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How To Build Self-Acceptance When You’re Fighting Depression
What does depression feel like? Andrew Solomon, a journalist and author who has suffered with severe depression wrote, “The opposite of depression isn’t happiness, but vitality.” The self you’ve known yourself to be has either vanished...113 SelfWork: When You Feel Like A Fake: Ten Ways to Challenge Imposter Syndrome
If you’re successful but you walk around feeling like a fake, you could be experiencing what’s called imposter syndrome – the fear that you aren’t what you appear to be. That you haven’t truly earned your place. That any day now, someone is going to...Taming Your Inner Demons. The Role Of Shame In Perfectly Hidden Depression and One Question That Helps
I was in therapy a good deal in my twenties and early thirties, and most of the work had to do with shame. A therapist once suggested I read a short, little book called,”Taming Your Gremlins.” It’s a book about learning to recognize the pesky,...112 SelfWork: One Way to Confront Your Fear of Aging — No Matter How Old You Are
Let’s face it. With each new birthday, with every new decade, you can become more afraid of the future. No matter what your age, you can worry and dread aging. How do you keep on growing a sense of purpose and positivity in the face of these inevitable changes?...
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