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More...Can You Inherit Trauma?
The suggestion that we begin life with a clean slate (tabula rasa) is an old-fashioned belief that is no longer supported by scientific discoveries.
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More...Can Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Help With Insomnia Caused By PTSD?
The knowledge that going to sleep can be so effortless is what makes insomnia feel so cruel. It is not a skill that we needed to master, but an ability we were born with.
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More...Benefits of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
The goal of ACT is to help us live our lives more fully. We waste too much time worrying about what we ‘should’ be doing rather than doing what we want to do. ACT is about identifying what is truly important to us (our values) so that we can prioritize.
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More...Living Fully with Bipolar Disorder
Movies like Silver Linings Playbook have helped to increase awareness about bipolar disorder in the public imagination, but these fictional depictions usually fall short when it comes to describing what it is like to actually live with the condition.
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More...You Do Not Need To Deal With OCD Alone
It is common for people dealing with OCD to also experience a deep sense of loneliness. This feeling of isolation can be reinforced due to shame about the condition. This creates a situation of being caught inside a mental prison that is governed by intrusive thoughts.
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More...Effective Tools for Dealing with Heartbreak
There is usually no shortage of well-meaning advice being offered when we are dealing with a broken heart. The problem is that most of these suggestions will be just different ways of saying 'get over it'.