All emotions within the human being serve a purpose and are all related to fight or flight through our social evolution. For example, social paranoia, looking over our shoulder or thinking someone is talking about us, thinking badly about us or even them knowing something we would rather they did not know. This has its origins in fight or flight … Read More
Interpretation of dreams in Jungian psychology
Dreams and their interpretation! Since ancient times, human beings have had a strong interest in understanding dreams. By obtaining information from those moments in which consciousness fades (while we are sleeping), we come to apprehend things better and even solve problems, create artistic works, or make scientific discoveries. In his work, the Odyssey, Homer mentions two very particular doors: the … Read More
Psychology of Domestic Violence against the Elderly.
Psychology of Domestic Violence against the Elderly. Elderly abuse manifests itself in numerous forms. Most commonly, it consists of violence, either physical, emotional or in some cases sexual, inflicted on the elderly person by people who should be looking after them. It may also consist of financial swindling and other fraudulent activities. The perpetrators are often the adult children of … Read More
How to Improve a Child’s Mental Health
How to Improve a Child’s Mental Health Today, around one in ten children suffer with some kind of mental health problem, including depression and anxiety. The root cause of these problems is generally found in what is happening in their day to-day lives. Disturbingly, around 70% of these children and young people will not receive adequate levels of intervention and … Read More
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Have you ever noticed that your mood seems to change from season to season? In spring and summer your mood may appear to be generally positive but as soon as winter comes along, the feelings of cheer and optimism begin to be replaced by more gloomy and negative thoughts. These are common emotions to experience, but if the symptoms grow … Read More
Ways to Diffuse Confrontation & Aggression
It’s never a pleasant thing to witness or be involved in, but there is always a chance that we may find ourselves in a position whereby we need to diffuse a confrontation and soothe aggressive behaviour. We may experience this through our work as aggressive customers are an all too frequent occurrence in the workplace or we may need to … Read More
How to Develop Daily Mindfulness
Ways to Develop Daily Focus and Mindfulness Have you ever felt that life is going too quickly for you? Do you feel as though you could benefit from taking a slower, more focused and more reasoned approach to life? Most of us have at some point felt that things are getting on top of us, suffocating us, and have been … Read More
How Can I stop Worrying?
Good Ways to stop Worrying and Reduce Stress? Are you a worry wart? Everyone worries. It is a simple fact of life. Whether it’s an approaching deadline, an upcoming exam, a job interview, a first date or a whole host of other reasons, worry is a completely natural emotion. It’s only when the worry becomes more frequent and more painful … Read More
Tourette’s Syndrome & Treatments
No one enjoys being subjected to bad language. Even if it is not explicitly directed at someone, its employment still has the potential to sour a conversation at best and end it at worst. It has in all probability happened to you. But have you ever considered the possibility that the person who’s swearing isn’t being vulgar but is in … Read More
PTSD Suffering
PTSD explained Although the term “post-traumatic stress disorder” is a relatively new one, the condition which it describes has been recorded as far back as ancient times. The eponymous main character in The Epic of Gilgamesh, widely regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature, is plagued by constant nightmares and flashbacks to the death of his closest friend … Read More
