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Healing from Within: Trauma Therapy for Women Who’ve Been Told They’re ‘Too Sensitive’

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Healing from Within: Trauma Therapy for Women Who’ve Been Told They’re ‘Too Sensitive’ Have you ever been told that you’re “too sensitive”? The combination of trauma and sensitivity presents unique challenges.

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TIFT #127: CBT and PDT Share the Same Infrastructure

How Psychiatry Works

These two psychotherapy orientations, Psychodynamic Therapy (PDT) and Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT) appear radically different, but the differences are more superficial and less fundamental. Readers of this blog will recognize three clinical requirements that universally explain what all therapies need to accomplish.

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Understanding Relationship OCD: When Doubt Becomes an Obsession

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” These thoughts typically trigger compulsive behaviors designed to seek certainty or relief from relationship anxiety. .” ” This constant self-monitoring can lead to emotional exhaustion and relationship strain. ” “Are they truly the right person for me?”

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How to Stop Overthinking: A Guide for Women Who Worry Too Much

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You might find yourself: Replaying past events Obsessing over potential future scenarios Questioning your self-worth Analyzing others’ reactions to you These thought patterns often manifest as destructive thinking styles: Catastrophizing : “I made one mistake at work – I’ll probably get fired.”

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

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Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

OCD, ADHD, conduct disorders, psychotic disorders, and trauma disorders also occur. Others may have IDD as a result of a brain injury or epilepsy. Researchers note that the risk of developing mental health disorders may be increased by some genetic conditions, as well as abnormalities in brain development, associated with IDD.

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8 Signs You May Be Living with Unresolved Trauma

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These lingering wounds, known as unresolved trauma, can silently shape our behaviors, relationships, and daily experiences without us even realizing it. For women, unresolved trauma can manifest in unique ways, impacting mental health through anxiety, depression, and complex emotional responses.