“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.”
— Viktor Frankl, “Man's Search for Meaning”
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“At a psychotherapist's appointment."
@elfometa
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This holiday season is generally seen as a time of joy and celebration. However, for some people, it can be a time of difficult reflection, sadness, loneliness, anxiety and depression.
Psychoanalyst James P. Cattell coined the term holiday syndrome, defining it as a reaction that manifests itself at the end of the year.
He describes this syndrome as: "A presence of diffuse anxiety, numerous regressive phenomena, including marked feelings of helplessness, increased irritability, nostalgic rumination, depressive affect, and a desire for magical problem-solving."
This period does not precipitate but can expose emotional suffering.
Loneliness for some, the stress associated with travel and family gatherings, for others, confronting losses, and financial insecurity, among many other factors, are routinely cited as contributing to an increase in episodes of depression.
There are no ready-made formulas to resolve this confrontation with existence. But as Dunker says: There is a mistake in looking at our lives as if we were just productive machines, limiting ourselves to what we earn or produce, as if our application to studies were an investment, as if our dreams were goals. And he wisely points out:
"To weave the thread of desire that connects who we are to what we were, inventing what we will be, it is necessary to examine the intensity and quality of what is linked to certain things we call desire.
And may we gently mirror and magnify the light of others, welcoming their shadows.
Dulce Tereza By Giorgio Rigotto.
Clinical psychologist. CRP 07/03860.
(Schedule your appointment via Direct).
@dulceterezadegiorgiorigotto
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Freeze - Trauma Response
Day 3 of Trauma Responses!
Sometimes, in the face of trauma, the freeze response takes over – a moment of stillness, an attempt to make the invisible pain go unnoticed.
Here are some other things you might experience.
Overwhelm
Stuck
Zoned Out
Shut down
It's crucial to understand that this response is a protective mechanism. Embrace the stillness, be patient with yourself, and when you're ready, let your journey unfold.
Having someone gently supporting you through your trauma that causes these freeze moments can help you heal and live a life that’s full. Reach out to one of our therapists today. Click the link in our bio to schedule your free phone consultation.
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therapists be like: "oh what a nice little delusion you have there, let me dismantle it real quick"
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need someone who is/was diagnosed with some disorder by a professional psychiatrist/psychologist for a case study
pleasee its important and urgent, please help if you know someone like this
every detail will stay confidential. feel safe
reblog for reach
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“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
— Sigmund Freud, “Letters of Sigmund Freud”
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When a psychotherapist gives examples about emotional abuse by parents and you wonder how he knows exactly what my mom said
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