Category: Self esteem
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Adult children of emotionally immature parents
Have you ever felt your life looks fine from the outside, but you’re still feeling deeply unhappy ? I have. Reading Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson would have helped me tremendously. It’s a shame it was not written yet. It’s one of these Aha books, able to change our perspective entirely…
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Why are my relationships one sided ?
Most of us go through a one sided relationship at least once. Experiencing a few is distressing, but normal. Entering a relationship is a risky business indeed: we have optimistic dreams but as we all know, reality may not go as planned. It’s a different story though if we get repetitively involved in one sided…
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Being a pathological people pleaser
We are behaving like pathological people pleasers because a part of us believes others will love and care for us if we do, and abandon or annihilate us if we don’t. As a recovering people pleaser, I can tell you this part of us is wrong. People will use us if they can, respect us…
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Why am I bad at everything ?
Some of us wonder why we are bad at everything. It looks like people we know have at least one strong point: either they are very good at their job, or great athletes, they are very social and funny, or they have an unbeatable fashion flair, you know, something. We compare ourselves to others and…
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Why am I obsessed with someone I barely know ?
When we are hit by such an obsession, a part of us feels in love, and another part of us thinks we are being weird – rightly so.