Well, ever wondered we live in a world lacking in compassion. We often learn compassion only after we have suffered—perhaps via disease, accident, illness, job loss, and marriage collapse, loss of a loved one, prejudice, discrimination, social derision, or bad luck. This makes me wonder why we wait for such incidents to make us compassionate?…
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Defense mechanisms have always been with us for a very long time. It came into existence when Sigmund Freud (father of psychoanalysis) gave the concept of defense mechanisms. He defined defense mechanisms are the unconscious mental operations that keep people from preventing themselves from anxious thoughts or feelings. We also understand that the use of…
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Initially, the path of psychologically sick patients was rough. They were subjected to harsh treatment because, until the 1700s, many believed that persons suffering from mental illnesses were possessed by a demon or the devil. Later in the 16th century, in London, an asylum (Bethlehem Hospital) was created to treat psychologically sick people. The therapy…
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Nerve cells or neurons are considered to be the basic building blocks of our nervous system. Their basic function is to transmit or receive information (message of sensation) from one neuron to the other neuron in the form of nerve impulses. The impulse transmission occurs in two ways, one is the communication within one neuron…
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Cognitive counselling theories focus on mental processes and their influences on mental health and behaviour. A common premise of all cognitive approaches is that how people think largely determines how they feel and behave. Aaron Beck (1921), a psychiatrist, is credited as the founder of cognitive therapy (CT). He initially worked with Freud and trained…
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How to Make a Vision board? Creating a vision board involves only one rule, that there is absolutely NO rule. It is a personal activity that can be customized just as you like it, there is no way you can ever mess it up. Here are some steps that you can follow to create your…
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Setting up a vision board is helpful in various ways: Helps in setting and prioritizing your goals and intentions. Strengthens and stimulates emotions. Opens up your mind to creative and aesthetic thinking. The process of making a vision board helps calm the mind. The process helps you plant the goals and values you plan to…
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Have you ever believed in the popular notion of putting your dreams and wishes out in the world – to the universe to make them come true and see them happening? I have believed in it and seen it come to life. Manifestation and visualization are two techniques that go hand in hand. A vision…
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“Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.” – Albert Bandura (From Self-efficacy: The Exercise of Control, 1997). Born in a lower middle-class family on the 4th of December 1925 in the small town of Mundare in Canada was Albert Bandura. Due to shortage in teaching staff at local high school,…
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