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Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

I'm 37 and I just realized that the reason I have no close friends isn't because I'm hard to love - it's because I learned young that needing people was dangerous - Silicon Canals

Recognizing patterns in friendships reveals a fear of vulnerability and a tendency to withdraw as relationships deepen.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Why You Struggle With Trust (Even When You Want to Connect)

Difficulty trusting others often stems from learned protective patterns rather than a lack of desire for connection.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

7 behavioral patterns people display when they were raised by a parent who loved them deeply but had no idea how to express it without criticism - Silicon Canals

Critical parents can love deeply yet struggle to express it without criticism, leading to complex emotional patterns in their children.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How to Let Go of Resentments

Resentments are past-focused emotions rooted in unresolved issues and childhood wounds that create distance and anger in relationships through accumulated hurt and unmet needs.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Suffering From "Creative Hangover"? You're Not Alone

Researchers tracked 355 adults over 13 days using daily diary surveys and found that professional artists tend to experience negative emotions the morning after their most creative days, even though creativity, while in the process of making art, reliably improves their moment-to-moment feeling states.
Arts
Miscellaneous
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why Highly Sensitive People Overgive

Highly sensitive people often develop patterns of overgiving and overfunctioning as protective adaptations from growing up in emotionally unsafe or unstable environments.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Confused by a Recurring Dream

Recurring dreams replay habitual emotional responses to current situations, signaling present triggers rather than solely originating events from the distant past.
Relationships
fromBustle
6 months ago

Here's Your Horoscope For Friday, October 17

Advocate for personal needs to strengthen relationships while bold, directed actions aligned with destiny and awareness of emotional patterns promote growth.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
8 months ago

How Two Types of Therapy Helped One Patient

CBT is effective for managing symptoms through goal-oriented strategies, while psychodynamic therapy offers insight into the influence of early relationships on emotional patterns.
fromIndependent
10 months ago

Trauma passed down: Is our family's story written into our genetics?

People often carry emotional patterns, strengths and vulnerabilities from their ancestors - and there is some evidence that these can be physically passed down.
History
fromPsychology Today
11 months ago

Misophonia Affects the Entire Family

The genogram serves as a powerful visual tool to illustrate not just genealogy but also emotional relationships and health patterns across generations.
Parenting
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