Depression

Feeling bad about ourselves

Feeling bad about ourselves doesn’t mean we are

Even if everything in you and in your family of origin, practically screams you are stupid, bad, inadequate, ungrateful, fragile, or whatever, it still does not mean it’s true. Believe me, I’ve been down that road: we have logical reasons to believe we are terrible persons, but it does not make it true.

The good news is that with time we can change these beliefs and considerably improve our quality of life. The bad news is that we have some serious mourning to go through to reclaim our self esteem. But it’s so worth it!

Feeling bad about ourselves doesn’t mean we are Read More »

What's wrong with me

What’s wrong with me ?

Recognizing our struggles when reading a book or listening to a podcast is a profoundly healing experience. So our problems are not only « in our head » ? What a validation! It also normalizes our experience and help us find a sense of community: a lot of us have survived a traumatic past and we are

What’s wrong with me ? Read More »

Fight, Flight, Freeze

Fight, Flight, Freeze

In summary, our response to threat was often to freeze. It was not a conscious choice, rather an instinctual one. But this unconscious choice made perfect sense at the time: no need to go deep into theoretical psychology here, common sense is enough.

Fight, Flight, Freeze Read More »

Scroll to Top