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….
Ten thinking errors that make people depressed
In “The Feeling Good Handbook,” American psychologist David D. Burns describes how the mind…
Overgeneral memory
People with depression often recall memories of a general nature. General memories refer to something that...
Sexual motivation women
Sexual activity isn't always the result of sexual arousal and desire. Researchers have mapped out the motives for having sex with a partner…
The Four Memory Traps of Depression
People with a depressed mood interpret and store the past differently than their healthy peers.