Dissociation

It has always fascinated me how very attached we get to who we think we are, no matter how negative. Who we think we are frames the stories we tell ourselves about what we do and how we feel. The way that we see ourselves…

Wicked the music is wonderful and as I sat there watching it this weekend, I was reflecting on why I love it and why it resonates with me, and likely for others. There are so many good messages in this musical. The most obvious theme…

Black and White thinking, also called All-or-Nothing thinking, is about reducing the complexities in life to simple dichotomies. Things are either terrible or wonderful. We have to be perfect or we’re a failure — there is no middle ground. You place people or situations in…

The way we talk to ourselves can have e a profound impact on our mood and the behaviors that we engage in. Our internal self-talk is profoundly shaped by the emotional struggles we deal with (think depression and anxiety) and in turn can either reinforce…

    Since we just recently had the Intersex Day of Awareness I wanted to share a little bit of information on what it means to be intersex and what their pride flag looks like. Intersex people are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that…

Cognitive distortions are exaggerated or irrational thought patterns that typically support and reinforce negative thinking. For example, when a person is depressed they tend to engage in a cognitive distortion called filtering. This is when a person focuses on the negative aspects of something and…