology is a direction within psychology that focuses on how we can stimulate the presence and frequency of positive emotions, such…

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….

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…