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What does "help" mean? Is it a good thing? If so, then why does it sometimes get such a bad response? How many times have you heard "I was only try…

The famous writer on Eastern philosophy, Alan Watts, once declared: "You can’t be spontaneous within reason". The point he was making was this: delib…

This might sound like an ironic topic given that you are reading this article. Still, I think it is an important question because, like a lot of thin…

Anxiety is a symptom which tells us that something is getting out of control and/or feeling unsafe. You can ask yourself three questions: 1. Why am…

Most of us know only too well what it is like to worry: anxious thoughts swirl around in our minds, unnerving us and there seems to no viable resolut…

Borderline personality disorder is also known as emotional dysregulation disorder or emotionally unstable personality disorder (World Health Organisa…

Feeling anger and aggression When we feel an injustice has occurred, if we have been unheard and our needs unmet, we may feel angry. If we feel thre…

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Shame is one of the most difficult feelings we can experience; it goes to the core of your notion of self. Talking about something that you experienc…

Veteran American therapist Bill O'Hanlon observed at the start of his book Change 101, "if one considers human history, one can quickly discern that…

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