Tips to Overcome the Impostor Syndrome (Part One)
The constant feeling of being an impostor. This is what a person who suffers from the impostor syndrome feels. If you are receiving a promotion at work, congratulations for a successful project, recognition for daily work, a prize or simple…
Survivor’s Guilt: How To Recognize and Overcome It
When an individual believes they have done something wrong by surviving a tragic event where others have died or otherwise succumbed, survivor guilt takes hold. It can manifest across the spectrum, from bittersweet feelings to all-out despair. Most commonly, survivor…
Ticking Time Bombs – Understanding Explosive Anger Disorders
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an often overlooked mental disorder identified by episodes of anger and sudden outbursts in which the person loses control entirely. This mental disorder usually begins in childhood or adolescence. Most people continue to experience it…
Classifying Personality – Understanding the MBTI
Have you ever heard someone describe themselves as an INTJ or an ESTP and wondered what those cryptic-sounding letters could mean? What these people are referring to is their personality type based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Myers-Briggs…
The 3 Types of Narcissistic Mothers
A narcissistic mother is very harmful and causes a lot of pain to her child because she wants to fulfill her own needs and cannot consider her child’s needs. This type of mother’s love is fleeting because she cannot love…
Why Do You Need Psychotherapy In Your Life?
Now considered a medical branch, psychotherapy is currently revolutionizing. A treatment that can help you find your way back or find yourself mentally in the most sensitive situations, isn’t that something fabulous? In general, a psychotherapist is the one who…
Understanding Your Paranoia
Paranoia is thinking and feeling like you are being threatened in some way, even if there is no evidence, or very little evidence, that you are. Paranoid thoughts can also be described as delusions. There are lots of different kinds…
Inside the Mind of A Pathological Liar – What Makes Them Tick?
People often call those who lie constantly “pathological liars.” While frequent dishonesty isn’t a good habit, this doesn’t quite fit the official definition of pathological lying. To be labelled as a pathological liar, a person must lie frequently and for…
Are You the Blacksheep of the Family?
Do you feel uncomfortable? Do you feel like the black sheep in your family, are you seen as the odd bird out and in society, for example? Perhaps you feel blocked and distressed by this situation. What is a Black…
How Being Kinky Can Actually Help Mental Health
The word kink has myriad associations — leather, spanking, corsets, whips, maybe even a ginger root. While its depictions in popular culture are abundant and eager, they are hardly ever accurate. Fifty Shades of Grey, for example, is perhaps the…
