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Everyone can benefit from counselling
You don’t need to have mental health problems to benefit from counselling. Everyone can benefit from counselling. Counselling isn’t always someone in a crisp white clinical suit with a clipboard in an official office. Counsellors dedicate their lives to helping people make the most out of their life and enable people to deal with issues more effectively.
By Coaching with DT5 years ago in Psyche
hypnotherapy explained
Hypnotherapy isn’t 1, 2, 3 clicking fingers and sleep. In fact hypnotherapy is nothing to do with sleep. Stage hypnosis is very different to hypnotherapy. Most people don’t know that even under hypnosis you are still in control and can bring yourself out if the hypnotherapist is trying to change things that go against your core beliefs. A hypnotherapist can only change things your sub conscious agrees with so if you want to quit smoking then they can help you, however if you see a hypnotherapist because your partner wants you to quit smoking then the hypnosis will be ineffective as your sub conscious still wants to smoke. You have to want the change consciously and sub consciously. Hypnotherapists are miracle workers.
By Coaching with DT5 years ago in Psyche
Being Homeless
There was a sense of mystery for me in terms of what was that final straw that broke the camel's back when speaking of my homelessness. Leading up to the issue was without doubt- directly in relation to my years long drinking problem. I am indeed an alcoholic, now in recovery some 6+ years this was tantamount to how I became homeless.
By Joseph Willson5 years ago in Psyche
Depression In The Time of Covid-19
It’s not easy to talk about depression, but here it goes. Depression is seems to be such a taboo topic in the world, and it’s about time that we make it easier and more fluid to talk about. We have an entire month dedicated to mental health awareness. If only people were open and honest about what they're facing. I've decided that I've had enough of hiding my mental health issues from the world and that now is the perfect time to talk about them. I have gone through some serious depressive moments during lockdown. Whether it’s waking up feeling like it’s “Groundhog Day” again, or having it be 2pm on a Wednesday and feeling like I don’t have any purpose. This is a time when feeling our emotions can get too heavy for us, especially when we really haven’t been able to do much. Being in isolation can be extremely difficult as well. I've become so much more of a social butterfly since moving to California that reverting to being in my home alone has become increasingly hard. Recently, I’ve felt this depression set in. I was sitting on my couch and started looking around. I had laundry everywhere, dirty dishes in the sink, and hadn’t washed my hair in three days. I realized then that I was depressed. I was sad that my life felt like it was going around in circles. Everyday has the same routine, but that’s not how “normal” life works. I started crying uncontrollably and didn't know what to do with myself. It was such a crazy and emotional moment, but also a massive breakthrough for me.
By Alexandra Picerne5 years ago in Psyche
Titular
EXT. DOWNTOWN ATLANTA GEORGIA - DAY Pan down on a big city in 2020, zoom in to a building showing a MAN inside standing behind one of its many windows. Inside a therapist's office, the MAN has his back turned on the THERAPIST, looking out the window, talking.
By Jonathan Mosby5 years ago in Psyche
Accidentally Put Together
I did it. I finally did it. I escaped my toxic relationship in June 2020 - once and for all. He tried everything he could to manipulate me into staying...but I knew better than to fall for it again. I was back in BC, on the West Coast, and feeling so consistently happy - more than I had in, well, years. I was solo-travelling, planning to move into my own place on Vancouver Island. I had packed my car full of the things I needed to feel safe and at home, drove 5000 kms from Ontario to BC and managed to land an apartment to move into on July 1. The only downside to all of this was that I had no steady income (thank you COVID) and a mountain of debt. And, some emotional baggage left over from my experiences with my ex...but that's beside the point.
By Kristen Fontaine5 years ago in Psyche
Above the World but Mindful of Me
TW: Suicide Dear Carleigh, You will never read this unless some miracle happens and we get back together, but I do not see that happening. I bought this journal to fill its pages with everything I want to say to you. I find myself wanting to tell you everything. I always have, you brought new ideas into my world and I am working on being a better person because of you. I hoped that you would have chosen me over your ex because I always pushed you to be a better version of yourself and toward your dreams. I hoped that there were more reasons to choose me but I guess there wasn’t, so here I am alone. Alone and reminded me that I am too broken, that I am writing in a journal because I am too much and too emotional. That I finally broke down that barrier too late and now spread open with no defenses and my feelings bleeding all over the place…
By Sarah Beattie5 years ago in Psyche
