In “The Feeling Good Handbook,” American psychologist David D. Burns describes how the mind…
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When is it time to seek help?
Many people wait a long time before seeking help. We try to solve things ourselves, we put things into perspective, or we think…
Four types of communication to avoid in a conflict.
Renowned American relationship therapist John Gottman uses the metaphor of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse to…
Healthy Thoughts: Maultsby's Five Rules.
The American Maultsby developed five rules to determine whether a thought is healthy…
Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation.
Within self-determination theory, a distinction is made between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation…
Ontological abandonment
The emergence of ontological abandonment at a micro-level is seen in Eugene O'Neill's play The Hairy Ape. The story concerns Yank, a stoker on a luxury liner. Although Yank is the lowest human being within the ship's milieu, he has faith in the world and in himself. The ship could not […]
People who don't listen to each other
The most common mistakes people make when they don't listen to each other….
Sad feelings as a breakdown of self-control
Lynn P. Rehm developed a model to explain depressed feelings. The model consists of three self-control loops that are defective: self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-enhancement.